The case against Cowher

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Good thread. Good points.

Let me ask you this, do you think his personnel decisions were hindered by a limited checkbook in Pittsburgh?

To some extent - frankly, most teams don't have the advantage the Skins do (with the ability to pay so much in bonuses).

There's a wonderful website ( http://www.steelersalarycap.com/ ) that shows approximately where the team was from 1994 (the first year of the cap) through the present. From 1994 through 2004, they created a statistic called SALVOA, or SALary Value Over Average. The Steelers were below the league average only twice, and never by more than 5%. Does that mean he let valuable players leave the team because he couldn't afford them anymore? And if so, how does that speak to his ability to "buy the groceries"?