We should have drafted Michael Crabtree, he would have signed by now being the #4 pick overall and not been a holdout drama queen like Curry is being...

In the words of an infamous blogger named BOB: "Crabtree !!!!!!!!!!"

I'm officially off the Curry bandwagon.

If he hadn't put on this huge act about how he just loved the game, and leukemia kids and his mom, and it wasn't about the money, and this other PR garbage - I wouldn't be upset that he was such an incredible JERK at the pro-day (only to later twitter that he was sick of signing autographs) and then hold out of camp for more money..

If you are a prima-donna, let us know so we can expect this crap. He sold us all fake goods leading up to the draft.

Snydro, understand the frustration, but I'm reserving judgment until he steps onto the field. I don't ultimately care how nice my team's players are, sure it helps, but wouldn't you rather have Ronnie Lott than Brian Russell?

Keep in mind that he's a human being too. Imagine going from a normal 22 year old dude, to having people stuff pens and footballs in your face 24/7, along with photographers, journalists, etc.

He's a kid trying to get used to the (neon green) limelight, and all of this is new to him. Give him a chance to adjust before you go calling for his head.

Regardless, once he tears it up every Sunday from here on out, I'm sure you will change your early impressions...Besides, you should be glad he's on our side!

Give the kid a break. Football is a business. He owes it to himself and his family to get every penny he can. He's got a small window of opportunity to make as much money as he can to support himself and his family for the rest of his/their lives. None of us would/should do any different if we were in his shoes. He's one serious injury away from being out of a job. Make as much money now in case something bad happens later.

As a business owner, I respect the man for being smart enough to stick to his guns. To us it's football, for him, it's his livelihood.

That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing him on the field for years to come

cysco

Ummmm..... He lives in Seattle so of course he is there. No word on any signing yet though!

Remember that if he gets hurt or sucks the team cuts him and he's done. That's that and nobody thinks twice about it. "That's the business" is what everyone says. But when the player wants to get paid everyone is pissed at him. Somehow that's not supposed to be the business.

I'm not saying all hold-outs are equal but Curry is just trying to get his share. It's a big deal to him as it should be.

quit getting your panties all bunched up over this. Currys agent is the one working the deal.

If he still holds out for a long time even though the picks above him and below him have signed then I will start to get a bad feeling about the whole thing. He needs to get over the fact that QB's are paid more than every other position. He should make close to what Sanchez is making, but not as much or more IMO.

I agree with Ryan Romano. Reserve judgment for when he signs and when he plays. If the other players drafted around him sign and he doesn't after being offered a similar deal then yes, then you can talk smack. If he signs for a good deal, which he will get if he signs, then yes, talk smack. But, if he is what is expected and signs his similar deal, then you will feel stupid for talking before the negotiations are complete. Have a Fine Navy Day!

I'm fine with this holdout. Sure, I'd rather have him in camp already, but if this guy is what we think he is- we'll forget about the holdout by week 2. Then we'll never have another holdout from him for 5-6 years. The guys that get my goat are the ones who choose not to honor the contracts they sign. The Joey Galloways and the Roddy Whites of the world. I also seem to remember another high draft pick Seahawks rookie who held out a bit. I think he still plays LT for us. As soon as that guy hit the field you realized he was worth the wait.

Everyone needs to remember that his "agent" is controlling this situation not Aaron himself. His Agent most likely told him "don't worry big guy, we'll get you on the field; you just let me worry about your contract" as most agents do...

Crabtree's agent just happens to love money more than most...

I think you all missed my point.. I am not mad that he is waiting for the market to dictate itself. What bothers me is that the entire show leading up to the draft - the good guy act - was just that.. An act!

He is a jerk in real life. It is actually worse to me than if he were just an egotistical dude who could lay the hammer down. He is a con-artist, really. It was all calculated. That just rubs me the wrong way. Two encounters with this guy, and both times he was the biggest a**hole on the planet? That's not a coincidence.

Now the hold-out on top of that just irritates me. Prior to the draft, he was making statements about how he didn't care about the money, he'd be playing no matter what, and he just wants to help his mom, etc.. It was all PR.. Draft me high, pay me big.

And so, if you want to make an excuse for a guy getting 55 million dollars whining about signing autographs for Seahawks fans, that's your problem.

I personally have no problem yet with the holdout because watching his youtube videos from college is still getting me off... he will be in a seahawks uniform soon, no doubt......... tearing opponents heads off and being an all around menace 2 the society we call football... get your money Curry, six years is better than 5.... hope your signed by this weekend just so you get some full contact practice the next few weeks

All I know is I'll be happy if the owners get a rookie wage scale in the CBA negotiations. I don't mind paying proven guys like Walt or Hasselbeck or even Alexander (though I would have paid Hutch and then transitioned Shaun). But Curry is going to be the highest paid player on the team and he's never played a down. Now he might end up being the best player on the team and worth it. Or he might end up the next Boz.

I think ideally I'd like something like the first round and second round contracts could only be for 3 years and the rest for 2 years as a trade-off for the wage scale. Then make them restricted free agents after years 2 and 3 and unrestricted after 4. That would allow the people who outplayed their contracts to either renegotiate with the team that drafted them, or to get bigger offers from other teams that would then be able to be matched. Then everyone wins...

He's a jerk? So you know him well enough to make this type of judgment? Aaron Curry has only been in Seahawk Nation for 4 months, so cool it. Con artist? A**hole? You are getting a little ridiculous here...

I would understand calling Michael Vick a jerk, but you have no clue what you're talking about.

Tatupu and Hill praise him for his character and both have gone on record to say how great he's been so far.

Just because he didn't sign your jersey doesn't make him a bad person.

jerryNice makes a good argument here. Snydro22, do you know him, does he call you at home.

