Kubiak and Smith Contracts Extended

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by Joshua

I just find it odd that our coaches and front office guys can't play out their contracts, but we make Mario, Arian, Schaub, Duane, and Barwin play out theirs. Wish we would take the same approach with our better players that we take with our decent, but by no means great (at least not yet) coach and GM.

There's no salary cap on coaches and GMs, that's why. If McNair makes a mistake and has to eat a coach or GM's contract, it doesn't prevent him from signing a new one but if we sign a long-term contract on a player who then turns into a bust, the team loses the cap room that the bad contract cost them.