codydaze wrote:LightTheBeam wrote:codydaze wrote:I still think the blame is misplaced on Vivek. It's easy to scapegoat him because when he first bought the team he definitely was too hands on and made some bad moves.
I think Monte has done a pretty good job so far as GM but we need to him accountable, this is the team he's built. I HIGHLY doubt Vivek is telling him, "hey, don't make any moves to get better, we're fine." I think it would be much more likely for him to campaign for a bigger, short sighted move to win now if anything. Lavine would have felt like a Vivek move. Standing pat is on Monte.
Both deserve blame. Difference is that Monte will always be loved for at least putting a competent team together. After years of trash, he's at least mid-level.
But make no mistake. Owner has final say on what gets spent. Maybe not picks or players, but total salary is definitely Viveks call.
So what potential moves do you think Vivek nixed or prevented Monte from making? We're 16m away from the tax so none of these margin move guys would have got us there.
While I forget the exact structure of payout for the below the tax teams, I believe that there is some kind of multiplier so the further below we are the more kickback we get.