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Originally Posted by htismaqe
He (and his dad) have always spent in the front office. Pioli was the highest-paid GM in the league at one point. And Dick Vermeil had the largest coaching staff in the league at one point, too.
Again, that's more manageable. You have much more control over how much money you pay (and lose) with a coach because none of their contract is guaranteed. They don't get signing bonuses.
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Now, in terms of Pioli, I think he convinced Hunt to be cheap. So I get the argument there. Hunt has a tendency to buy in way too much into what the GM is selling. But I've seen nothing from the Dorsey era that suggests they're cheap. They seem to be spending a lot on Marketing, on front office, and will probably have back-to-back-to-back seasons against the salary cap. Again, I agree with you that they haven't spent it wisely and spend it pretty conservatively, but that's a different claim that calling the team cheap.