I actually find you quite mature and reasonable. Some of our reactions to you (mine included) are not so much the approach you are taking stating your opinion but based on years of us having had this same argument with the Belichick is a terrible GM crowd.
What you are seeing here, is a bit of a homer backlash. We just won the Super Bowl. But 6 weeks later the wannabe-GMs are railing against Belichick because he refused to get into a bidding war with a team that was probably going to pay any price to steal back Revis from us.
I simply disagree with you about some of your conclusions. But I respect the manner in which you've stated them.
Thanks, my take on this is not consistent with someone like Felger's, nor is it saying that I think BB is a terrible GM. I've largely moved on from the topic. I understand why BB went the way he did, and the benefits of having a team with as much cap space in 2016 as the young Patriots do. I disagree with BB on his valuation of his #1 corners, and do find it frustrating that we're had 4 leave in the past 11 years. To me it's a position we've struggled to draft, and it is also a position that has contributed to our undoing more than a few times. I'd prefer to leverage our strengths developing front 7 talent and OL talent, and reduce the cap burden there as opposed to risking CB in the next few years.
My whole point on this was less about the ultimate decision, but rather why the decision was made. I think it's disingenuous to say the Pats couldn't have matched the Jets contract in full guarantees standpoint. Miguel and others have since clarified their stance, but if it came down to actually matching Revis's 2015 Jets salary the Pats could have done it. I just don't think using the current snapshot as a starting point is fair.