Quote:You think best player available had something to do with Alualu being picked? WUT?

 

 

Doesnt matter what I think.  Doesnt matter what you think.  Doesnt matter what the consensus thinks.  All that mattered was what Gene Smith thought.  And for all we know he thought Alualu was the best player in the entire draft.  Just because the "consensus" thought he was a borderline first rounder doesnt mean Gene Smith also thought so.  If our GM was gonna just go by the consensus, why have a scouting department?  Hell why even have a GM?  Just find a computer programmer to develop a webcrawler to find all top draft boards on the internet and consolidate them.  We'll have the ultimate consensus.

 

Lets use Logan Thomas as an example.  Sounds like some scouts have him as a 2nd/3rd round prospect.  Others dont have him as draftable.  Is it a reach if a team that has him as a 3rd round prospect drafts him in the 3rd round?  Or are they guilty of not following the consensus and thus reached on that draft pick?  There is no such thing as a consensus draft board.  Scouts dont sit around the table and come up with an agreed upon draft board that they all select from.  What you think is a reach, another guy could think a steal.  

 

Scouting well is all that matters.  Drafting philosophy is just fluff.

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