Dennard

[SunsetBengal]

(11-25-2018, 12:57 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Kind of looks like the drafts were more luck than skill?

Green was a no brainer at that pick. And Dalton...Palmer forced their hand and it was Dalton or Mallett.

Then, Atkins was a great pick.

The rest of the drafts looked good at the time as they seemed to get good value, but the guys didn't perform.

It's either coaching or drafting at that point.

I'm saying that our coaching isn't developing talent well enough to raise them up right.  Guys like Green, Dalton, Atkins, Whitworth, Eifert and Dunlap were going to be stars no matter who drafted them, or at what position they were drafted at.  They appear to have gotten lucky with Bates, in this year's draft.  But, wow.  Just look at all of the picks through the years that we thought were going to be sure hits, that have went to the wayside.

This team seems to not have a specific method, or format to how they generally do things.  Weather it be picking talent, developing that talent, or organizing that talent on the field.  Those things are typically part of a master plan laid out by a competent General Manager, who selects coaches and scouts to find and develop players that fit into the mold of the team that he wants to present.  We seem to use the approach of "pot luck', and "let's see if this works".