Quote:Your post and the one to which you responded nailed it.


Every year we have this same debate. Every year vigorous debate happens from both sides about it in threads of double digit pages.

What do you think it is about this particular topic that causes this?
I might attribute it to some of the particular individuals involved, but it was a constant topic in Ask Vic, too.


In all the years I have been on this board, I have never known more reliable topic of debate, except perhaps Leftwich.


I'm not complaining about it, mind you, because I end up in it every year like clockwork. Just wondering.

 

Apologies for butting in here, but I wanted to speak to this question. I really think that the conversation is repeated year after year because it is something that simply can't be proven right or wrong. If a team drafts a player and he is successful, then it works and either side can say that they were right. The same thing for the opposite result. And the beauty of it is that there are so many players that fall on either side of the "bust" line that there is fertile ground for endless debate.

 

Where you and I agree about the scouting being the most important part, is kind of outside of the argument. BAP and Needs guys both understand that, but it seems as if they don't give it the proper gravity to it's role in building a roster. It's why I always chime in with my tired little statement of "do it any way you want, just get it right." I feel that if you have the rare ability to evaluate properly, you can build your roster using either method and still build a winning program. Then again, I'm a little loopy at times.

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