I dont think that is even close to true. That is a popular narrative on this board with zero substantiation.We need him in future years but this is an obvious overpay. We were bidding against nobody.
Nobody with cap space was chasing him. His market was the mid-level and we went 50% above that.I dont think that is even close to true.
Edit: It's about 30% more than the MLE with max raises.Nobody with cap space was chasing him. His market was the mid-level and we went 50% above that.