(03-30-2018, 09:17 AM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote:

(03-29-2018, 04:14 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Yeah, ummm, he's saying exactly what I'm saying.  He's preaching BAP strategy but selecting the best available player that meets a need - which is exactly what I said usually happens. 
I even spelled out that many GMs won't admit it but clearly do it. You've handed me a perfect example of that. 

Pure BAP selection regardless of need happens, but it's so rare it's practically a myth.

I wish I could find the video clip again. Tom was still with the Giants and it was just before the draft. He was addressing the press. His statement was bap DOES have flexibility due to the fact that players with similar grades may play different positions. So you identify the BAP, and, you consider if another player - at a position you might not be so strong at - is close enough in grade that there is not significant talent drop off.

The reason there are multitudes of first round busts and first round underachievers relates directly to the needs approach.

What you are describing is a combination of BAP and "need" strategies.  Which is what I've been saying is the norm.  
There are obviously varying degrees of the combination, and those who lean too hard toward need instead of BAP are taking greater risk.  

I feel like I just keep saying the same thing, only differently worded,  and you keep accidentally agreeing with me. LOL

I'll just leave you a little graphic and leave this dead horse to rest. Imagine Pure BAP all the way to the left and Pure Need all the way to the right and everything in between is a combination of the two. The further left - the more "BAP" - the further right - the more "NEED"

The boxed areas along the scale denote where GMs might combine the two concepts to varying ratios in their choices. 

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