Everyone here keeps talking about overspending in CCS or general public context.
I’m talking about what Poles thinks is overspending.
I’m sure he understands perfectly that some positions are worth more. He’s mentioned “premium” positions before so obviously those will be valued more.
All I’m saying is if Poles thinks Payne is worth 25 mil and some team is at 28…. He’s not going to 30 just because he has the money.
He’s moving on to Plan B DT.
Certainly, and this would be the area that he said in interview and you recalled before: he will be selective with his FA dollars. I agree with you there, but I am disagreeing that Roquan is a good example of his overall strategy (at least until we see how he spends on positions determined to be more important to the team).
I agree, he wont act like it is supermarket sweep. This isnt a grocery budget for people that can't balance a checkbook. However, I do see him as being the team that bids to 28M on the player worth 25M (for the example) for his selective FA strategy, and beat out anyone that tries to compete with that with more guaranteed money, and more of it up front. If that is Payne, well, I give that a hell yes. I think that that move is justifiable within the overall DL budget (which could very well exceed $50M in new money this year and none of us would blink an eye at the price tag), and he has a flexible position on when/how to assign the money so that any negative impact is absorbed at an opportunistic time.
