Agreed. I have made that point to him before also, but he chooses to ignore it.
We had a borderline Hall of Famer at one end spot, and had invested two firsts into Davenport, and had a reasonable belief that he was ascending and we'd have to pay him, so we opted not to give a big money deal to Hendrickson, whose only great year with us was his contract year.
I have used this line many times, but many people are confusing poor/regrettable personnel decisions with cap issues. And they're also confusing cap issues with UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL PANDEMIC reeking havoc on our "living on the edge" plan at the exact wrong time, two years ago.