Drew Rosenhaus Quote Should Give Bucs Fans Hope
March 15th, 2021
“Door may be open, Jason.”
Joe hates the word “hope.” Absolutely hates it. It’s a nothing word in football. Empty.
Hope = fail.
Most right-thinking Bucs fans do not believe in hope. They do not believe Bucs sack king Shaq Barrett’s production can be replaced by others who, though maybe cheaper, come loaded with “hope” of matching Shaq’s production.
So right now, since Shaq was not franchised, most Bucs fans “hope” the Bucs can bring Shaq back, a pending free agent. Yeah, that means leaning on that awful word so the most important defensive player returns.
Why is Joe bringing up “hope?” Because yesterday when Joe read a quote from Shaq’s agent, oily Drew Rosenhaus, concerning a different client, it gave Joe some hope (awful as it is) that Shaq will be back with the Bucs.
Running back Aaron Jones re-signed with the Packers, and uber NFL insider Adam Schefter quoted Rosenhaus saying something that was very interesting.
“Aaron would have signed for more in free agency but wanted to stay in Green Bay,” Drew Rosenhaus said about Jones re-signing with the Packers. https://t.co/Dwcz8qs3qO
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 14, 2021
Now Rosenhaus is cutthroat. Ruthless. He drives a major hard bargain for his clients. The only emotion he uses is how to get more money squeezed from a team.
Joe — and reasoned Bucs fans — can only hope Rosenhaus bows to his big-monied client Shaq and Shaq’s emotions are that he wants to be part of a repeat championship run.
Joe doesn’t ever want to rely on hope again. It is evil.
March 15th, 2021 at 5:30 am
The antonym for hope is despair. Synonyms for despair are anguish, pain, unhappiness, dejection, depression, despondency, gloom, misery, and defeatism. Is that any way to go through life? I choose to have hope.
March 15th, 2021 at 5:35 am
I skipped the drama. I enjoyed the nugget. It gives me hope.
Go Bucs!!!
March 15th, 2021 at 5:37 am
Hope is not a plan!
Doubt is Evil!
March 15th, 2021 at 6:20 am
“Aaron would have signed for more in free agency but wanted to stay in Green Bay,”
Maybe I did not read it right in PFT, but that quote is BS. What I thought I read was that Green Bay could have franchised tagged Jones for far less money and less risk, especially for a RB position. Why they didn’t make that move was called into question. So that quote is the typical “we love (insert team name) and will go back for less money” BS propaganda
March 15th, 2021 at 7:00 am
He’s lying he wasn’t gonna get top money it’s hard for rb’s he got a decent deal.
March 15th, 2021 at 7:01 am
I’m more worried about keeping Succop and Suh than Shaq. Without Suh and VV collapsing the pocket, Shaq had nothing. Yeah I “hope” they can sign Shaq but if they don’t I’m sure Licht has a plan B.
March 15th, 2021 at 7:20 am
Hope quotes!
You can hope on the one hand, and spit on the other, and see which one gets filled faster.
I’ve also heard similar to Pete’s, hope is the absence of a plan.
March 15th, 2021 at 7:26 am
If this means losing more band players just to keep Shaq, then I hope he goes for the $ and plays on a 4-13 team and watched his old buddies sip champagne after SB 51.
March 15th, 2021 at 7:42 am
An article about a quote without said quote. SMH!
March 15th, 2021 at 8:07 am
Hope. Joe must not like the Shawshank Redemption
March 15th, 2021 at 8:17 am
Synonyms of hope are longing, yearning, craving……that’s what Joe had for Rachael Watson……so, does that make Joe a “hopeacrit”?
March 15th, 2021 at 8:24 am
Leighroy: The definition of plan is “a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something”. Having a plan is having HOPE of doing or achieving something.
March 15th, 2021 at 8:25 am
TBBF: Hopeacrit, nice! Hahaha
March 15th, 2021 at 8:31 am
“A person who is hopeful possesses the will and expectation that goals will be achieved, and a varied set of different strategies within their power to reach their goals. In short, hope involves having goals, along with the desire and plan to achieve them.”
March 15th, 2021 at 8:32 am
Arians is a different cat. He is not full of s..t. He let everyone know who is not leaving and Shaq is going NOWHERE!
March 15th, 2021 at 8:44 am
TBBF:
Hopeacrit, Thanks for that!
I actually chuckled out loud over that one.
You started my day out right!
March 15th, 2021 at 9:22 am
Hope is about expectations and trust and desire for a certain thing(s) to happen.
So you can have hope that is founded in reality – Shaq and Suh coming back solidifies Bucs’ playoff prospects or false hope – Carlos Dunlap or GMC or whoever can adequately replace Shaq and Suh.
March 15th, 2021 at 10:20 am
To me, the door might be open, means we aren’t there, but we will listen. Meaning unless you overpay, we will listen elsewhere. I don’t think that is very encouraging. But maybe I’m wrong.
March 15th, 2021 at 10:28 am
“Hopeacrit” – good one TBBF! 🤣
March 15th, 2021 at 10:43 am
So if we don’t believe shaq is the MOST important defensive player we are not “Right Thinking ” Bucs fans? Get off your high horse Joe , who do you think you are Devin White?
March 15th, 2021 at 10:45 am
Hope is not a strategy…
March 15th, 2021 at 11:05 am
Joe in MI, I agree with the spirit of your argument, but the intent of the quote is that hope itself isn’t a plan, though a plan can (to your point must) involve hope.
In project management we don’t just hope our way to critical milestones. It’s also why you get “hope for the best, but plan for the worst.”
March 15th, 2021 at 11:40 am
Leighroy: I totally agree with that. Well said.