Plan A and Plan B

And Mark, I guess I want to start by asking you where you want to start.

I'm going to put myself in Jim Neal's shoes.

And what I'm going to say is I sent out the invitations for the gathering on the 4th of July, and I thought I knew what the guest list was.

And then all of a sudden, my crazy brother-in-law decided to bring his side of the family.

And they showed up with all sorts of beverages that I had no idea what they were.

And my plans for having a nice, calm early July just went out the window.

And so as somebody who likes to have a bit of control over where I am and kind of have my ducks in a row, I'm feeling very frustrated.

I'm pulling my hair out.

I'm not sure whether I should shave off my mustache.

Life is not

good

because plan A failed.

Plan A was signing Jason Robertson and having

this deal done.

Plan B was let's do a deal where we get a fair compensation for him.

Rejected.

Okay, let's take a look at who else in the lineup we can move that can free up some cash space.

Oh, look, I proposed to this gorgeous girl in Columbus.

And, oh, I didn't realize that her father could reject it.

All of a sudden, plan A, plan B, plan C, plan D are all out the window.

And I have no idea what's going on.

And so I'm clearing cash space to try and salvage anything out of this early July free agency.

Yeah, I think that's a good summary.

And let's kind of break down those pieces together.

You know, one at a time, right? Obviously, the thing that we're alluding to, just in case somebody's managing to listen to this podcast while living under a rock, is that Jason Robertson remains unsigned and has, in fact, it is known that he rejected a sign-in trade to Seattle.