(03-17-2022, 08:57 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-16-2022, 09:59 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: If there was no salary cap, I would agree with you.  However, there is a salary cap.  It means each team has a limited amount of dollars to spend on players.  The goal is to maximize the benefit of those dollars.  It's an opportunity cost.  If you waste money by over-paying a player, that is money that you can't spend on a better player or a combination of players that might help you win more games.  Down the road, you may be unable to retain a player that you want to retain.  You may have to cut a player that you don't want to cut.  Maximizing those dollars means maximizing your chances of winning.  If you are a fan of the team, you should care deeply whether the team is spending its money wisely or foolishly.

You fully realize after two years Kirk costs $10M to ship off, right?
In the meantime, we need to put guys on the field that are going to show us whether or not TLaw is worth breaking the bank over.
We spend money each and every year. When was the last time we had to start purging good players in the name of the cap?

Who on our roster, besides TLaw and maybe Allen, do you honestly think are going to strap our cap in the next season or two?

I would much rather they spend and attempt to improve than hoard their cap and we continue to be a JV cupcake for the rest of the league to beat up on. Panicking gains me nothing. I will wait till preseason, watch the games, hopefully enjoy them, and then worry about whether or not we doomed.

I actually made no comment on whether I agreed or disagreed with Kirk's contract.  I disagreed with the attitude that it doesn't matter if the team wastes money and that fans shouldn't care about dollars because it isn't their money and won't prevent their kids from going to college.  Wasteful contracts can absolutely hurt a team's success.  As such, it's very appropriate for fans to be concerned if they think a contract is wasteful.

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