Yeah, it really is. I mean, when we read how much the contract was for. If he had gotten the big payday, I would have understood. But knowing how much he LOVES New Orleans, it's just messed up, man.
The good thing though is that Ingram rubbed off on Kamara so much in their two years together, I wouldn't be surprised to see Kamara step right up to the plate and be that same infusion of fire and energy, as you put it. And we've always got the greatness and leader of this team since he signed on the line in 2006 with Drew to make sure the locker room stays on par with the level of cohesiveness we've had the past few years.
Heh. Probably kept them in the loop after we signed Murray because Ingram wouldn't answer the phone or return any messages. (What makes me definitely think this is all his agent's doing is the fact that Ingram has been Payton's guy ever since we drafted him. Always stuck with him through those first few seasons where he still hadn't found his "NFL groove" yet and kept saying that he wanted Ingram to be here for his whole career all the way up until we signed Murray.)
So Bobbitt blew it?
Well, the thing is, though, the band will ALWAYS break up. That's the nature of humans ... and business. And we don't know what the future holds for him healthwise and protocol wise. I mean, yeah, we weren't using him up, but we still didn't have him for the first 4 weeks. And he gets popped again, then it's longer. Mind you, I'm not WISHING these things on him. I did a 180 on Ingram from his beginning here. But I'm not really chuffed about this, only with how it went down.Whenever you break up the band, you run the risk of things going to _ in a handbasket.
On the other hand, there have been some pretty noteworthy and successful split-ups that were a win-win overall.
Would have loved for Ingram to stay. Only time will tell whether or not the Black and Gold will come out on the losing end.
Yeah, agent probably said "Don't talk to Coach, he will try to manipulate you."
