Originally Posted by
doylfish
He was under contract for this season, but honestly I think they wanted to clean house as much as possible after last season, so no. I also think ownership was a bit fed up with some of his large contracts not panning out and ready for a fresh start. That being said, they did the right thing to let him take a promotion elsewhere and get outta Boston a year early, but still, should've at least made him take that gawdawful lackey contract. No mulligans just cause youre changing posts, and Ricketts was drooling to get his mitts on having that kind of name recognition around for the fan base