Draft Wrap-up

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Originally Posted by painekiller

I am not complaining about the talent of the guys chosen. i am questioning the position targeted and where some of the guys where drafted. I listen to Gil Brandt, and he had our 3rd and 4th rounders lower than we took them.

Based on the history of Rick Smith and this scouting crew, I am not going to doubt the talent of the kids taken, but I will question if we could have waited a round on each of them.

You do your homework in asessing the talent of a draft, then you strategize about what teams will take who where, then the rest is more or less up to fate. In our case some of the guys we wanted, especially Mathews were taken ahead of us because a San Diego traded up to get ahead of us to take him. I guess we kind of learned a lesson from that, and starting with the second round we started to be a participant in the trade up/down contest. Other than forseeing the events of the first round, I think we did an excellent job. Thus my kudos to Rick and Gary.