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| Donahue To Approach Free Agency Openly May 28 2002 By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise Terry Donahue is approaching the June first, fiscal end of the NFL year with the same type of attitude he took to the draft. After this date, teams can release players and have their salary cap figure count against next seasons salary cap. Thus teams, who are looking for some room under the cap, will often release some talented veterans creating a larger talent pool in the free agent market. Terry Donahue is looking to improve the 49ers with the signing of at least one more player. He won’t however commit himself to any one position. Although Blake Brockermeyer, the offensive lineman, appears to be on top of the teams’ wish list, Donahue continues to state that he’s interesting in upgrading the team at any position that is financially possible. The key here is that Donahue will not go over board to sign a player, no matter how badly he wants him. It’s the same sort of approach as he used in the draft. Surely the team would may have liked to select a player in the top ten picks of the draft, but Donahue felt that the trade up was not worth what teams were looking for in return for their pick. This time around, Donahue won’t pay a player more than the team feels he’s worth. There’s a set fiscal schedule that the team has followed this far - and they don’t intend to deviate from it to bring in a player.
It’s one of those luxuries that come with having all of the teams’ starters in place. Yes, Donahue will definitely be looking for a player or two this off-season. But No, he won’t deviate from his plan, and no, there is no one specific - at least, that’s what he’ll tell you. There is a chance of course, that the crafty Donahue is simply looking to maintain the bargaining advantage, and thus will not reveal the cards behind his poker face.
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