'I'm Going To Drink A Pina Colada Somewhere' - Alvin Kamara Broke Out The Ultimate Negotiation Threat To Basically Beg The Saints Not To Trade Him

It seems like every year Alvin Kamara's name is in some sort of trade rumor. It's not always right here around the trade deadline, sometimes it's in the offseason, sometimes it's just year round. Kamara is one of those guys, one of the most dangerous spots to be in pro sports. One of the few good players or bright spots on a shit team. That's the ultimate trade guy. The Saints can get some draft capital, move on, try to build something while Kamara gets to fight for a playoff team. 

Except Kamara doesn't want any of that. The pina colada line isn't for celebrating, that's a threat of retirement or at the minimum a threat of not giving a fuck. He's turning into the NFL version of Damian Lillard, who stuck with the Blazers for far too long, saw them become awful, finally got traded but it was too late. I love the threat by Kamara. Everyone knows if a guy threatens to drink some pina coladas in your face, he's serious. Now if he threw out a mai tai or something like a Miami Vice, we'd have a different reaction. You don't want to trade for a man who is threatening to drink Long Island Iced Teas in New Orleans, that's a fact and basically trade rule number 1.

At the same time, I get the move from Kamara. He gets rewarded with loyalty, no real pressure to win in New Orleans and gets to have a good time and can get signed for more money there since everyone is young. Not a bad way to go about it. Either way, the man is going to threaten you with pina coladas until he gets his way.