WIDE UNFILTERED.....some interesting info during a boring offseason

[King Friday]

Players do not care about the long term interests of the team. The team does. That is the disconnect.

[MadScientist]

Players do not care about the long term interests of the team. The team does. That is the disconnect.

Given that players don't have long careers in general, they can't think or care too much about the long term interests of the team.

[run pMc]

Given that players don't have long careers in general, they can't think or care too much about the long term interests of the team.

Which is why I don't begrudge players following the money if they choose to, vs. sticking with a perennial winning team, and known locker room and coaches.
If a team overpays for a player or keeps a player past their "best by" date, that is IMO questionable decision making at best, and can impact a team's future.

GM has to build a winner for current season and 2-3 years down the road.

How many players have left the team and gone on to have better years? There have been a few, but I bet for every one you can think of there are two that didn't pan out.
We remember Micah Hyde, but forget about Jake Ryan, Ty Summers, Oren Burks, Chandon Sullivan, or TJ Lang.

Going to back to Wolf, GB has historically done a pretty good job of keeping its players and only letting them go when they age out or the production to price ratio is out of whack.
There have been a few occasions where the salary cap hindered them (ex. the OL losses in Mike Sherman's last year) but those are less common than many other teams.