dulzhok
Registered User
Taking someone to arbitration does is no way help you negotiate the length of a contract. And yes, it was the team's decision, so he was made to/forced/whatever synonym you want to use for it.It's funny how Weber signing an offer sheet is viewed as just business but taking him to arbitration to prevent an offer sheet when Weber wasn't negotiating for a contract length the team was willing to do is "forcing" him.
It was a fear based move to keep people for offering sheeting him. There's a reason hardly anyone is taken to arbitration by their team. It's typically bad player relations.
I certainly don't view Weber signing a hard-to-match offer sheet as "just business".