09-28-2017, 02:39 PM
(09-28-2017, 02:31 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: A major issue is that rookie contracts are for 4-5 years. Then when those guys hit free agency, we don't want to pay them what they get on the open market...so we have to constantly have good drafts to replenish the roster since we don't rely much on free agency. With the draft, you never know which guys you get will develop so we drafted 2 Tackles to replace guys we knew we were losing...but as the draft goes they don't pan out. Coaches get blamed.
Essentially we train guys for 3-4 years...they play good for 1 or 2 years...then leave in free agency. We of course retain some.
It's a tough cycle that is going to require us to catch lightning in a bottle to win.
They want us to believe that free agency is risky...but the draft is probably riskier.
The NFL is so weird how it approaches things. It's such a good ol boys club and everything is practically nepotism.
That's why it seems like the NFL is so slow to change compared to college where turnover is ridiculous.
This is what makes FA so risky. There's always risk in a player shutting down once he gets paid, but the worst flops are usually the ones who just don't fit the system but are brought in anyways, because the NFL for whatever reason, still can't get out of it's own way and see this shit. I think they are getting better at it now but there's still work to be done.
We do rely almost 100% on the draft so you would think that we would have the biggest and best scouting department. But alas, we ask our coaches to do scouting and there's no way to fully scout while also coaching. It just isn't possible.
