How and Why.

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(08-25-2017, 01:14 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Coaching is one thing. But when you don't sign external free agents to compete for starting jobs...you start a rookie who shouldn't be a starter.

Bodine is the perfect example. We don't start most of our 1st Round picks in Year 1...yet we draft Bodine in the 4th Round and hand him a starting job at C. He likely should have sat for a year or 2.

So...it's all relative.

Again, who did Bodine replace? I believe it was Cook, who injuries basically killed him. Maybe Bodine was suppose to sit for a year or two but was pressed into service. Look, I'm not campaigning for Bodine or anything, but I saw a lot of Zeitler whiffs that got blamed on Bodine. Honestly this is probably a make or break time for him. he could move from below average to slightly above this year. 

My original point was the 1st rd picks were not bad picks that you can pin on the scouting department.