What do we do with Sharper at the end of the year? (1 Viewer)

[Colin311]

Hopefully he doesn't follow Gregg to Washington.

What makes you think Gregg Williams would leave?

 

[BoNcHiE]

With Cowher, Gruden, and Shanahan on the market, I doubt GW gets any serious coaching offers. Most of the terrible teams are on first year coaches also, so the turnover won't be as great this year.

 

[615saint]

With Cowher, Gruden, and Shanahan on the market, I doubt GW gets any serious coaching offers. Most of the terrible teams are on first year coaches also, so the turnover won't be as great this year.

Jeff Fisher may also end up on the free market. From what I've heard, Jerry has a thing for Fisher as well.

 

[LSSpam]

Encase him in frozen carbonite for display

 

[Purple Haze]

Hopefully he doesn't follow Gregg to Washington.

Get that junk out of here


As for the OPs question, if we win a SB and Sharp moves above Lott, I could see him retiring possibly... but I hope we offer him something sizable regardless. The guy is timeless.

 

[Carbon]

Retire his number.

 

[TCUDan]

If I were Mickey Loomis, I'd already be drawing up a 2-year extension for him.

 

[BoatsNBeer]

Lock him in a room until training camp?

 

[jojo223]

Encase him in frozen carbonite for display

Which also preserves him for future use... Good thinking sir!

 

[Purple Haze]

Erect a statue of him outside of gate C?

 

[BreesusSaves]

There is only one option in his contract and it comes at mid-season I believe. It is a one year contract with a roster bonus stashed in the middle of it.

Like I said... at minimum. The impact he's made is impossible to ignore. No way they let this guy walk away.

 

[jojo223]

Shhhh... Don't tell him I am doing this to his hyperbaric chamber...

 

[Ltr0x]

I don't know if he'll be franchised, but I would be surprised if he wasn't offered a nice contract. I kinda get the impression he likes it here, so moving on at the end of the year might not be that big of a concern.

agreed

he wont go anywhere

here he is a playmaker ... in MINN they didnt use him like we are using

here he is a ball hawk ... not a run stopper

 

[MV2]

If he plays well the rest of the year and stays healthy I would hope we would bring him back. Usama Young is probably his eventual replacement or maybe even Jenkins, but I don't think either of them would bring the consistency to that position next year that he could bring. A 2 year deal would make sense to me with him playing more on passing downs so he could hold up for us. Usama is a very physical tackler so he could handle running downs.

 

[SuePrudhomme]

He's proven two things already: one, he's got a lot left in the tank and is playing like a man in his prime; and two, he (along with Vilma) is a strong leader and mentor. I read an article in the Times-Pic the other day about how he's organized a Friday film-viewing so he and the other guys can hunt for their opposition's small weaknesses and tendencies; someone who takes that kind of initiative is not someone the Saints will want to part with soon.

Plus he seems happy here. You can't discount that; a lot of guys will take a slightly less lucrative deal than they might get elsewhere if they're fulfilled in other ways. It's common sense--after all, would you rather be filthy rich but feeling constrained and controlled at your job, or merely dirty rich and having a lot of autonomy and respect?

I hope he gets a nice fat two-year contract after this season and winds up in a coaching capacity with us once he's ready to step off the field (which doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon, the guy's in phenomenal shape).