I wrote earlier this week that Josh Cribbs'
seemingly untenable position in his current contract negotiations with the Browns might be a result of bad caution from his agents, J.R. Rickert and Peter Schaffer. I famous that Cribbs' agents
have embarrassed Cribbs in the past with ridiculous claims approximately
the commonplace reality of NFL teams putting forth effort on the field until the final whistle is blown, and cited a Tweet by our old friend
Dawg Pound Mike (since deleted, interestingly) that suggested that these folks are newcomers "trying to make a name for themselves" in the Cribbs negotations.
Yesterday, Cribbs agents pulled another questionable tactic out of their negotiating playbook: Sending condescending emails to bloggers who criticize their work. I received the following yesterday from Cribbs' agent J.R. Rickert:
from: [J.R. Rickert]
to: clevelandfrowns@gmail.com
date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:26 PM
subject: Twitter
Peter,
Who the hell are you? You know me???
If you did, you would know that my marketing days are in the rear observation mirror.
You should focus on your thriving law consume and scribing of current briefs before you comment approximately me.
Regards,
JR Rickert
President and CEO of
National Sports Management &
JR Enterprises
I replied to explain that I disagree with Rickert's recommendation that his public comments approximately the Browns and his representation of Josh Cribbs are only subject to scrutiny by those who know him personally, and Rickert responded to note that such was fair enough.
Still, regardless of how much money Cribbs actually deserves, the above email from Rickert lends additional support to the notion that if Cribbs doesn't end up in Brown and Orange in 2010 and beyond, such a tragedy might be as much or more a result of unreasonable demands and bad caution from his agents as anything else.
Back shortly with NFL playoff picks.
UPDATE:
Dawg Pound Mike responds with claim that someone hacked his Twitter and suggests it was us. If only. If only we could make stuff like this up.
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Rickert's reference to "marketing days" probably has something to do with Dawg Pound Mike's deleted tweet that I retweeted using the retweet button (which probably explains the "Twitter" subject line). One reason not to utilize the retweet button is that when the original tweeter deletes a retweeted tweet, a retweet-buttoned retweet (as opposed to a traditionally-retweeted retweet) is deleted from the retweeter's profile as well.
And since Rickert brought it up, it's true, everybody needds
a good attorney, not just Josh Cribbs.
