Cook's Got His Hands In The Soup?
The first effort at ending the Cold War between head coach and quarterback was a conference call last Monday.
So Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, GM Brian Xanders, head coach Josh McDaniels, quarterback Jay Cutler and Cutler's agent, Bus Cook (left).
Cook presided.
A team source said the conversation went well and differences were aid. Another source told the Denver Post it went poorly and that things were worse off than before the call.
Saturday, there was a face-to-face (to face-to-face) meeting between Xanders-McDaniels and Cutler-Cook.
Again, Cook presided, according to Mike Klis of the Denver Post who wrote that, "Cutler has insisted that until his situation gets resolved, all conversation with Broncos officials must include his agent, Cook, who led the discussions in the both the conference call last Monday with Broncos officials and in the meeting Saturday with McDaniels and Xanders."
Klis reports that the Saturday meeting went even worse and has Broncos owner Pat Bowlen "disappointed" in the proceedings. Bowlen's disappointment, writes Klis, is with Cutler, not McDaniels.
Cutler isn't expected at a Monday team meeting. Nor is tight end Tony Scheffler whose agent is - surprise - Bus Cook.
It's becoming very easy to conclude that Cook is intent on making things worse rather than better between Cutler and the Broncos. Or that he's trying to extract a pound of flesh (and much more cash) from Denver for its entertaining the thought of moving Cutler out.
Enumerating Cook's track record in these matters is a story from milehighreport.com.
Using Cook's track record with clients Steve McNair, Brett Favre and William Joseph, a first-round pick of the Giants in 2003, the writer charts the similarities in their contentious negotiations. The writer concludes, "Bus Cook is after something, and he will use Cutler and the Broncos to get it."
The link between the Favre melodramas of the past few seasons and this one is something most have noted. But this story does a nice job of finding a trail that goes back further than Lord Brett. .
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Hey Jay,
Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. Maybe Detroit or someone can use an overrated crybaby.
It's all about the money, it's always were about the money. I think that Jay wants to get the cash for every fingerstick glucose he had to check on Broncos sideline, and for every sacrifice he made to remain the quaterback with Broncos. He probably feels that he could have cashed out the remaining contract and declare himself disabled, yet instead he found the way to play QB with diabetes. Instead of big "thank you" Broncos are trying to trade him out. He feels betrayed and offended... 8mln diabetics have to go to work to get a miserable $8/hr, so Cutler's cry will be largely ignored.
I think it's funny how Bronco fans are calling Cutler overrated now when not one of them would have admitted that fact five months ago.
Actually, it's been longer than five months for me, more like when he got drafted. Everyone around Denver, and some of the national press, have been tauting this guy as the next Elway. He even compares himself as such. Yes he has good QB numbers (yards, TD's, etc.) but where are the wins?? Three or so years and around a .500 winning percentage? That's mediocre, no matter who you are, except maybe the Lions.
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