08-19-2023, 10:34 AM
(08-19-2023, 08:40 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: …please don’t be.
This is how championship caliber teams run the preseason. While there may be some actual rehearsal going on, most of what we are seeing from the coaches is primarily evaluation for (1) current depth and (2) potential for the future.
What we see in the 2023 preseason guides the 2024-27 draft, free agency, and trade needs. Bad teams draft for immediate improvement that season. Great teams draft looking two or more seasons ahead.
I'm not to worried about it. To me, it's an evaluation process. Coaches need to see these 2nd and 3rd string guys in certain situations, are they going to hesitate, make the same mistake over and over again. I doubt that there is much game planning going on.
