04-12-2011, 08:57 PM
(04-12-2011, 03:26 PM)Cdawg Wrote:(04-11-2011, 11:26 PM)AndyP Wrote: If we're going to continue with IFA, I think Sean is right - we need more guys coming over to be borderline starters. Virtually everyone coming over is, at some point or another in their career, a legit piece of a contender. It's simply not realistic. Personally I'd do away with it altogether but for a few rare times.
Also, something to keep in mind - with many, many teams starting to bump against their budgets, we may see more and more people hitting FA as well as more talent spreading out around the league as well. I just think we need to give it a season or two - the adjustments made are helping, lets see em out a bit.
On the tanking issue, teams need to be showing a purposeful use with their cash by investing in the draft, winterball, stadiums, whatever. Right now many of the teams we could accuse of tank are not using that sort of approach. Just an observation.
In my defense I have to stock pile money so that I am able to contend w/ a 142M and a 115M payroll budget in Seattle and LAAngels respectively. My issue is that Seattle, w/ a 3.45M in a regional population vs Oakland's 7.2M and they have almost double my budget without warrant. Up until my reign.... 2 WS apperances, and 2 more 1st place finishes 1 2nd place finishes. Seattle owns 4 bottom place finishes in that time span w/ a 3rd place and a 2nd place.... to me I look at that and go wtf? Fan Loyalty isn't much 82-84 seattle, my fans are indifferent while Sea are average. So number wise I don't know how seattle has either A)that big of a budget. or B)I don't have that big of a budget.
Either way I figure 100-110M payroll will have to be the maximum I spend in order to really compete(immediately that is) and there for 80M+ in cash is needed in order to sustain a run like that for about 5 years. There are ideas of a new stadium, but it's impossible to do w/o cutting payroll substantially and not paying anyone for 5-6 seasons.
But I have a plan, and it's not to cut payroll and hope that my player develop.
Why you hating on Seattle? :P