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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 828778"><p>There is little evidence to support the contention that Thompson drafted the "best player regardless of need".</p><p></p><p>Thompson was notriously closed mouthed about what he was thinking. Saying "best player available" was a way to deflect questions about what he perceived as his needs. There is no advantage in being forthright and several advantages to being closed-mouthed. Gutekunst evidently learned that lesson.</p><p></p><p>Consider the use of capital available for roster building, cap and draft, two sides of the same coin. Would you say Gutekunst spent a pile of cap on free agents this offseason because they were the "best players regardless of need"? Certainly not. Why would one assume the draft would be treated differently? As for Gutekunst, you need look no further than last year's draft to see his need considerations.</p><p></p><p>The "best" policy might be to draft the best player regardless of need, but it is not the only policy, and conditions when that "best policy" can be practiced don't often arise. In a draft in general, that would be at a moment in time when the roster is loaded with no glaring weaknesses or at a particular pick where a player has been viewed as grossly undervalued. This is not the former, and the latter is uncommon.</p><p></p><p>Today there are enough need positions that Gutekunst won't be compelled to hold his nose and draft a guy he perceives as a reach for need in the upper half of the draft. Picks 5-7 on the other hand are a mixed bag that might include some developmental players. Gutekunst drafted a punter and long snapper (if that isn't need I don't know what is) mixed in with developmental WRs, the latter forced to play with Allison's injury and Moore's disappointing preseason.</p><p></p><p>The impact of the 2010 CBA should not be overlooked, with the rookie salary scale and 4 year draftee contracts. A big factor in getting to a winning roster is maximizing performance out of what became relatively cheap rookie contracts where the opportunity for performance above cap cost is greatest. Getting to a critical mass of impact players from the previous 4 drafts is close to an imperative. That's hard to do if you pick the best player available regardless of need where he's sitting on the bench behind a strong incumbent group.</p><p></p><p>There is one thing in those Gutekunst comments that cannot be disputed: this is not fantasy football. Since most fantasy league scoring is heavily weighted toward the offensive skill positions perhaps he is saying something about the frequent clamoring for players at these positions to the exclusion of others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 828778"] There is little evidence to support the contention that Thompson drafted the "best player regardless of need". Thompson was notriously closed mouthed about what he was thinking. Saying "best player available" was a way to deflect questions about what he perceived as his needs. There is no advantage in being forthright and several advantages to being closed-mouthed. Gutekunst evidently learned that lesson. Consider the use of capital available for roster building, cap and draft, two sides of the same coin. Would you say Gutekunst spent a pile of cap on free agents this offseason because they were the "best players regardless of need"? Certainly not. Why would one assume the draft would be treated differently? As for Gutekunst, you need look no further than last year's draft to see his need considerations. The "best" policy might be to draft the best player regardless of need, but it is not the only policy, and conditions when that "best policy" can be practiced don't often arise. In a draft in general, that would be at a moment in time when the roster is loaded with no glaring weaknesses or at a particular pick where a player has been viewed as grossly undervalued. This is not the former, and the latter is uncommon. Today there are enough need positions that Gutekunst won't be compelled to hold his nose and draft a guy he perceives as a reach for need in the upper half of the draft. Picks 5-7 on the other hand are a mixed bag that might include some developmental players. Gutekunst drafted a punter and long snapper (if that isn't need I don't know what is) mixed in with developmental WRs, the latter forced to play with Allison's injury and Moore's disappointing preseason. The impact of the 2010 CBA should not be overlooked, with the rookie salary scale and 4 year draftee contracts. A big factor in getting to a winning roster is maximizing performance out of what became relatively cheap rookie contracts where the opportunity for performance above cap cost is greatest. Getting to a critical mass of impact players from the previous 4 drafts is close to an imperative. That's hard to do if you pick the best player available regardless of need where he's sitting on the bench behind a strong incumbent group. There is one thing in those Gutekunst comments that cannot be disputed: this is not fantasy football. Since most fantasy league scoring is heavily weighted toward the offensive skill positions perhaps he is saying something about the frequent clamoring for players at these positions to the exclusion of others. [/QUOTE]
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