Still holding onto Cooper in the offseason?

conner01 said:
Gallup has one 1000 yard year
You do realize cutting players like Dlaw or Cooper isn’t free
Sure you save that annual pay less who ever you sign to replace him, but there is an upfront cost and we are already over the cap next year with only 43 players signed. Cutting players that cost you more cap space means more players you have to restructure and then you push out money owed them
If we restructure Dak which is very likely we push 20 mil out past the time his contract expires
So you have to sign him again for whatever that costs plus the 20 mil, or let him walk with 20 mil in dead cap
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It's part of the business and why Jerry needs to stop overpaying players.
 
America's Cowboy said:
I understand why some fans are reluctant to cut ties with Cooper. Heck, we all like him and wish we could keep him, but he is too expensive to keep after this season. There is no way Cooper will agree to a huge pay cut in order to stay, so he automatically becomes expendable. The same goes for D-Law.

It's business. Cowboys have no room for next year's cap, so they will have to make some tough cuts after this season in order to make room to keep just as good players who are willing to stay for cheaper pay. It's all about business and being forced to work within the salary cap while still being able to maintain a playoff capable team.
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We may very well move on from Cooper but signing Gallup defeats the point of moving on from Cooper because you don’t save very much money
 
conner01 said:
We may very well move on from Cooper but signing Gallup defeats the point of moving on from Cooper because you don’t save very much money
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Yes, you do. Gallup can be had for $10 mil/season, opposed to Cooper's $20 mil/season. Easy economics business decision.
 
America's Cowboy said:
I understand why some fans are reluctant to cut ties with Cooper. Heck, we all like him and wish we could keep him, but he is too expensive to keep after this season. There is no way Cooper will agree to a huge pay cut in order to stay, so he automatically becomes expendable. The same goes for D-Law.

It's business. Cowboys have no room for next year's cap, so they will have to make some tough cuts after this season in order to make room to keep just as good players who are willing to stay for cheaper pay. It's all about business and being forced to work within the salary cap while still being able to maintain a playoff capable team.
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Fans have to understand that because of our success people are going to be coming after our guys in FA. Shultz, Gregory, Kazee, ect...ect......

LVE is probably gone too. We have to replace or resign all these guys. Cooper is a luxury we no longer can afford. A team shouldnt have to score 34 points per game to win in this league. With the run game we have we can still be great in the passing game with Shultz, Lamb, and Gallup. Heck we have been doing it since Gallup went down and that is with Cooper limping around and not contributing much during that time.

Gregory is a must the way he is playing. I just hope he doenst want some 18 million or some crazy number.
 
conner01 said:
We may very well move on from Cooper but signing Gallup defeats the point of moving on from Cooper because you don’t save very much money
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You get rid of one contract only to replace it with another.
I'm a big believer of the contract/efficiency thought, but Coop has taken this offense to upper levels where they weren't remotely attaining without him.
 
America's Cowboy said:
Yes, you do. Gallup can be had for $10 mil/season, opposed to Cooper's $20 mil/season. Easy economics business decision.
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I dont see Gallup signing for 10 million. but the injury issues certainly wont help him. I see 13-15M range for Gallup.

But thats still a 9-7 million dollar savings and we can back load the agreement.

Personally I dont Jones letting Cooper walk. His ego couldnt handle it.
 
conner01 said:
According to many any player you sign is over paid
Cooper makes what was the market at that time
Gallup is gonna get what the market is for him just like every player does
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Cooper though we could probably trade. I dont see Gallup being tradeable unless its this year and that opportunity is pretty much out the window.
 
CowboyRoy said:
Fans have to understand that because of our success people are going to be coming after our guys in FA. Shultz, Gregory, Kazee, ect...ect......

LVE is probably gone too. We have to replace or resign all these guys. Cooper is a luxury we no longer can afford. A team shouldnt have to score 34 points per game to win in this league. With the run game we have we can still be great in the passing game with Shultz, Lamb, and Gallup. Heck we have been doing it since Gallup went down and that is with Cooper limping around and not contributing much during that time.

Gregory is a must the way he is playing. I just hope he doenst want some 18 million or some crazy number.
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Yes. Problem is many don't want to let go of Cooper, even if he is too costly to keep.

Cooper supporters are posting based on emotions, not business decisions.
 
Corso said:
You get rid of one contract only to replace it with another.
I'm a big believer of the contract/efficiency thought, but Coop has taken this offense to upper levels where they weren't remotely attaining without him.
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Thats before we had Lamb buddy. Lamb makes Cooper a luxury and no longer a necessity.

You have to think of things like a GM and balancing the salary cap. If you are not thinking on those strict terms then you will never see why its important to be frugal.
 
CowboyRoy said:
Cooper though we could probably trade. I dont see Gallup being tradeable unless its this year and that opportunity is pretty much out the window.
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It’s possible you could trade him
But that would only work if a guy fell to you in the draft who can replace him
 
ninja said:
Cooper’s base salary is $20M which could easily be restructured and buy the team a lot of cap space. The contract was set up that way. Could easily get $15M in cap relief by restructuring Cooper. Too easy.
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I would rather have Gallup for 7 million less. Cooper is brittle and not getting any younger.
 
America's Cowboy said:
Yes. Problem is many don't want to let go of Cooper, even if he is too costly to keep.

Cooper supporters are posting based on emotions, not business decisions.
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Based on results of how the offense works and opposing D's react to the team with him rather than without him.
Remember the very short Beasley era?
 
CowboyRoy said:
Thats before we had Lamb buddy. Lamb makes Cooper a luxury and no longer a necessity.

You have to think of things like a GM and balancing the salary cap. If you are not thinking on those strict terms then you will never see why its important to be frugal.
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I get you trying to throw a dig in.
Whatever.

I said what I said.
 
CowboyRoy said:
22 million be used elsewhere? This has always been a hot topic. It will certainly depend on Gallup. In my opinion we no longer need to pay Cooper 22 million when Lamb as the new #1. I try to sign Gallup for a reasonable price.
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Coopers contract can be renegotiated. He has very little guarenteed money left
 
CowboyRoy said:
No I say we resign Gallup. Dont forget we can back load Gallups contract so the first year or two wont be that bad. Be we probably save at least 7 million per year with Gallup. That takes care of Shultz all by itself no doubt.
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well, on an average pay year basis he would cost close to Cooper....and we can restructure cooper to open up cap space....I don't think the cap space is necessarily an issue.

so that's why I asked which combination is better....
 
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