Jim Steiner
Jim Steiner
announcing came following hour labor monday quickly retirement together week
The retirement thing came down very quickly with Jerry. It came a week ago Saturday, and by the following Monday Labor Day he was announcing his retirement. We had about an hour together before that happened.
deal prepared talk
We're going to be prepared to make a deal. We're going to talk numbers. We're going to be prepared to make a deal if they are.
ability agreed baltimore cap certainly covered deal elvis happen needed number order playing relative risk totally unless worried
Elvis had to take some risk in order to become a Raven. They needed his first-year cap number to be low, and the deal wasn't going to happen unless we agreed to that structure. That was not negotiable. He's certainly not worried about his playing ability and he's totally covered relative to injury. Baltimore is where he wanted to play.
goal
That's what his goal was. That's what he wanted.
best deal prepared shot terms
I was there to make a deal and I wanted to make it on my own terms a little bit. But I couldn't make it on my own terms. They just weren't prepared to give me their best shot right now.
happen talked
I think it will happen at some point. We just don't know when. We haven't talked to the 49ers yet.
happen talked
I think it will happen at some point, ... We just don't know when. We haven't talked to the 49ers yet.
alone came good leave left meeting productive sort
We came pretty close, but we just couldn't get it closed. We just had to leave it alone for a while. We sort of got stuck, like you do when you can't get a deal. But we had a good productive meeting and we left on a good note.
bring case decision million money pay personnel prepared
If they were prepared to pay him $1 million to retire, you can't say it was a money thing, ... It was just a personnel decision to not bring him back. Case closed.
anybody career stake starter whether
What's at stake is his career as a starter in the NFL, ... whether it's with 49ers or anybody else.
calling cap cloak decision hook letting personnel players versus younger
This was a personnel decision on the part of the 49ers. It was a decision to go with younger players versus the veteran. It's a philosophy. They have the right to have that philosophy, but I'm not going to let them off the hook by calling it a cap decision and letting them cloak it in that language. They have younger receivers that they want to play.
calling cap cloak decision hook letting personnel players versus younger
This was a personnel decision on the part of the 49ers, ... It was a decision to go with younger players versus the veteran. It's a philosophy. They have the right to have that philosophy, but I'm not going to let them off the hook by calling it a cap decision and letting them cloak it in that language. They have younger receivers that they want to play.
choice definitely seattle
They definitely wanted to do this. And Seattle was Shaun's first choice all along.
above amount beat capital companies growth looking means next numbers obviously purchases surprised
They beat numbers pretty significantly, so obviously there's some capital purchases being made and they're above depreciation levels, which means companies are looking to put growth capital at risk. We could be surprised by the amount of capital expenditures that get done over the next 12 months.