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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I posted this in the trades rumour/speculation thread as well, but this image (from reddit) captures picks made in the first two rounds during the last three drafts.
How has Treliving built a team that has had no success, but also leveraged the future to a dangerous degree?
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Personally I don't like trading away firsts and seconds. Although our drafting hasn't been great over the last 10 years it's hard to hit on anything if there aren't any picks to use.
It'd be nice if we had coaching or systems that allowed players to play above their potential - whereby you could sell high on some of them and maybe build up some draft capital. Instead we have our 5th coach in 7 years or something like that - so we have almost the opposite scenario.
Add in a trade like Hamonic and it's no wonder our cupboards are bare. I like the slow and steady approach of retaining our high picks, investing in scouting and trying to draft and develop well, and then maybe the odd free agency addition (hopefully not a Neal or Brouwer).
As it stands we could be in for a rough couple of years while we try to build back up. Or we keep thinking we're close and trading away picks...