Snyder Showing Improvement b/c of Gibbs?

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Your correct but you also have to take into account that in 80's Gibbs did not have the cap. If he could convence Cook that he needed a player then it was a done deal. If the player failed they could dump them and it only hit Cook in the pocket. Today if you make that mistake it cost you much more with the cap in place.

You still had to build mostly through the draft prior to the salary cap because there was no unrestricted free agency other than the whacky "Plan B" free agency system. Signing a top-shelf free agent like Wilbur Marshall cost us two first round picks back then.