Number 17! Number 17!

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(01-06-2025, 01:22 PM)motoarch Wrote: You're not necessarily wrong but even when everyone agrees someone's a hit they can often flame out or at the very least not meet the expectations of their draft spot.

On the other hand we often see very good (not great) players out play there draft position.

I honestly don't see us being in that much better of a spot if we were drafting 5 or 6 spots earlier unless the staff is dead set on that one guy that gets sniped of the board before we get there.  Even then is the next guy up really going to be meaningfully worse?

I'm just not convinced that's true 

It needs to be figured out why the flame out or meeting expectations.

If it's the case of lack of motivation or effort or how to best learn how to grasp the concepts, it may need better scouting such as asking better questions in interviews, reaching out to current/former coaches to get more input, etc.

If it's a 1st round pick performing just ok or a Day 2 pick ending up just a rotational/backup but they're trying to put in effort and it's just not clicking, that could be on coaching.

A good coach is like a good manager at a company - you adapt your training style to how the individual learns best and you try different things if the current way isn't working for said individual.