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than a lot I've seen around.
I definitely think Jack is not going to let Boras jerk him around, use and abuse him. He had to know that was a possibility, he had to think it was possible that he was at best a last resort choice. So he had to come into it with a plan in the back of his mind if his concern about it proved well-founded.
We know from experience with Jack that he is a straight shooter. If he thinks Boras is getting all circular on him I agree with you, he will move on to Plan B rather quickly. And it wouldn't surprise me if "quickly" was right after (or even possibly before) Christmas, or if things just aren't done between the holidays then right after New Years. He'd fail in his plan A, and Plan B definitely won't move the team along as well as Plan A would have, but he will not be made a fool of. And I don't blame him a bit if that's what's happening.
My insistance all along has been that if Jack thinks Fielder is the right add, then management simply must give him adequate resources to make a serious offer. I think you're right that management did give him such resources, and he did make a serious offer. So if Jack tells the press now that he made a "substantial" offer for the services of Fielder, I will believe him. That is all I can ask.
As disappointing as failure would be in light of what has happened in LA-LA land and Texas, we would just have to find another way to compete the best we can from second-tier status.