Love=$$$$, or, with fear of getting sued by the NFL, “Cha-Ching!”

He’s not going to get a lot of visits on crutches.

“Love” definitely = $$$$. I like Darren and all, but a classier way to say it is “they are all still negotiating a contract agreement.” He’s 34 years old and on crutches. I don’t know how much more “love” he thinks he should get. I want him back and all, but at a reasonable price. I’m sure Payton and Loomis feel the exact same way.

Love is a matter of a bigger check?

Well, unless you’re a member of KISS, where it would then be a matter of your d***.

I think Sharper is showing his “other” side and, frankly, it’s quite a turn off.

Perhaps we should not have tried to embarrass Mickey by making him appear cheap.

because I don’t think the Saints are trying to low-ball him.

Sharper made $1.7M last year. We don’t know what the Saints offer to him is for 2010, but it is less than the franchise tag of $6M+.

If the Saints are offering him less than $2M, they are definitely low-balling him.

Nothing wrong with paying a guy more in his 2nd year for less production, it makes up for underpaying him in the first year. He was a steal in 2009.

Why isn’t he signed a contract somewhere else. Whenever I think Sharper I see a guy making great INTs and then I cant help but remember the 1st play of the 2009-10 playoffs.

Darren, I challenge you to find a NFL city with more reasonably priced prostitutes than New Orleans. How much more love do you need to be shown?! Sure Detroit hookers may be cheaper, but their meth addictions really detract from value. What? That’s not the “love” he meant? Then disregard this post.

But since he is the “el hefe” he gets to post his at the top!

A quote posted on Rotoworld:

Free agent FS Darren Sharper indicated Wednesday that he feels low-balled by the Saints’ initial contract offers.
“If the love was right, that would have been taken care of,” he said. “The love would have been reciprocated.” Sharper, coming off arthroscopic knee surgery, plans to begin formally taking free agent visits within “a week or so.”

It’s just a total buzzkill to have these kind of riffs before the guys even have their rings.

I don’t blame Sharper, even though I think he’s not handling it particularly well. He’s a football player, not a businessman, and I’m sure he felt like all of the Championship euphoria would be a kind of substitute for realistic negotiations.

And I don’t blame Mickey, either. He IS a businessman, and a hell of a businessman, and he is trained to look at business with a cold eye, particularly when you’re emotionally as well as financially invested.

That being said, I think that it would be worth it for the Saints to overpay Sharper an extra 2 million on a 2 year contract and possibly put some kind of injury clause stipulation in the contract. Fujita had been a good candidate for replacement for the last 2 seasons and his value to the Saints was a lot more sentimental than practical, but I was still sorry to see him go. Sharper is a true impact player and a sentimental favorite—seeing this great league veteran and first-year Saint lead the WhoDat chant on the sidelines was one of the great joys of the season—so his departure would be a drag for both nostalgic and competetive reasons.

I hope they get a deal done, but I’m going to yield to Mickey Loomis’ wisdom on the matter. He’s been the Drew Brees of the business end.

 . . . whatever software this site uses for posts and comments is the cat’s @ss. It’s the Drew Brees of website software.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKLL7Lk74D8

Fed up with Sharper negociating through the medias. Give Young or Jenkins a shot at FS and stop waisting valuable UFA “hunt” time on Darren. Since Usama did pretty good in training camp, I wouldn’t mind having him as a starter with Jenkins on nickels and dimes. How about using that money to pay our six-footer under center anyway?

Worst case scenario, “porcelain” Gay is still on the field. Otherwise, I’m pretty comfortable with our two youngsters. They did both show some skills…

One last thought.

Again!

to make an argument for him I suspect that he’s out of luck. We are seeing the Mr. Hyde side of Darren. A 35 year old cripple does not have a strong negotiating position. If he thinks that he should get paid for sentimental reasons, then adios Muchacos..With the recent discovery of his other side, do we really want him in the locker room next season. One leads by example and so far post season he has set a poor one. If he is wanting “Sympathy” by whinning then he can findi it in the dictionary between Sh#T and Syphillis. He will get none from me….

I ain’t mad at Sharper wanting a bigger check. Who on this thread wouldn’t want a bigger check from your employer? I mean come on. But the team got to do what the team got to do to. It’s just business on both sides of the ball baby. Sharp got to try and get it now he’s only got 1 or 2 years left. He’s knows that, the front office knows that and he’s coming off a surgery. Everybody knows that in the league. He ain’t gon get it, but he/his agent got to ask for it, the team would be crazy to give it to him. It’s just the game. So don’t hate the playa hate the game! Words of wisdom from the Louisiana SuperStar Master P.

Just in case you don’t get Sharper’s perspective, the money offered shows the amount of respect that the Saints have for him. I understand both sides of the fence here, and it is a business decision. Sharper feels as if the Saints have disrespected him after the season that he put up by failing to act in a hurry to secure his services for the rest of his career, or 3 years, whichever comes first. The Saints aren’t going “Bears Crazy” in free agency and just throwing money at people because of an uncapped year. They now have stock as a Super Bowl caliber team and some Free Agents want to be a part of that kind of team. Both sides are trying to do what is best for them. Sharper’s mangina got hurt when the Saints didn’t franchise him, the Saints feel that Sharper won’t hold up for the duration of the contract he wants. I say, give Sharper a 6 mill offer for two years, 2.5 mil guaranteed. If he doesn’t bite, then so be it, we can work Young into the mix.

Free agent FS Darren Sharper believes he would be a good fit with the Jets.
Sharper says he has the “utmost respect” for coach Rex Ryan and loves his aggressive scheme. Sharper added that “there’s something about the big lights and the big city that fits me.” He also expressed interest in playing for the Bears, another team with a need at safety.

As it stands, I’ve lost a lot of respect for him.

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Loomis’ best line: “Listen, I’ve got all the love in the world for Darren Sharper. I just don’t have all the money in the world for him.”