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Originally Posted by Tinordi
I'm too busy to really look into things but did Pittsburg or Chicago or any other successful rebuilding squad in the last decade have a good stock of veterans by which the youngsters developed in?
If I recall, Pittsburg didn't have great veterans when they inserted all of their youth, Chicago didn't either besides Campbell who's a flake. Sure there were probably a couple of guys but they bought them off the free agent wire and that was that. It wasn't like there was already a strong nurturing character driven "room" that the young players were allowed to emerge in. It was more like those teams drafted alot of really good players over the period of 3-5 years and put all of those really good young players together and then they emerged.
If I'm to sacrifice bullets in the chamber like draft picks to get really good players for the "benefit" of having some solid vets like Chris Clark or Lee Stempniak or whomever then I don't know how i feel about that. It's a case by case basis, but I would have no problem going for a couple full scorched earth 10 pick drafts if that's the plan.
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No, but Detroit and Boston did. If you can get the quality and caliber of players that Chicago and Pittsburg did, then you can run with the youngsters themselves, and let things develop on their own. Remember though, that Chicago and Pittsburg, with the lockout season, were able to get a large, critical mass if you will, number of very high quality players entering the league at the same time to create a unique team environment. This doesn't happen all the time, and is difficult to accomplish. If you do not have a large group to throw out in multiple positions all at once, then you need to develop the players you do have cautiously and effectively. This is where Boston, and Detroit have had some real success, maximizing the players they do have, to their ultimate success.