You try signing autographs for three hours straight. He got tire of signing his name.

besides that, how the hell was all this a PR stunt when everything this man said about his family is true. HIS AGENT WANTS BIG DOLLARS. I'm sure he does too. So what's wrong with that?

If you were the best defensive player in the draft you would want the money too. Just because he said "it's not about the money, I just want to play football" and is holding out doesn't mean he's a jerk, a**hole or a con artist. Your just mad because you can't play. Thats why you talk smack on blogs.

Get out there and do have the crap he does physically and then you can say something; until then go back to eating your dibs and playing WOW...

Snydro22

"tow encounters with this guy and both times he was the biggest A**hole on the planet"

I would be too if you kept following me to the pisser...

You guys seriously don't think he's pulling the strings on this, do you? C'mon. His agent is telling him what to do. 20 bucks says he's bummed he's not playing football during all this nonsense.

Aaron Curry said back before the draft that to him, the NFL is about the game itself and not the money. Well, if that was true, then why doesn't he sign the dang contract already?!?!?

That's what I have been trying to say. It is his agent...Give the guy a chance. All of this will come out at the press conference when he actually signs.

Blam-Blooey, don't you get the point that it is not Curry holding out for more money. It is his agent pulling all the strings. He is a young and impressionable guy who is new to all this crap, so he is just going with what his agent is saying.

This is the exact reason most of the NFL players don't stay with the same agent they signed with before their rookie season. These agents promise big things and then do things like this to hurt a mans career. Sometimes it is the other way around. Players sign with a low tier agent and then realize that they can get better money with another guy; that is if their talent warrants a better negotiating agent.

I would hope our first fround draft pick whose pee pee is being blown all over town would treat the people that love him better...

Terrell Owens= egotistical jerk
Ryan Leaf= idiot a-hole jerk
Eddie Haskell= two-faced jerk
Roberto Alomar= loogie spitting jerk
Randy Johnson= short-fused jerk
Aaron Curry= he's a rookie, so let's give him time to show what he's truly all about.

Yeah... I guess that's true. Deon butler said that that was true too in his KJR interview. But can't he like kinda tell his agent to hurry up with it? Cause if the agent holds out too long then his job w/ Curry could be at stake, right?

Then again I'm only 15, and I don't know everything.

Curry Twittered that he was 'tired of signing autographs and then having them end up on eBay a couple of hours later.'

Hard to argue with that feeling - but, yes, I know it comes with the job.

A) "It's about the game, not the money." Maybe true, maybe not, but Curry hasn't missed any games yet. The money is important, this could very well be the biggest contract Curry ever has and if you're the #4 overall pick, you want that guaranteed number to set you up for life. There is a good chance that the guaranteed money is Aaron Curry's retirement plan.

B) Curry is not pulling the strings, his agent is. His agent has both Aaron Curry's and his own best interests in mind. You would expect him to be fighting. That's fine. What we don't know, however, is what offers are on the table from either side. I like to think that the Seahawks would be fair, but for all we know, Curry and Sullivan have named a very reasonable contract and the Hawks are unwilling to bend hoping that Curry's genuine love of the game will get him to sign a contract they don't like before he does stop missing games.

My point is, we don't know. We don't know whats happening in the negotiations, and we don't know what's happening in Curry's mind. Chris Spencer "held out" 7 days and he was the 25th pick. This is not rare and it is not a huge deal, we just want him to sign.

C) As for him being the biggest a-hole in the world? Well, I was not at all impressed with him at the Pro Shop signing, but we also have to acknowledge that these are real people with real lives. The twitter thing where he said he was tired of signing things? That's not what he said. He said he was tired of signing things just to see them end up on eBay. Wouldn't you be? Oh, Aaron, I'm your biggest fan! Thanks so much! Great, not I can make 70 bucks, appreciate it. That would rub me the wrong way the first few times, too.

Bottom line is we do not know who Curry is. We don't know who Hasselbeck _really_ is. We like to think we have a relationship with these guys, but we don't beyond the fan-player bond. In 1980 could you have imagined the type of person OJ Simpson was? How many guys seem like dirty jagoffs on the field but run a huge charity and are very involved in their communities?

My point is that we are all speculating and making personal judgments doesn't really do anything but piss yourself off. Did Curry piss me off at the Pro-day thing? Yes, but hell, Deon Butler and Devin Moore more than offset his aloofness, so call is a rub.

Outside of bashing Curry, does anybody know if he is actually working a deal out with the Seahawks? The last missing peice of the puzzle was Tyson Jackson's contract. He's gotta fit in somewhere between Jackson's and Sanchez's.

Snydro,
I can't vouch for how Curry acted around you in your two encounters, but I met him when he came to a Kirkland Little League playoff game with Deon Butler and threw out the first pitch.
These weren't the majors kids, but the younger ones in minors and coast league. They first threw out the pitches for the coast game and then waited around and came down and did it again for the 8-9 year olds. Afterwards they posed for pictures, shook kids' hands and signed autographs. They even stuck around for a little bit afterwards and watched some of the game.
They were perfect gentlemen and looked like they were happy to be there. I know it meant alot to the kids.

Well, that's good to hear about the little league kids.

After my encounters with him, I was really disappointed.. I even had my 2 year old with me and he was rolling his eyes at little kids. After showing up late! He had just gotten there, this was no 8 hour autograph session. But even if it was, is that such a bad thing? To make a little kids day? He is being very well rewarded for his time.

But hey, durteehawk, come get some. You can google my college career. Where did you play, buddy? I wouldn't talk any more shit..

But if you feel the need.. Meet me at the VMAC on the 11th.

I saw Aaron Curry at LA Fitness, too bad he wasn't practicing at UW Stadium instead. Let's get this done!