Re: _Garnett is crazy..._, Ed Grinnell wrote to Terry May on 23 Aug 97:
 EG> Unless you've had your head in the sand, you'd have seen the stories
 EG> about the agents that are being sued for going too far.
As I said previously, that's far different from blaming an agent for 
something, when the player has neither done nor said anything to suggest that 
the agent is acting on his own.
 EG> Do you want to hold the Phillies' number one pick responsible for Boras'
 EG> crap?
I don't know enough about the situation.
 EG> rules and while his client would be considered responsible for making
 EG> the decision, he's still a young man who's easily swayed by his agent
Some people are not easily swayed at 18; others are easily swayed at 40.  We 
try 15-year olds for murder as adults.  At what age do YOU hold a player 
responsible for his own actions?
I'd prefer to give Garnett the benefit of the doubt that he is intelligent 
enough to make his OWN decision whether or not to accept a $100+ million 
contract, regardless of how much advice he's getting and from whom.  If I 
were in his shoes, I certainly wouldn't want people to think I was too stupid 
or too immature to make my own decisions.  (I sure didn't blame others for my 
own mistakes when I was 16, let alone when I was older.)
... Football players have odd shaped balls.
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