Kougs, please post a badass response to sys' logic.
there is no incongruity in a bball staffer reporting that martin didn't feel like contract talks were progressing and not understanding why in january, and martin and currie concluding talks to mutual satisfaction in march.
Meh, I assume with how long these things take, that an announcement on 3/7 means the deal was done sometime in Feb., meaning the talks have been going smoothly for some time before that. Thus, it follows that the talks couldn't have been going that badly in late January.
Maybe they were going fine, but Frank leaked it so they went better? Why are you searching for one specific set of facts when we all got what we wanted? The fact is, information came out that frank wasn't happy and we went to the mattresses for Frank. If there's a .1% chance that had any impact whatsoever on the process, Frank, Currie, mouth-breathing shirt tuckers etc. Then it was a roaring success. And it has had an impact, perhaps not any on the main stage, but the sideshows are where we roam anyway.