One: Salary. It is much cheaper to mix up the flow of the team by letting go of someone who is getting paid $1m/year than someone who is getting paid $10m/year.

Two: Quantity. It is much easier to mix up the flow of the team by letting go of one person with a lot of power than several players that can equal that same power.

So, what needs to happen? Either players need to get paid less or coaches need to get paid more. The quantity number cannot change, unless coaches are somehow given less power, which would never happen.

Coaches salaries have been slowly increasing over the last several years, which is good. I think the players salary issue will come to head during this recession. The hope is that it all comes in line in the next several years.