Quote:In my opinion, you cannot go into a draft trying to "avoid" someone, it'll only inject doubt into the process and bias your conclusions. Remember, Caldwell and company didn't draft Gabbert. They may have been of the opinion that Gene Smith overdrafted the guy; that's something we don't know. All that they can do is evaluate the players available to them.

 

Rate each player based on who they are, and what they do. What are their bad habits? What are their good habits? If you keep worrying about what is in your past, you may end up missing out on the future.

 

I believe the thread starter meant identifying the shortcomings of Gabbert that precluded him from realizing the potential of his physical ability.



I also think you're wrong when you say teams shouldn't be trying to avoid things. They definitely should be trying to avoid players that have identifiably undesirable traits.

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