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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 723229" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>On my drafting spreadsheet, I cut slack to players who succeed elsewhere because what I am assessing is drafting success. If the player moves on that is a personnel decision separate from the drafting decision. A good example is Matt Hasselbeck in the 1998 draft. Ron Wolf selected him in the 6th round. He spent his years in Green Bay backing up Favre before being traded to Seattle in 2001. There he was a bonafide starter for many years. In my estimation, that was a good draft pick. It showed solid talent evaluation. Mike Sherman then traded him, improving his first round pick from 17th to 10th and also picking up an extra 3rd round pick. That was a good move for the Packers. Of course, he then wasted those picks on Jamal Reynolds and Torrance Marshall....but Sherman's ineptitude is another discussion. Matt Hasselbeck was a successful selection even though he didn't contribute much to the Packers' success - unless you count his pick six to Al Harris in the playoffs.</p><p></p><p>Injuries are another factor. That makes it much tougher to tell usually. Certainly how a GM manages the draft, player acquisition, and contracts are all intertwined. However, when evaluating draft picks one needs to first decide whether you are evaluating the successful selection of a talented player or evaluating the success one brings to the team. I think that they aren't mutually exclusive and should be judged separately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 723229, member: 5830"] On my drafting spreadsheet, I cut slack to players who succeed elsewhere because what I am assessing is drafting success. If the player moves on that is a personnel decision separate from the drafting decision. A good example is Matt Hasselbeck in the 1998 draft. Ron Wolf selected him in the 6th round. He spent his years in Green Bay backing up Favre before being traded to Seattle in 2001. There he was a bonafide starter for many years. In my estimation, that was a good draft pick. It showed solid talent evaluation. Mike Sherman then traded him, improving his first round pick from 17th to 10th and also picking up an extra 3rd round pick. That was a good move for the Packers. Of course, he then wasted those picks on Jamal Reynolds and Torrance Marshall....but Sherman's ineptitude is another discussion. Matt Hasselbeck was a successful selection even though he didn't contribute much to the Packers' success - unless you count his pick six to Al Harris in the playoffs. Injuries are another factor. That makes it much tougher to tell usually. Certainly how a GM manages the draft, player acquisition, and contracts are all intertwined. However, when evaluating draft picks one needs to first decide whether you are evaluating the successful selection of a talented player or evaluating the success one brings to the team. I think that they aren't mutually exclusive and should be judged separately. [/QUOTE]
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