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Originally Posted by timbit
It is not cherry picking. Look at St. Louis, Chicago, LA, Pittsburgh, Phil, Wash, Boston...over the past 10 years. Look at Florida over the last 2 years...they are trying to emulate those teams and their success in gathering multiple picks over a number of years.
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It actually was cherry-picking because he listed the good picks over a very long history, ignoring the fact that Chicago's rebuild failed for almost 2 decades, despite multiple instances of loading up on picks.
My point (which I do not expect anyone who wants a rebuild to listen to) is that quick fixes, with a load-up of picks, pretty much never work.
However, drafting IS a numbers game and the more picks you have, the more good players you should end up with, OVER TIME.
There is a difference, even if it's a subtle one. Maybe it has to do with the fact that a scouting staff, by sheer limitations of it's size and capacity, can only cover so many prospects. But that fact of the matter is that it is extremely rare to nail multiple quality palyers from one draft. It almost never happens.
It takes time and a number of years. That is all I am saying.