You Can Call Me Al (But Don’t Expect Me To Be At Camp) » Brats & Beer

Here we go again. The Journal Sentinel is reporting that Al Harris is ready to take his contract dispute to DEFCON 4 and might hold out of training camp if Green Bay isn’t willing to part with some of that revenue they made last year. Great. Just what we needed. New coaches, new systems, same old problems. The dreadlocked corner already skipped the optional workouts this month because he’s unhappy with the six-year extension he signed in 2004, but this is the first hint that he’s willing to drop the H-bomb to get his way. Coach McCarthy is smartly staying out of the crossfire (”I’m not going to discuss contracts. We don’t do that in the media.”) but he’s got to be wondering what kind of Packer People these Packer people are.

Al, you’ve been in Green Bay awhile now, you know how the system works there, just go to training camp next month and make sure your agent keeps Ted Thompson on speed dial. Alternatively, Ted Thompson, you’ve been in Green Bay awhile now, you know how desperately we need quality players on defense, just throw Harris a few extra dollars and make everyone happy.

Wouldn’t it be great though if we could all have this kind of relationship with our employers? “I’m a good fry cook and I deserve to make as much as other fry cooks in the business. I’m not coming to work at the Denny’s until I get a new contract. I’ve got to do what’s best for me and my family.” Somehow, I just don’t see that working out.

UPDATE: To paraphrase Harris’ agent in today’s news, “Me simple caveman. Me know nothing about holdout.” And so it goes.

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