@the-gipper said:Well, the skinflints I am talking about is Sashi Brown and DePodesta, not Haslam. They and their analytics have now been put in charge....and I think JH is letting them do their thing here. And this may be a part of their thing. @texasag1969 said: If that were true then SB should have kept his mouth shut concerning the importance of retaining our own FA's. Mislead Browns fans into thinking that was part of the plan. Well Sashi was the head bean counter last year, and now he's got final say. It's day 2. With all respects to Mud- for Sashi & DePo being a Harvard Grads, I'd say they flunked day one- badly.