11-23-2020, 09:47 PM
(11-23-2020, 08:53 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Not sure how many times I have to have this conversation, but let's try it one more time...
The fact the family chose to spend money in free agency does nothing to change the narritave that they're frugal, or cheap. What it does change is their approach to building a roster, which is a good thing.
They've decided to build this years team differently, and to allocate their dollars differently. They did not decide to spend more money as a whole.
Just because they spent 120 million in free agent does not mean they spent more overall. Cap space has to spent, regardless of whether it's in house or not. Every team is required to meet 89% floor of cap spaced used, taken over a 4 year period. That money they spent could not have pocketed. It simply would have been given to people already in house.
Spending close to cap, which pretty much all teams do, hasn't been a problem here in a long, long time. Even though we spent a shit ton this offseason, you'll see the total cap used is not off from an average year. Go ahead and look for yourself. Go look up the cap space used from each year from 2010 to 2020. Does 2020 see a drastic increase % of cap used? (It doesn't)
The idea they're cheap/frugal/stubborn comes from the following:
-No practice facilty
-Limited stadium operational expenses
-No GM
-Small front office
-Small scouting department
-Urban Legends (Small towels, locking up gatorade, coach plane tickets, coin operated pop machine, no ammentities, etc.)
So please, PLEASE don't try to counter someone who says we're cheap with "well we just spent 120 million in free agency". That money was being spent regardless. It's a change of approach, not a change in overall expenses.
You're more than welcome to try to come up with legitimate reasons you don't think they're cheap, but this isn't one of them.
Look around your house and find a football.
Now spike it.
Excellent post.
