Re: bad signings

[Douglas342@aol.com]

In a message dated 05/01/2000 3:36:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ewbooth@cisunix.unh.edu writes:

> Question: Where would we be now if we 
>  -had not signed Walter to a 3 year, 8 million contract
>  -had not signed Greg Minor to a long-term deal
>  -had not signed Cheaney
>[snip]

OK, question from one who doesn't understand capology and the CBA.  When we 
signed someone like Battie to a "big contract," might it not be feasible that 
he (or someone like him) might have cost us a whole lot more in the future as 
the cap goes up?  If he blossoms into the player we thought we were getting 
in a year or two, he'll be a bargain, right?  We're paying Barros, for 
example, about 2 mil.  Is that THAT bad for a decent backup 1/2?  (Which he 
was when we signed him - he just had a crappy year.)  Maybe a Walluh will 
cost $4 mil in two years, so getting him for 2.6 now is a deal?  (OK, bad 
example.  Never mind.) 
    This is why this game has become so terrible to follow:  you gamble on a 
player for the future, and if he doesn't pan out, you're stuck.  Hell, if 
Walker breaks his hip, we're stuck.  Didn't we have to carry Reggie Lewis on 
the books for a while?
 Sorta like buying a house:  when I first bought one, the payment was way 
over my former rent.  Now I have cheap housing, and the payment hasn't 
changed, nor has the house.