Report: Agent prevented John Harbaugh from talking to Dexter Lawrence
Why does Cowboys owner and G. M. Jerry Jones prefer to bypass agents and negotiate directly with players?
Because it works. For that reason, the agents representing former Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence successfully prevented new coach John Harbaugh from speaking directly to Lawrence after Lawrence requested a trade. Paul Schwartz of the New York Post reports that agent Joel Segal prevented Harbaugh from speaking directly to Lawrence .
It's smart; Harbaugh and his who's-got-it-better-than-us? personality could have weakened Lawrence's will. Schwartz also reports that Segal didn't want to deal with G.
M. Joe Schoen. Instead, Segal reportedly negotiated with senior V.
P. of football administration and strategy Dawn Aponte and senior player personnel director Chris Mara, with Schoen still involved in the situation. The good news for Schoen is that it's harder to blame him for the outcome.