First AJ comment

:"Although neither side will discuss specifics of the offer, it is known theTexans were willing to pay Robinson like Carolina cornerback ChrisGamble." ... John McClain, Feb. 20http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6273910.htmlMcClain went further on the radio and said that the offer exceededGamble's (in guaranteed money). I'm sure I wasn't the only one that heardit. p.s., Don't get fixated on total value. This isn't baseball. Report theguaranteed money and the years.Posted by: aj at April 3, 2009 07:37 PM

Richard Justice reply

: The devil is in the details, my friend. I've beenaround NFL negotiations long enough to know there's a front side and aback side to the contracts. One side can spin an offer to be worth oneamount, the other side another amount. I don't trust anyone's reporting except my own on this. In Washington, Charley Casserly twice leaked menumbers that were lies. When I printed different numbers in thenewspaper, he never objected. I don't believe Dunta Robinson would haveturned down Chris Gamble's contract, but I'm telling you I don't have thenumbers nailed down. I'm not going to guess or say I've got numbers inthe neighborhood. At some point, I'll get the numbers and give them to you. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. All I'm certain of is that Rick Smith hasn't handled this deal well. He told the player one thing and then did another.--Richard

Second AJ comment

:Gee, I didn't realize we were friends...I don't even know you. Along withothers, I was just letting you in on what your co-worker had previouslyreported about Dunta's offer.

Richard Justice reply

: We're not friends. People like me don't befriend people like you. You have a column, right? You're a professional journalist, right? I'm more interested in what your reporting has come upwith. Oh that's right, you haven't done any reporting. You steal fromothers and presume it's correct. Let me give you a basic journalism lesson, junior. Get out of your mother's basement and do some work of your own. If the only source you've got is someone else's work, then you should tryanother line of work. You people.--Richard

A comment from another commenter on Justice’s above reply:

Wow, I never thought I'd see a professional throw such a tantrum. Igenerally don't like or agree with your Texans writing, but every once in awhile you've got something good. And then your pompous,12-year-old-in-a-sandbox nature comes out and I question why I come back to read it.I get that you don't answer every post, but I would assume that you wouldat least limit your responses to things you can be professional about.I think you need to take a page out of John McClain's book. He isn't alwaysnice, he isn't even always friendly in his blogs, but he's never been activelyhostile to people like this. I wish the Chronicle had higher standards, andyou should be ashamed of yourself for not having them, either.

Richard Justice reply

Be sure to sign up to follow me on Twitter. You'll like me better there. That's where my real personality comes out. I'mreally a nice guy. I can't believe you wouldn't like my football stuff. I believe the building of a good team begins in three areas: O-line, D-lineand QB. You don't believe in that? I'm sorry, but you sound a little peculiar. Anyway, I'm sorry for my offensive and inappropriate language. If a young man is forced to sit in his mother's basement and surf the Net all day, it's probably because he's unemployed, and unemployment is nolaughing matter. I should be ashamed of myself. Hey, what's the deal withannouncing you're Mormon? Just between us, that's a little too muchinformation. While we're breaking things down, the Astros have 14 white folks, 7 Latinos, 3 African Americans and 1 Japanese on their 25-manroster. I know some of you keep up with that stuff. You're the ones that write in whenever I write about race to say you're color blind, but whyaren't there more white boys in the NBA? You're the same ones that fought integration, not because you're racist, but because you thought it was a states-right issue. I was raised a Presbyterian, but it's too hard to spell. I'm sure Mormonism is a nice religion and all, but I'm just not curious