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Itse · 08-03-2009, 06:56 AM

I wouldn't say there is such a thing as "too obvious" in this draft. For example, I'm pretty sure everyone has at least some general idea of who Gandhi was, but I think many looking at this draft have only a vague idea of why he's such a big deal historically, or why exactly someone would go and say "I think this was the greatest guy EVER!".

There's a big jump from name recognition to knowledge, and if someone has a more emotional relationship to someone, it's always cool to read something about that.

As another reason to pick someone, I picked Häyhä partly as a statement, because he was in a way the ultimate rank and file guy, not a leader as propably most other picks in that category will be.

08-03-2009, 06:56 AM	#111
Itse Franchise Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Exp:	I wouldn't say there is such a thing as "too obvious" in this draft. For example, I'm pretty sure everyone has at least some general idea of who Gandhi was, but I think many looking at this draft have only a vague idea of why he's such a big deal historically, or why exactly someone would go and say "I think this was the greatest guy EVER!". There's a big jump from name recognition to knowledge, and if someone has a more emotional relationship to someone, it's always cool to read something about that. As another reason to pick someone, I picked Häyhä partly as a statement, because he was in a way the ultimate rank and file guy, not a leader as propably most other picks in that category will be. Last edited by Itse; 08-03-2009 at 06:59 AM.