"it is impossible for that money to be allocated any better than putting it all into AD". I'm not much of an 'absolutist'.
That you must do what you can to hang on to 'elite' players is a given. "What you can". Obviously you don't give 100% of the Cap to AD and field 1 person for the season. The answer lies quite below that but there DOES exist a point.
"yes absolutely the position is invaluable" - yes, I would agree.... "The position" is. The specific person and money it takes to keep an individual? I don't see that as absolute at all.
If Demoff and the others weren't considering my point he'd be signed now. - JamesJM