TeamoftheCentury
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Gotcha. You're looking for team fits. No need to verify anything. I take you at your word. (btw... I'm not just looking for 4 year starters. That was just something impressive about Boehm. That's all.)McGruff":37glnltm said:I don't disagree with you. Fact is, I haven't scouted Boehm extensively because of the high probability that he isn't a prospect for us. I'm of the opinion that if prefer the Seahawks current method, but that it will often over look superior prospects who might not fit the profile.
For the record, and jammer can vouch for this, when Rusk ell was here I almost ecusivy scouted 4 year starters at big schools in major conferences with leadership roles whose athletic profile was low risk, low upside. When it comes to the draft, I have always been more interested in predicting the team versus predicting the player.
"Predicting" anything is tough, no matter how one looks at it and none of us are as good at it as we might think we are.
"Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?" - Steven Wright :lol:
Quick tangent:
Last year I compared draft rumors galore looking for the inside scoop on what players teams were really interested in vs. which were probably smoke screens. That's guess work. I ended up with 13 right in the first round last year (won our .net draft contest for the 2nd time in 3 years.) But, once I finalized the picks before the last draft, I laughed at my picks because it felt like more a roll of the dice since I could see several players fitting various teams. Felt like it was going to go all haywire. Obviously, a lot of thought went into it b/c an uninformed person is less likely to get that many right with all the variables. It was a lot of fun seeing how pieces fell into place early in the draft to give my picks a chance. But, I could have just as easily been wrong - and very much so. I just happened to believe the right rumors that I found. There was more thought than that, but sort of built from there. And, there weren't as many trades that were suspected before the draft. That would have messed up everything.
We all like trying to predict the draft... or at least project players/ team draft picks. But, it's just the armchair GM game. I've enjoyed it since I was a young kid. The potential of how draft picks could improve rosters and possibly help a teams' outlook is fascinating.
PC often says something like that they bring in players that might not fit a profile, but they like to find out what they do well and how that can help the team. Something like that, you know what I'm talking about. I think that sort of approach defines the Hawks - players that don't necessarily look to be a fit for a particular team, but they can play and he loves giving guys a chance to excel.