Former Pats Head Coach Bill Parcells at one of his last press conferences with the team said: "If you want me to cook the meal, I should be able to buy the groceries". This was a point of contention with owner Robert Kraft who felt that some of his purchases were too expensive.
Upon being hired as coach of the New York Jets, the late owner Leon Hess said that Coach Parcells would buy the groceries and "I will be the little boy pushing the carriage".
In his 2nd season as Head of Football Operations with the Miami Dolphins, Bill has certainly opened the owners wallet for free agent signings to the tune of over $120M . Only Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, had a bigger spending spree of $200M.
These two guys make Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis look fiscally responsible! Who says these are trying economic times? Recession?
Many teams around the league are copying the Pats way of signing low-cost and "high-value" free agents.
The salary cap or "capology" is rather complex. I have attached a link in my side-bar to "Ask the Commish" which provides a very informative Q&A about the cap.
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