Originally Posted by
MichaelMcNamara
Again, you guys are right IF Griff said he will try his best and if he said that he will buy him out if he didnt get an acceptable trade offer.
But if Griff said he will move him out East or buy him out if he cant, then Griff is in the wrong. This isnt about JJ's bad season or contract or anything else that you guys are throwing in out of hope your GM isnt in the wrong and/or effecting future players. Its simple - did he lie or not? If you lie to another mans face, you are in the wrong. Especially when it can be as simple as saying, "JJ, I promise you that we will TRY to get you out East, but I have to do whats best for my boss and the other 14 guys in that locker room at the end of the day. But you have my word, I will try everything to get you out there and I will buy you out if no trades that make us better are offered"
Its that simple. And maybe Griff said that and JJ heard what he wanted to hear. Or Griff said that to his agent and his agent misrepresented Griff's words to JJ. But you guys keep making this about his contract or his play and all this other stuff when its only about if Griff lied to him or not - when he didnt have to.