PandaKidd wrote:1000% AGREED, but it doesnt trouble you in the least that in 6 months, we deemed our first round draft pick a bust? Does that give you confidence in the regime? Im not talking Bud speciically, im talking the
ENTIRE college scouting department, GM, etc
I see a positive and negative from this trade. The negative is that we once again made a bad 1st round selection. The positive is that our front office has enough sense to cut ties with that bad pick as soon as they recognize it to be such. Most front offices will stick by that pick for as long as they can and will end up getting nothing in return. At least we were able to get a hopeful 1st rounder in return. It's not like Minny is going to go from not making the playoffs to the 3rd seed over night. If they do make the playoffs during that span, the pick will likely be from 15-20 and there will be little to no value lost.
You also have to look at the type of picks we have been making. They have chosen to lean towards the potential heavy players instead of the more consistent contributors. Guys like Schroder, Bebe and Tavares are boom or bust guys. They are more likely to bust than other players, but if they do break out, their ceiling can be higher than the others. I like the fact that we take chances on high potential players instead of sticking with the safe route all the time. We just have to keep in mind that taking this route will lead to some wasted picks.
I would love for us to be able to hit on every pick but it just doesn't work like that. I'm happy if we can grab 1 keeper in each draft. So far, out of 3 years, we have found 2 keepers in Schroder and Scott. Jenkins, Payne and Bebe can be classified as busts. Patterson and Muscala seem MEH while I am excited about Tavares and we have a future hopeful 1st. I can honestly say that I will be happy with the first 3 years of Ferry's drafting if Tavares turns in to a quality player for us. I don't really follow college ball so I go in to the draft blind and just hope for the best when I hear a guy's name called for the Hawks.
I will be more than happy to excuse their prior mistakes if they find a keeper with our likely lottery pick this season. With out adding in the stipulation for the right to switch picks, we would have a bottom 3 pick this year. We are now probably going to end up with the 8-12 pick with a chance to get top 3. That is huge and it could land us a difference maker.
Ferry's impeccable free agency record quickly eases the pain of his misses on draft day. Our front office has been almost perfect when it comes to free agency. The only negative thing I could say is they have failed to lure a bigger name. I see that as more of a "the Hawks are seen as a bad franchise" problem more so than a Ferry/current front office problem. I think the rash of injuries really played a role in this happening last off-season and I expect us to have better luck from here on out.