03-20-2019, 05:20 PM
This is the one thing about FA that seems to slip by people who are all means logical 99% of the time on here and then get out the pitchforks in March every year. There are a lot of variables to FA and they don't always line up in a nice black and white situation like people act like.
Things to take into account before exploding.
- Market price vs value. Salary cap problems happen when you blindly throw money at a guy just to get him. That is why a lot of big name FA are once again FAs in a year or 2 after their big deal. Its also why some guys that fans are all in are still out there due to overpricing their services.
- Team opinion. This happens behind closed doors and no matter how we the fans feel about a player or if they belong, teams can and do often see it a different way.
- Scheme fit. Coaches have an idea of the guy that will or could fit what they want. No matter how much film we like to talk about watching on a message board they are the professionals and its their show.
- Player wanting to visit and sign. It takes two to tango and sometimes money be damned players just don't have an interest in your team.
I think people lose sight of this and just want flashy names. Sure its frustrating that the team is not adding exciting names to our roster but this team chooses the draft to home grow talent. For what its worth whether you agree with the moves or not they have been quite busy as opposed to the past. Generally we would not have signed anyone outside the company within the first 2-3 weeks.
At least they are addressing things a little bit and trying to limit they pre draft holes.
Things to take into account before exploding.
- Market price vs value. Salary cap problems happen when you blindly throw money at a guy just to get him. That is why a lot of big name FA are once again FAs in a year or 2 after their big deal. Its also why some guys that fans are all in are still out there due to overpricing their services.
- Team opinion. This happens behind closed doors and no matter how we the fans feel about a player or if they belong, teams can and do often see it a different way.
- Scheme fit. Coaches have an idea of the guy that will or could fit what they want. No matter how much film we like to talk about watching on a message board they are the professionals and its their show.
- Player wanting to visit and sign. It takes two to tango and sometimes money be damned players just don't have an interest in your team.
I think people lose sight of this and just want flashy names. Sure its frustrating that the team is not adding exciting names to our roster but this team chooses the draft to home grow talent. For what its worth whether you agree with the moves or not they have been quite busy as opposed to the past. Generally we would not have signed anyone outside the company within the first 2-3 weeks.
At least they are addressing things a little bit and trying to limit they pre draft holes.
