Okay, I'll say it again, it was one of the reasons, maybe not the major reason but Burke talks about Feaster's bad draft record
here. Feaster did three drafts, 2011, 12, and 13. Burke has said the 13th draft was great so that leaves the 2011 and 12 drafts. The 2011 doesn't seem to be contentious except that the players are on the small side for Burke so that leaves what everyone here is talking about, the 2012 draft and Jankowski.
Here's Burke's quote.
Quote:
“There’s only two ways to answer that question,” he replied, when asked for specific reasons Feaster did not come up to muster. “One way is to duck it, the other is to throw rocks at somebody. I think the general manager’s job consists of a certain number of discreet, very distinct jobs. One is putting your staff together. One is trades and there are three kinds of trades: Futures trades, standard trades and then there’s selling trades, deadline trades. You go back and analyze those and reach your own conclusion whether we received full value in those deals, you can evaluate our drafts and see whether we did the best we could.
“Obviously I reached the conclusion we haven’t.
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Being smart he isn't going to dump on any one pick, because they are still unsigned assets.
Burke gives three responsibilities a GM has, one is putting together a staff, next is handling trades and third is drafting and Feaster came up short.