(08-02-2019, 12:45 PM)Adam2012 Wrote:

(07-31-2019, 07:20 PM)Rico Wrote: Why do you have an agent then?  The agent's job is to get him the best contract.  He's also going to do his best to convince his client that he is correct.  If he thought he was incorrect, he could just as easily fire him.  If you don't think an agent has a HUGE impact on his client's...especially a young player... thinking, you're delusional.

I never got the impression that Yan is dumb. He gets an agent to advise on contracts and financial matters - not to be his Dad and tell him what to do with his life. You have no idea how instrumental his agent is. You don't think he also doesn't talk to friends, and yes, his father? 

Unless someone comes up with inside info, I'm attributing Yan's decisions to Yan.

It always seems that we need a villain if one of "our guys" isn't doing what we want/think he ought to do.