They’re not facts, they’re your feelings on the matter., which are not based on fact.
The contract situation for Virgil, Mo and Trent are inherited, that’s a fact. If yiu want to ask serious questions, then why was Trent not tied up to a long term contract 2 years ago, same with Virgil and why was Mo’s extension only 3 years, why not a 5 year deal.
On top of that guys have to be stupid enough to believe all contract negotiations are straight forward - in some cases they are, but that’s usually younger players.
“Give him what he wants” is not a good negotiation tactic - that’s also a fact.
Also… and this may have escaped you… the fact the 3 have not signed a contract has not adversely affected either individual or team performances - so it begs the question, what difference does it make if they’ve signed or not signed at this moment in time, other than to satisfy your state of mind.
If Virgil & Mo want to stay, then they’ll be in no rush to sign a pre-contract in January and if Trent’s mind is fixed on a move, then there’s nothing much we could have likely done anyway, short of offering something crazy.
The Zubimendi deal isn’t really on us - he changed his mind after indicating he was interested.
It must just kill you that things are going so well.
