I think they should Increase the Salary Cap . . . and Make Coaches' Salary a part of it I think my moving Coaches Salaries under the Cap it will make them more cohesive with the players and basically. . why should they NOT be a part of the cap? are they not Labor too? Rocket RIver
And instantly the coach loses credibility. "Hey coach, I count $13 mil on the cap. What about you?" "Uh ... $2 million." "That's what I thought. Now let's try it my way. Gimme tha ball!"
Coaches? What about assistant coaches? Trainers? Mascots? The salary cap is meant to effect the people that you put out there on the floor to play basketball. Coaches and staff are administrative officers, they are not on the team roster.
I don't know if the league or a team would want more cohesiveness between coach and player. Coach has to make tough choice that impact players' lives like playing time, role, often trades, and so on. And then there's the issue of union bargaining strength. As much as possible, management wants the coach on their side, not on the players' side.
So the coach making 2 million and not counting against the cap would make him more Credible?????? I think this would allow teams to trade Coaches too Rocket River JVG for Adelman plus Artest
First of all, we should look at the salaries of coaches today; forgetting about the ridiculous contract Larry Brown swindled the Knicks for, I see most of the top level coaches in the league will average about $5 Million a Year, including our own Jeff Van Gundy. I'm not exactly sure how much you want to raise the salary cap, but considering that only 6 teams are currently below the cap, coach movement would be extremely difficult. Coaches that are (waived) fired will still count on the salary cap, while signing a new, veteran coach would take a stiff portion of the Mid-Level Exception. This isn't even considering Coach-GMs, a position that would have to be outlawed (though the Player-Coach could come back into vogue). Admittedly, your facetious idea would possibly create more balance in the league; as much as I hate to talk about Dallas, one of the other major advantages they have due to Mark Cuban's deep pockets is their extensive scouting and assistant coaching departments; much in the same way that Daniel Snyder bought the Washington Redskins a significant advantage this summer by resigning Gregg Williams to a ludicrous contract for an Assistant Coach.
That would be punishing the good owners who care, like Cuban. And rewarding the cheapskates like Sterling who just want to turn a profit.
