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re: Reggie Bush = Bust?
Posted on 3/28/16 at 9:43 pm to PurpleDrank18
Posted on 3/28/16 at 9:43 pm to PurpleDrank18
You're saying he went second overall so he has to be an all pro. If where he went is what you're judging it on, then you have to look at who else is in the draft class. What if he was the 5th pick? Or the 4th? Doesn't that depend on who else is in the draft class? Isn't every 1st round pick considered to be a good player? Are you the guy who thinks supermodels are fat? There are only so many all pro spots. Over the past 10 years the all pro RBs are Adrian Peterson (multiple times), Chris Johnson (once), LeSean McCoy (twice), M. Lynch (once) and Demarco Murray (once).
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Posted on 3/28/16 at 9:51 pm to Suntiger
Not only was he not All-Pro he wasn't even ever voted to a Pro Bowl, even with how everybody gets in as alternatives recently. And again, his peers have absolutely NOTHING to do with his career and how he performed. When a team drafts a guy #2 overall they expect that path and timeline I laid out earlier. Reggie wasn't even close to that.
You're also helping my point from earlier. Had he been drafted later. (2nd round or so) he wouldn't have this bust label because his production would have matched his cost/expectations of said cost. However he wasn't drafted later, he was drafted extremely high, where expectations are higher. And he failed to even come close to those expectations. (expectations of an average #2 overall pick at the time of the selection, not the expectations of USC Reggie Bush).
Like I said, you're using hindsight again, because you now know, in 2016, that many of the first rounders in 2006 would turn out to not be good. And you're using these facts to help you. That's not fair to this discussion.
You're also helping my point from earlier. Had he been drafted later. (2nd round or so) he wouldn't have this bust label because his production would have matched his cost/expectations of said cost. However he wasn't drafted later, he was drafted extremely high, where expectations are higher. And he failed to even come close to those expectations. (expectations of an average #2 overall pick at the time of the selection, not the expectations of USC Reggie Bush).
Like I said, you're using hindsight again, because you now know, in 2016, that many of the first rounders in 2006 would turn out to not be good. And you're using these facts to help you. That's not fair to this discussion.
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