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Originally Posted by That Guy
dan just plans his cap management around an ever increasing cap number. new TV contracts mean a big boost, this cba means a big boost.
If the cba didn't raise the cap, we wouldn't be able to go out and get much in FA this year. we were forced to have a quite FA period last year too (though it was successful).
as long as good management is in place, danny doesn't hand out stupid contracts (lavar), and a new staff isn't brought in that turns over 50+% of the roster in one year, we should be fine.
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Exactly, good mgmt. & coaching has been the issue, & is now the difference from 2000.
Everybody gives the danny grief for the 2000 season & his coaching carousel, and he does deserve his fair share. But what if Gibbs were coach in 2000? That team was 8-8 & beat the best teams in the nfl; ravens, giants, rams to name a few. It was a poorly coached team though, they lacked a killer instinct & played down to the competition (plus S. Davis fumbled a couple games away). If Gibbs were coach,we'd have won it all. Danny's biggest mistake was not firing Norv immediately & hiring a coach he really wanted. He never wanted Norv but gave him a chance.
The signings have improved drastically since 2000 mainly because we've signed guys under 30, often under 28.
The Danny is not a likeable guy, & he rubs the media the wrong way & snubs them, but you have to think he's on his way to winning more than once. Dude bought the skins for 800mil at age 35 & got Gibbs out of retirement. One day he'll get the credit he deserves as a bad-ass biz man.