Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
If you didn't have any "skin" in the game you really don't have the right to lecture the union about what we should or should not have done back then. Going forward--yes. Lots of things are easy to say "woulda shoulda coulda" in hindsight, especially when you weren't even on the property and had nothing to gain or lose by hypthotheticals.
What he's gonna find is that it ain't so easy when you are actually faced with that decision for real marbles. Of course, since he's young, he can afford to blow up a contract or two and still recover. If he doesn't get it all, and get it now, he'll complain. But in a few short years when he finds himself farther up the seniority list looking for grand slams instead of incremental gains that would have gotten him to the brass ring already, he'll sing a different song. My question as to that kind of tactic is why? SWA got incrementall gains for years, and all the vocals hold them up... continually... as the gold standard. No home runs... just singles and doubles. But somehow.. we're different. Fire away boys.