Trey gets paid

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Have a bit more time to explain.

You are actually missing the point with this rant. Calm DOWN

The large amount of cap space is by design from Monti. The cap space could easily have been reduced if Monti had structured especially Sweat's and McBride's contracts evenly/normal. Monti chose to structure both backloaded to ease the cap impact this year. Sweat's cap hit this year is crazy low compared to the contract size.

So the question is, what is he keeping it for? Because he clearly is creating more cap room than he had to.

Which would be idiotic if there’s no additional shoe to drop.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Which would be idiotic if there’s no additional shoe to drop.

The annual “we’re holding 20 million in cap space because the other shoe is going drop” narrative is comical at this point.

 

[BACH]

Which would be idiotic if there’s no additional shoe to drop.

Agree. Monti is clearly planning for that. A least creating the flexibility to do it.

Question is if and what?

 

[BACH]

The annual “we’re holding 20 million in cap space because the other shoe is going drop” narrative is comical at this point.

And this comment is comical because you do not understand the cap when you state something like this.

Monti has created this cap space on purpose for this year. Josh Sweat signed a 76M with 38M guaranteed. Cap hit this season - 7.3M. That is by design.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

The annual “we’re holding 20 million in cap space because the other shoe is going drop” narrative is comical at this point.

Which would be idiotic if there’s no additional shoe to drop.

Monti has had one of the best free agency periods of all time for the Cards.

Some people always want more... and then some people cheat on Beyonce.

 

[oaken1]

Monti has had one of the best free agency periods of all time for the Cards.

Some people always want more... and then some people cheat on Beyonce.

Yeah...with the exception of Freis we got the cream of the crop

 

[kerouac9]

Monti has had one of the best free agency periods of all time for the Cards.

Some people always want more... and then some people cheat on Beyonce.

A little presumptuous to say this before they’ve played a game, amirite?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

A little presumptuous to say this before they’ve played a game, amirite?

I don't think so. You can win in free agency by doing what you can at that time to make your team better. If one of our players blows out an ankle, it wouldn't mean he didn't swing for the fences and also it wasn't the right call.

 

[BACH]

A little presumptuous to say this before they’ve played a game, amirite?

Less presumptuous than concluding on Monti’s off-season after the first of 5 waves of the off-season to build a team.

But huge compliment for a hilarious post

There is probably 50+ post from you concluding negatively on Monti’s actions. All okay to conclude there, BUT any positive view…Too early to conclude. Briliant!

 

[Stout]

And this comment is comical because you do not understand the cap when you state something like this.

Monti has created this cap space on purpose for this year. Josh Sweat signed a 76M with 38M guaranteed. Cap hit this season - 7.3M. That is by design.

So if he never spends it, you will agree about the stupidity of saving it and nail Monti for it?

 

[BACH]

So if he never spends it, you will agree about the stupidity of saving it and nail Monti for it?

If he is saving and not using it at all. Obviously stupid.

But creating cap space to make more signings or a future trade possible. Not stupid even if it doesn’t happen.

Because I assume that the remaining cap space will be used like last season - guaranteed money for budda, Conner and Fro in order to lower the impact on the following year’s cap.

 

[BigDavis75]

Tomlinson has two void years with ‘27 being sizable. How much cap space can we roll over this year? Would be frustrating to have unused space that could have taken on some or all of those void years.

 

[kerouac9]

I don't think so. You can win in free agency by doing what you can at that time to make your team better. If one of our players blows out an ankle, it wouldn't mean he didn't swing for the fences and also it wasn't the right call.

Of course it does. This is a results-based business. You don’t get credit for coming up short or trying hard (no matter how many times people bring up how hard he tried to sign William and/or Freis).

Less presumptuous than concluding on Monti’s off-season after the first of 5 waves of the off-season to build a team.

But huge compliment for a hilarious post

There is probably 50+ post from you concluding negatively on Monti’s actions. All okay to conclude there, BUT any positive view…Too early to conclude. Briliant!

I didn’t do that and still haven’t. I’ve actually been pretty measured this offseason. My expectations were low because the free agent class was bad. I’m not complaining about not spending money.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Of course it does. This is a results-based business. You don’t get credit for coming up short or trying hard (no matter how many times people bring up how hard he tried to sign William and/or Freis).

