05-08-2014, 08:45 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Originally Posted by Cortez
Who are they talking too?? why are so many of these draft picks always on their phone??
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usually they are talking to the GM that just drafted them
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05-08-2014, 08:45 PM
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#102
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
Who are they talking too?? why are so many of these draft picks always on their phone??
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Usually the team that's picking them.
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05-08-2014, 08:45 PM
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#103
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Franchise Player
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Well Johnny, you weren't good enough to be taken the first time around... or the second time... but Welcome to Cleveland!
At least they can say they traded up to grab him.
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05-08-2014, 08:45 PM
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#104
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The centre of everything
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Some farmer called Johnny. Maybe someone near Cleveland needed some hay baled ;-)
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05-08-2014, 08:46 PM
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#105
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I believe in the Jays.
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Nm
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05-08-2014, 08:46 PM
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#106
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
Who are they talking too?? why are so many of these draft picks always on their phone??
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Their new boss.
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05-08-2014, 08:49 PM
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#107
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First Line Centre
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Sometimes agents inform the players to pretend to be on the phone so teams think there may be some activity around the player and encourage teams to get him. The NFL draft is such a BS smokescreen show where the teams and agents often try to be so clever that they outsmart themselves.
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05-08-2014, 08:50 PM
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#108
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Zuma
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A team has what, 5 min to make their pick? I would have figured after a whole year of deciding who to take, they would be able to inform the guy they are taking before the announcement is actually made
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05-08-2014, 08:50 PM
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#109
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Johnny Football
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05-08-2014, 08:51 PM
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#110
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
A team has what, 5 min to make their pick? I would have figured after a whole year of deciding who to take, they would be able to inform the guy they are taking before the announcement is actually made
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Well they don't. You can either let it bother you or accept that cell phones are ever present in society.
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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05-08-2014, 08:54 PM
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#111
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Zuma
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Originally Posted by nik-
Well they don't. You can either let it bother you or accept that cell phones are ever present in society.
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hahah ya it's really bothering me. I've just always wondered who they could be talking too.
Where are cell phones in the NHL's draft "ever present society"?
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05-08-2014, 08:56 PM
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#112
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
A team has what, 5 min to make their pick? I would have figured after a whole year of deciding who to take, they would be able to inform the guy they are taking before the announcement is actually made
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in so many ways the NFL draft is nothing like the NHL draft...
just be happy that they dont spoil the pick by showing the player getting 'the call' 3 minutes before their name gets annpoucned like it was a few years ago
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05-08-2014, 08:56 PM
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#113
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
hahah ya it's really bothering me. I've just always wondered who they could be talking too.
Where are cell phones in the NHL's draft "ever present society"?
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The teams don't call the players like they do in the NFL. It's pretty obvious.
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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05-08-2014, 08:58 PM
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#114
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Zuma
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Originally Posted by nik-
The teams don't call the players like they do in the NFL. It's pretty obvious.
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Well that's part of what I'm getting at. Why is it necessary to call them instantly?
Anyway, I don't really care, certainty not enough to be arguing over it. Just have always thought it was odd
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05-08-2014, 08:59 PM
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#115
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Originally Posted by Cortez
Well that's part of what I'm getting at. Why is it necessary to call them instantly?
Anyway, I don't really care, certainty not enough to be arguing over it. Just have always thought it was odd
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They're not calling them instantly, they're calling them before the pick is announced and they're still on the phone on them when the cameras cut to the player.
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Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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05-08-2014, 09:00 PM
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#116
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First Line Centre
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This whole Manziel thing rings a little familiar to when the Broncos picked Tebow. They had a higher pick, traded back, took a WR, traded up, took Tebow. The planet exploded.
For Clevelands sake I hope Manziel is a better QB than Tebow although I'm sure the Browns would be thrilled to win their division and a playoff game with Manziel.
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05-08-2014, 09:00 PM
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#117
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
hahah ya it's really bothering me. I've just always wondered who they could be talking too.
Where are cell phones in the NHL's draft "ever present society"?
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The other aspect you need to consider, is that the NFL drafts their players to become immediate starters, so there is a lot more movement up and down the draft order due to drafting very much by need vs by BPA.
These guys really dont have a top 3 teams that they expect to get drafted to, they genuinely have no idea where they are going. the call is basically a 'welcome to the team' 30seconds from now
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05-08-2014, 09:12 PM
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#118
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First Line Centre
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Eagles may have reached there.
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05-08-2014, 09:13 PM
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#119
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Eagles got screwed with those two CBs going out right before  Oh well, guy is an eagle, be proud
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05-08-2014, 09:17 PM
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#120
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Zuma
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Does NE trade out of the first round?
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