01-18-2019, 11:55 AM
The biggest issue I have with the Bengals is - they say they are a draft and develop team (not interested in free agents) but they have the smallest scouting staff and coaching staff in the league. makes zero sense. A scout all in probably costs a team $250K a year, so for $1.5M you could add 6 scouts. Or add 4 scouts and 2 coaches. The return on that extra spend would be multiples of the amount spent. This is why the Steelers have large scouting staff and coaching staff. They know if you want to draft and develop you need the resources to do it.
Some here, like Fred, claim Mikey is NOT cheap - he spends close to the cap each year. But that misses the point. He is cheap in the personnel side where you need the eyes and ears to find and develop players. Find better players and develop them faster. A bigger staff would also collectively make better decisions on 2nd or 3rd contracts - sot he money spent on the extra staff would easily be saved by not overspending on the likes of Dre, MJ, Vinnie Rey, Rey M, etc etc.
It is in the personnel side that Mikey's cheapass ways hurt this team the most.
Some here, like Fred, claim Mikey is NOT cheap - he spends close to the cap each year. But that misses the point. He is cheap in the personnel side where you need the eyes and ears to find and develop players. Find better players and develop them faster. A bigger staff would also collectively make better decisions on 2nd or 3rd contracts - sot he money spent on the extra staff would easily be saved by not overspending on the likes of Dre, MJ, Vinnie Rey, Rey M, etc etc.
It is in the personnel side that Mikey's cheapass ways hurt this team the most.
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