Steel what you seem to be doing is hunting for the next reason to say the Bidwill's are cheap. Everytime they knock down one of your reason, you head off and look for the next one and I do mean look for.?
I didn't make the decision to not spend cap space. I don't make the budget decisions on what I am willing to spend for coaches. I don't look for these. They jump out at you.
This offseason [thus far] is showing that they are really behaving like one of the better run franchises but some don't want to admit that.
Sorry but we have heard this all before. This team is not one of the better run franchises and it takes more then one off season to prove that. Maybe I will look back in 2 years and say this season was the turning point. However, until that time this is still one of the worst franchises in the NFL.
First off, Wiz denies that the Cardinals are being cheap with ACs, this latest event suggests he is telling the truth. He also said that it wasn't true that they were cheap under DG. I might add that even if the salaries were in the lower percentile under DG, this does not mean they were cheap, for all we know those were the guys DG wanted.
I appreciate your opinion but how many ex-coaches have gone on the radio or done interviews stating just the opposite? There were several reports when DG was hired that they were going to limit his assistants budget. THAT WAS BEFORE he hired them. What happened? We had some of the lowest paid assistants last year. Your saying coincidence?
Wiz got a contract he is happy with or he wouldn't have signed up, how is that cheap ? Should they pull a BB Jnr and pay him 3x what he would accept ? Both sides got a deal they like, where is the cheap in that ?
The guy wanted an opportunity to be a HC. His salary was in the low 6 figures. A team comes to you and says here is your opportunity and by the way how does 2.5 million per year sound. Wouldn't you be happy? It is still cheap because the Cards knew that if they hired an OC or DC from another team they wouldn't have to pony up big cash.
The Cards still had over 10 million in availble cap space during the season. The Cards have had cap space left during the season every single year. I think the chart I read here placed them towards the middle of the pack in spending.
Here is my biggest problem. This team has had 1 playoff win in how many years? How many winning seaons? This team makes a profit every single year but continues to go cheap in
SOME areas. Because of profit sharing in the NFL, this team could hire big name coaches and spend every doallar of the cap.... lose and still make a profit.
So for me, the Cards are only willing to go so far to put winner on the field. Sorry but with this franchises record I have a problem with that. Will things change? I hope so. But you can't say they have...yet.