Quote Originally Posted by paulwoods13 View Post
I also wonder whether Ott has made a "predatory" offer to Pickett, in the belief that Argos would endeavour to match or surpass it, thus hamstringing themselves in other areas. IMO Murphy, Magri et al will be more determined to keep two or three other key guys than they will to put all of their eggs in one basket. Pickett is a huge loss, assuming he does end up in Ottawa, but it would be offset to some extent if we are able to keep, say, Hendrix, Coxie and Barlow as a result of not overspending on Pickett.
Most free agent signings could be considered “predatory”.
The Argonauts have to be very smart with their salary allocation to hopefully minimize the losses to the roster.
It admittedly is very frustrating seeing other teams poach productive and popular players from your team but the Argos have also benefited from such moves in the past.
Times like this are a reminder of the importance of good scouting, drafting, recruiting and player development which Toronto has done a good job at recently.