Drafting without Marvin Lewis

[I_C_DeadPeople]

In fairness to Tobin, if our scouting staff is still 50 or 70% the size of the better teams, then this will always reduce the success rates of the drfats simply by having less number of qualified people looking and analyzing. Yes, you can have a smaller staff if they are all top tier guys but somehow I doubt we have the cream of the crop. Assuming our scouting staff overall is average to above average in talent, better teams can have the same talent level but more staff - they will find more players of value.

In the past, i have cited the example of our NHL team - we have a small City market but a large and top tier scouting staff (Winnipeg Jets), and we are an elite team because of it.