I don't think anyone thinks (or its a very small minority) that he is being disrespected. He isn't. The issue is the pandora's box Matthews deal opened up by re-setting the market (we will do fine on that deal most likely, but it was far from ideal, and absolutely had a huge carryover effect). The primary issue I had with posters screaming trade the spoiled brat, is that it seems to basically be a vindictive reaction, rather than something based on the information at hand. I think we win more on an overpay, than dumping him when he is making this demand (some of the returns people expected weren't going to happen). And, even if we did overpay significantly, I believe he has more trade value in a year when his contract is set, rather than when he can dictate terms to where he is willing to go (no gm is trading significant assets for an unsigned RFA with huge demands).
