No. I got your point from the start. It has nothing to do with enthusiasm. We disagreed and still do.
It does not change the fact that the Bogey extension was a good deal for the Sox.
$20M x 3 did not keep us from signing Betts, and even if it did, the Sale contract did by more. (I was one of the few who liked the Sale contract, then, so I'm not going to flip and cry about it, now.)
The Nate contract plus what we offered Betts would have gotten it done, too. Where does it stop? Every deal sucked, because it wasn't Betts?
Not agreeing with your point does not mean I am overlooking it.
One can think we should have signed Betts first, but still think the Bogey deal was great. If I had to choose one deal to give up to keep Betts, the Bogey one might be last.