Except that's not what happened this free agency. He landed a top 5 free agent for the first time in this franchise's history, and that players was our greatest need. He also filled in some other major holes and re-signed our best player on offense.

But sure, go ahead and criticize because he didn't land all of his targets. Steph Curry I guess has a bad night when he only shoots 8/10 from the arc as well.

 

[kerouac9]

He landed a top 5 free agent for the first time in this franchise's history, and that players was our greatest need.

lol. Cmon.

You don’t get credit for shrewdly making a player the highest-paid at his position a full year before he reaches free agency.

This is truly deranged early apologist stuff for a guy who has shrewdly guided this team to a 12-22 record.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

lol. Cmon.

You don’t get credit for shrewdly making a player the highest-paid at his position a full year before he reaches free agency.

This is truly deranged early apologist stuff for a guy who has shrewdly guided this team to a 12-22 record.

Show me where I am wrong. Show me another time where the Cards landed a top 5 player in free agency.

I'll wait.

 

[kerouac9]

Show me where I am wrong. Show me another time where the Cards landed a top 5 player in free agency.

I'll wait.

Obviously “top 5 player in free agency” isn’t an objective metric. You’ll just disagree smugly.

Mike Iupati was a highly regarded free agent signing. Jared Veldheer also. As was Edge James. Both were wildly more accomplished than Josh Sweat.

Making the best choice from the McDonalds menu is I guess a thing to celebrate?

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

And this comment is comical because you do not understand the cap when you state something like this.

Monti has created this cap space on purpose for this year. Josh Sweat signed a 76M with 38M guaranteed. Cap hit this season - 7.3M. That is by design.

Cheese’s point is we see the claim that the front office has something up their sleeve every year and usually nothing comes to fruition. It’s like an annual rite. So yeah, it SEEMS like that may be the case given monti’s structuring of the contract, but it’s certainly not a given. And if it nothing else emerges then we just waste cap space this season and unnecessarily constrain future season’s cap space, no?

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Monti has had one of the best free agency periods of all time for the Cards.

Some people always want more... and then some people cheat on Beyonce.

You clearly didn’t understand my comment. It wasn’t saying he did a bad job with the off season. I think he did a good job thus far. It’s commenting on structuring contracts to fail to take advantage of the cap space this season, unnecessarily constraining our cap space in subsequent seasons, if he’s not gearing up for additional signings this season. The notorious and proverbial “other shoe.”

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Tomlinson has two void years with ‘27 being sizable. How much cap space can we roll over this year? Would be frustrating to have unused space that could have taken on some of part of those void years.

Exactly

 

[kerouac9]

Cheese’s point is we see the claim that the front office has something up their sleeve every year and usually nothing comes to fruition. It’s like an annual rite. So yeah, it SEEMS like that may be the case given monti’s structuring of the contract, but it’s certainly not a given. And if it nothing else emerges then we just waste cap space this season and unnecessarily constrain future season’s cap space, no?

Surely the great pumpkin will arrive this year

 

[Stout]

If he is saving and not using it at all. Obviously stupid.

But creating cap space to make more signings or a future trade possible. Not stupid even if it doesn’t happen.

Because I assume that the remaining cap space will be used like last season - guaranteed money for budda, Conner and Fro in order to lower the impact on the following year’s cap.

Yep, I figured there was an out. There's the out. You don't get points for trying. If you saved your powder only to not fire a shot, you don't get credit.

 

[Stout]

Cheese’s point is we see the claim that the front office has something up their sleeve every year and usually nothing comes to fruition. It’s like an annual rite. So yeah, it SEEMS like that may be the case given monti’s structuring of the contract, but it’s certainly not a given. And if it nothing else emerges then we just waste cap space this season and unnecessarily constrain future season’s cap space, no?

Exactly.

 

[Stout]

Surely the great pumpkin will arrive this year

Every Cardinals fan is a Linus.

 

[BACH]

Yep, I figured there was an out. There's the out. You don't get points for trying. If you saved your powder only to not fire a shot, you don't get credit.

And no credit for making up narratives that are not there.

Credit for trying? WTF are you talking about?

The question here is simple:
Would you have preferred Monti to make more even contract and used up the cap already?

Or

Do you like the flexibility Monti has created to add more player or try to trade for someone?

Just answer your preference?