(04-26-2020, 05:32 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I think the ideal realistic scenario is for someone like Caldwell or Tony Khan to sit down with Ngakoue and ask him, if it's not about money, what is it?  Ngakoue has claimed it was never about the money.  So what is it?  What did we do that caused this rift?  How can we apologize?  How can we do better in the future?  It's apparent that your salary demands are keeping you from being traded, so is there a face-saving compromise that we can adopt that will allow us to go forward happily on the same team?  

If it's not about money, then there has to be something we can do to make him feel better about things.  

If it is about money, then the last couple of months should persuade him that his salary demands are too high for the market.  

The current path they are on is surely going to be painful for both sides.  Both sides have to see this.  

They have to sit down and talk.  There's still a chance they can work things out.

I'd venture to say that the main hindrance now is whether or not Yannick can get over his fractured emotions. It was clear that he felt disrespected in the prior offseason with the contract/Coughlin mishap - and I think some of that ire was pointed towards the rest of our FO because at that time they sided with Coughlin.

And with that, he decided to bet on himself this past year to prove his perceived worth - and based off the quiet void of this offseason for his trade talks, he missed his mark. He definitely hurt his own stock with the nonsensical crap this offseason but I can tell you that he will not get offered a contract more than what we offered him previously.

Again, the only way I see things getting worked out is if he can set aside his bruised ego and resume negotiations - but I just do not see this happening here. He's checked out of Jacksonville and yet he's not coming from a position of power.

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