Dashon Goldson Likely Shopping For A New Agent

by David Fucillo on Feb 24, 2012 5:30 PM PST in 2012 49ers Free Agents

49ers safety Dashon Goldson has apparently decided to part ways with his former agent Drew Rosenhaus. Their contract reportedly expired last month and it would appear as though Goldson has decided it is time for someone else to help him negotiate his new contract.

Goldson hired Rosenhaus two years ago as he was embarking on an effort to secure a sizable contract extension with the 49ers. The 49ers reportedly offered Goldson a five year, $25 million contract but Goldson and Rosenhaus decided to test the market. They were unable to secure a comparable offer and Goldson ended up deciding to return to the 49ers on a one year contract worth $2 million.

The agent works for the player so at the end of the day the player is responsible for the agent's actions. At the same time, it is possible there was some disagreement on accepting the previous offer from the 49ers. We probably will never know, but it is possible that played into Goldson's decision to look for new representation.

The one specific impact of this is that, according to Matt Barrows, the 49ers have not begun negotiations with Goldson. This delay is likely to continue while Goldson figures out his next agent. Nonetheless, given that the 49ers can still franchise him, there is time to get something figured out. The team has until March 5 to use their franchise tag.

For those who are down on Rosenhaus, it is worth noting that he represents numerous 49ers players and has worked out two separate contract extensions for Frank Gore. He is not quite the devil many make him out to be. A new agent likely won't make a huge difference in this. Let's just hope Goldson can get that straightened out sooner rather than later.

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He should become his own agent

Then the Niners would definitely have the upper hand

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by doubleteapot on Feb 24, 2012 5:33 PM PST reply actions

Dashon firing his agent possibly not a good sign for 9ers re-signing him?

Appears Dashon looking to bring in some heavyweight agent to pound out a contract he did not get last season.

Kinda of concerned….if you simply picture our D without the enforcer Goldson.

We don’t honestly have anyone on our roster that can step in and replace Golson without missing a beat and continueing to put the fear in WR’s.

It always hurts when you take any physical beast off your D.

Can the 9ers and Goldson come to a Win/Win contract… i don’t know.

by BigMar on Feb 24, 2012 6:15 PM PST reply actions

He didn't fire him.

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by mikeinsp on Feb 24, 2012 6:57 PM PST up reply actions

He probably thinks Drew didn't know his real value

And was asking for too little.

Gimme 1 round!

by ItBurnzWhenIP on Feb 24, 2012 6:20 PM PST reply actions

either way...Goldson will be a 9er next year...not worried about him really. does he want a contract or the frachise tag!

by Coretete on Feb 24, 2012 6:51 PM PST up reply actions

well their contract expired...lil different from him firing Rosensuck

by Coretete on Feb 24, 2012 6:50 PM PST reply actions

Drew R. pretty much gets a bad rap as being the

“douche” of all the agents, for a lack of a btter term. Now, with that being said, I wouldn’t even dare to say he is half the a.hole as Scott Borass is, in MLB.

Drew tries to do what is best for his clients and usually does not hold personal vendetta’s against teams if he cannot agree to a deal. On the other hand Boras does hold personal grudges against teams, whether it is in his client’s best interest to sign or not. If I were choosing I would much rather deal with Drew over Borass….

Make a long story short, although you may not like Drew Rosenhaus, or however his last names spelled, he is a good agent for his clients and usually they come away very pleased with his services. He does his best to talk up his players, and is quite entertaining in the process, I personally think the guy is a riot, especially when he is atlking up a mediocre or over the hill player. Cut Drew R. some slack he is just doing his job, but as far as Dashon goes I don’t like the move for him.

He may have been unhappy with Drew’s representation and/or advice last year, and it really sucks Dashon didnt take that extension because now the 49ers brass will most likely have to shell out a bigger deal. But in fairness to Drew, who would have thought NOONE would sign Dashon?? or at least NOONE offered him even a one year 5mil deal!!! To me, that is absolutely INSANE! But hindsight is 50/50 and he was coming off a fairly unproductive year. Now Dashon really has earned his payday that he has been clammering for, but personally I would like to see the 49ers tag him. I want Dashon to prove that he can maintain that level of consistency

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by chicagobullies on Feb 24, 2012 7:07 PM PST via mobile reply actions

It probably actually went down that Drew was trying to convince Dashon to take less money last year and Dashon demanded 5 for 25

and Drew went along with it. Then this year Drew was like… Ok Dashon we actucally wanna get a contract this year. We’ll say 5/25 this year and Dashon was like. NAW &* THAT! I was 6 for 40! Drew responded with a that’s a little high Dashon you’re probably not going to get that. And Dashon fired him.

Gimme 1 round!

by ItBurnzWhenIP on Feb 25, 2012 3:15 AM PST reply actions