Believing the hype!

April 25, 2009 was supposed to be remembered as a great day for 49ers fans. This was the day that they got their successor to Jerry Rice, the day they got their first legit number 1 Wide Receiver since Terrell Owens left town after the 2003 season. The day that they finally put an end to a below mediocre passing game, that has lingered in the city for 5 miserable seasons. That's the problem it was suppose to be, but it isn't.
Leading up to draft day, I like many 49ers fans had dreams about how great it would be to land Michael Crabtree, but we thought it was just a dream. We had the number 10 pick, and he was considered to be top 3 by every draft "expert" out there. Then strange things started to happen, he was not able to work out at the combine due to an injury to his foot, and teams started to shy away from him, labeling him a "prima donna".
Draft day came, and suddenly the Niners were on the clock at 10, and Michael Crabtree was sitting there. They selected him, and every 49er fan across the country had to be celebrating, they got who they wanted. We didn't care about his injury (he would be healthy by training camp), or his attitude (Mike Singletary would take care of that). All was right in the city by the bay, we would again have an explosive offense.
Then training camp got closer and closer, still no contract. He was threatning to hold out the whole season and re-enter the draft in 2010. This guy couldn't be for real, he had to be bluffing to get a bigger deal, he would definetely be signed by the season opener. Well the season opener has come and gone, and so have two other regular season games. Tampering charges have been filed against the Jets for getting in the teams way of getting him to sign a new contract.
What went wrong with the negotiations? Does he have the wrong people advising him and telling him he is worth more than he is? Does he believe his own hype? He seems to believe that he should get paid based on where these "experts" projected him to go and not where he really did go.
It doesn't work like that, and he should accept the deal he was offered. It is a fair deal, more than the number 10 pick, but less than the number 8 pick. I don't understand where the confusion is, sign the deal. If your really as good as your hype, you will play a few years on that deal, prove it, and cash in on your second contract.