Perhaps the problem in this situation isn't Jason Peters... here's hoping he takes a page from Devin Hester's playbook and reports against the advice of his agent.
What's interesting is that players like Tommie Harris and Bernard Berrian dump him in favor of the oft-villified Rosenhaus.
After reading the attached article, I wonder how many of you will wish Rosenhaus was in charge instead of the ass clown that Peters has now?
Also... if I am Brandon and Jauron, I'd have players close to Peters start reaching out to him behind the scenes. If Wilson won't play ball, then **** him... maybe Peters will.
Hester, not agent, calling the shots
New contract with return ace is complicated matter because there's no comparable player
July 25, 2008
BY MIKE MULLIGAN mmulligan@suntimes.com
A desperate tactic by a desperate man. That's the way some regard Devin Hester's contract holdout, which reached Day 2 on Thursday -- or $30,000 in fines for two missed practices. Hester isn't the desperate man, mind you. The supposed villain of this production is his agent, Eugene Parker, according to one reading of the script. That's the same Eugene Parker who has seen two of his former clients -- Tommie Harris and Bernard Berrian -- dump him in favor of Drew Rosenhaus before signing big-money deals.
Never mind that Berrian actually was represented by Roosevelt Barnes, Parker's partner. One interpretation of the ongoing saga is that Parker is grabbing hold of this negotiation by holding out Hester and forcing a deal before anyone else can swoop in and poach his client. Harris laughed out loud Thursday at the absurdity of the notion. A close friend of Hester and a man aware of Parker's skills as an agent, Harris insists it's the return ace and not the agent who's calling the shots on this one."
''That decision was not made by Eugene,'' Harris said. ''Agents can't make you do anything. An agent works for you. But he also has to support whatever you decide to do. ''If Devin told them, 'I'm not going to camp,' all they can do is tell him to go. When he says no, they have to take up his side. It's like paying a lawyer: He has to say whatever you tell him to say. He can't just get up there and tell the truth.''
Harris is among several players and coaches who've been in touch with Hester."
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What's interesting is that players like Tommie Harris and Bernard Berrian dump him in favor of the oft-villified Rosenhaus.
After reading the attached article, I wonder how many of you will wish Rosenhaus was in charge instead of the ass clown that Peters has now?
Also... if I am Brandon and Jauron, I'd have players close to Peters start reaching out to him behind the scenes. If Wilson won't play ball, then **** him... maybe Peters will.
Hester, not agent, calling the shots
New contract with return ace is complicated matter because there's no comparable player
July 25, 2008
BY MIKE MULLIGAN mmulligan@suntimes.com
A desperate tactic by a desperate man. That's the way some regard Devin Hester's contract holdout, which reached Day 2 on Thursday -- or $30,000 in fines for two missed practices. Hester isn't the desperate man, mind you. The supposed villain of this production is his agent, Eugene Parker, according to one reading of the script. That's the same Eugene Parker who has seen two of his former clients -- Tommie Harris and Bernard Berrian -- dump him in favor of Drew Rosenhaus before signing big-money deals.
Never mind that Berrian actually was represented by Roosevelt Barnes, Parker's partner. One interpretation of the ongoing saga is that Parker is grabbing hold of this negotiation by holding out Hester and forcing a deal before anyone else can swoop in and poach his client. Harris laughed out loud Thursday at the absurdity of the notion. A close friend of Hester and a man aware of Parker's skills as an agent, Harris insists it's the return ace and not the agent who's calling the shots on this one."
''That decision was not made by Eugene,'' Harris said. ''Agents can't make you do anything. An agent works for you. But he also has to support whatever you decide to do. ''If Devin told them, 'I'm not going to camp,' all they can do is tell him to go. When he says no, they have to take up his side. It's like paying a lawyer: He has to say whatever you tell him to say. He can't just get up there and tell the truth.''
Harris is among several players and coaches who've been in touch with Hester."
...more...
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