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Originally Posted by JakeF
People aren't mad at Berry for his last season. Berry came back from Cancer and had 3 good season. 2 under contract, 1 under a tagged contract.
He got pissed because the team didn't offer him as much as he thought he was worth. He got pissed because the team wanted him to take out an insurance policy about future Cancer. He was insulted. Berry went to Reid and got him to go over John Dorsey's head. Clark Hunt flew up to KC and negotiated the contract. Dorsey wanted to keep Houston, Reid kept Berry instead and got Dorsey fired.
Reid/Hunt agreed to a contract with Berry for 6yrs/78m w/40 million guaranteed.
Berry played 3 more games as a chiefs after signing huge contract. He retiring, leaving 8m per year in year in dead money for the next 2 years.
He also made the comment in his last season that seems to sum up his desire to play anymore after getting paid. "I felt like I probably could have come back last week(from heal injury)but I'm hesitant, didn't feel it in my spirit so I just said I'll wait"
That's why the fans are pissed, he fought for a big contract, created a battler between the HC and GM, then quit immediately. Played 3 games for like 40 million dollars.
Let's not just wash over all the other crap that happen. It wasn't just 1 year.
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I know why fans were pissed. I just don't get why blame Berry for it. Nothing Berry has ever done would make me think he did all that shit maliciously and that he didn't want to fulfill his contract and help the team.
I think surgeries are so common in sports that fans lose perspective on the fact that people in general don't like being cut open. And if you've been cut open a lot and went through the trials of cancer, having another surgery might be the last thing in the world you want to do. So I understood Berry trying to manage the heel instead of getting surgery, especially when he had done the same in years prior and it had worked successfully. It just didn't this time. And it's probably the Berry-stan in me talking but I also don't believe that quote was meant to be taken in the context it was taken in. He just meant he didn't think his heel had healed enough and wanted an extra week. And turns out he was right in that it hadn't went down enough but he underestimated how much longer he needed and even 1 more week wasn't enough.
I don't know though. I just know that Berry has never seemed like the type to do this kind of shit just because or because of some bad intentions.