Not to be a downer, but I remember thinking the same thing about Gene Smith with the Alualu pick. I loved that he did his homework and took who he thought was best for the organization and the consensus be damned. To be clear, I still respect Smith for that stance but it's more than obvious that his scouting / evaluation skills were less than ideal.

 

I have a lot of respect for the conviction that this regime is showing towards how they think this whole build-a-long-term-winning-team thing should be done. But as I've said in the past "It doesn't matter how you do it, just get it right."

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