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re: Frank Jackson Highlights: This is How We Do It

Posted on 6/25/17 at 9:37 am to
Posted by corndeaux
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Posted on 6/25/17 at 9:37 am to
I agree completely that it's not a market inefficiency or some new strategy Demps has figured out. I am happy they are thinking long term like this and hope to see it continue



Projecting a future high draft slot can be a dangerous game to play. instead of "we see it like a 2018 1st round pick" why not say

"we think X has a lot of potential to be a good pro and was not able to fully show that in college. we look forward to working with X and believe he can become a quality player for us."

I'm probably just coming from a different space, but selling it as the team investing in a young guy over time makes sense to me. when you toss out "1st rounder" on a guy, as we've seen in this thread, that carries some expectations for production that just aren't likely, no matter how highly one may think of a 2nd round pick.
Posted by DeionDeion
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Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 6/25/17 at 3:46 pm to
Wow the difference a year makes. Tell me this kid wouldn't be a top 10-15 pick in Thursday's draft if he came out this year

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This post was edited on 6/25/17 at 4:38 pm
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 6/25/17 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

I'm probably just coming from a different space, but selling it as the team investing in a young guy over time makes sense to me. when you toss out "1st rounder" on a guy, as we've seen in this thread, that carries some expectations for production that just aren't likely, no matter how highly one may think of a 2nd round pick.


I think the team sees it like you're saying, but they have a PR problem when it comes to draft picks, especially if Holiday leaves and 3 1sts ended up getting burned for one playoff appearance.
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