(02-12-2020, 10:56 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: Doesn't this depend on how you grade a draft? As in do you just judge the players you selected and their results, or include the players who were missed?
Also, the risk of the draft is how much your coaches can develop a guy and have him fit your scheme. How much blame falls to Caldwell for players who flashed but hated their coaches or regressed?
As for your first question, I would pose it back to you? Does trading up in round two depend upon how you grade a draft? I definitely think so, though it would not be a total shock to see someone against trading up in any circumstance. In the case of a particularly shallow draft, or one in which there are maybe 25 or so players that carry a true first round grade and picks 26-60 are all graded equally, I think there would be less incentive to trade up in round 2 as a general proposition. But even that depends upon whether there is a particular player or position you are targeting with that second round pick, and the needs of the teams ahead of you in the draft order, and the teams reasonably close behind you with similar needs. In this past draft, there were about 3-4 tackles that were discussed throughout the offseason as potential first round picks that fell to the second, and there were 2-3 teams that traded up in the second to get them. This followed a first round that saw Philadelphia jump ahead of Houston to draft a T coveted by Houston, who wound up reaching for Tytus Howard, and then later wound up trading for Miami's Laremy Tunsil. There is always competition for good players.
As to your closing question, I'm not sure what, if any blame should fall to a GM under those circumstances. If Caldwell believes in a player, but doesn't believe in the position coach to develop the player he values, should he NOT draft the player he covets? If he identifies the position coach as a problem, does he bring that up to the head coach? Coaches have been known to be loyal to their assistants, and have been known to quit because ownership or management mandated change in the coaching staff. If the discussion results in a head coaching change, there are invariable scheme changes that come along with it, and with those changes are possible paradigm shifts on the types of player to fit that scheme. That would take some adjustment and a ton of communication.
(02-12-2020, 11:01 PM)Last42min Wrote: Hire Shaq Harris. He can only contribute to the second round pick.
He had a knack for those second rounders, didn't he? Almost as if he needed a round to "warm up."
(02-12-2020, 09:32 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I'd of traded of for Metcal last year when he fell to the bottom of the 2nd.
I started calling for that as Metcalf fell.
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
