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Message: [QUOTE="HarryAllan7, post: 3225045, member: 9372"] I'm definitely not suggesting a longer deal back then and I'm not suggesting we don't make recruitment calls on young kids, obviously we do. What I'm suggesting is that if everyone thinks this kid is such a potential superstar at such a key position and we had him locked up with exclusive rights to negotiate his future, why didn't we extend his tenure before he became poachable by other clubs? My point was that we should have the knowledge and confidence to know whether he's worth the gamble and if so, then lock him up ahead of time rather than shooting ourselves in the foot by waiting to compete in an open market. The fact that he has so little experience is even more reason... if you're a young professional footballer and the only club you've ever known gives you a contract extension and vote of confidence and tells you they need it signed before you're a free agent, how many kids are going to turn that down on the chance they become an instant superstar? I'm willing to bet not many and we should be using that to our advantage in situations like this. Perhaps we tried and he refused, I'm not sure, but it seems like the MO of our retention / recruitment team to not even begin negotiating until its too late and everyone can throw their hat in the ring to tempt that player away and drive his price up. Constant, intelligent, shorter term extensions BEFORE its contract renewal time is the way to approach this... not wait until contract is up then hope the player stays for less money because 'we are the Broncos'... this worked in the old days, but they're loooooong gone and we need to adapt. [/QUOTE]

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