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There has been three separate regimes that deemed him worth keeping on the roster. the current regime has showed zero problem with making cuts. They do not support the idea of cutting him at this time apparently. He does not need to make " excuses."

 

This is not a persuasive argument.

 

First off, JDR had a year and 3/4 with Alualu, who was drafted before the new CBA that instituted a rookie wage scale.  Even if Alualu induced projectile vomiting from JDRs entire staff with his weekly impression of a speed bump, once Alualu signed, from a cap standpoint it would have been difficult to cut him within that time-even assuming Gene Smith ceded personnel power to him, and that's even with all of the cap room the team had.

 

Secondly, Mularkey wouldn't have had the power to cut him, either.  Gene Smith sold Khan on the idea the team wasn't far from contention.  Khan deferred to Smith on that point, even though the team was nowhere close.  Even if Smith suddenly gained the ability to properly evaluate talent, he wasn't going to cut a guy he just drafted 10th overall just two seasons earlier.  It would put him in an even worse position with Khan.

 

Finally, when Caldwell and Bradley got here, their task was to completely overhaul the roster.  They weren't going to do it all in one year, and you can bet there are players still on the roster from the Smith era who may get cut this year, and certainly won't be around for the 2015 season.

 

Think about it.

 

An annual tradition on this board is for some people to see a thirty something year old big name released, and urge the team to sign him.  As sure as the sun rises in the east, this is followed by hordes of people rejecting the idea immediately, citing the free agent's age.

 

Bryant is 30 years old, having just been released by the Seahawks.  Alualu is three years younger.  When Bryant signed here, there were few, if any, who didn't see him as an upgrade over Alualu despite his age.  Now this 30 year old street free agent (yes he was a street free agent because he was released) is a virtually automatic upgrade over Alualu, who is in his prime?!?

 

If Aluau were truly "good," irrespective of draft status or whether he lived up to the draft status, this wouldn't happen.

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