Maccagnan's approach to the draft
Mar 19, 2015 12:27:39 GMT -5
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Post by jett on Mar 19, 2015 12:27:39 GMT -5
www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/03/jets_general_manager_mike_maccagnan_offers_funny_r.html
This article starts out talking about his response today to a particular question about his thoughts on Winston and Mariota. He offers a funny quote, but that wasn't what peaked my interest. Later in the article he talks a little bit about his approach and it confirms my thoughts on him in terms of the draft. This guy is the guy for us. Ok fine, I'll give him 2-3 years to really evaluate him, but everything he's said so far I love.
"I would say, simply, that I think when it comes to the draft, to me, you tend to want to take the best player available, in theory," Maccagnan said. "In my mind, if the best player available were at that pick, I'm not going to say we're going to lock into a certain player or a certain position, but that's the approach you want to take.
"We have a long evaluation process to go through, to get to that point. I would say, simply, I don't think any player is either on or off our board, in terms of what we would do, based on our current roster."
This is exactly what I want to hear and how I would handle a draft. Now obviously the draft is a far away, and a lot can happen. Who knows he could royally screw it up and we can hate him. All I am saying is that right now, with everything he's said and his plan, it makes me very excited and (cautiously) optimistic that he can give us something we haven't had in a long long time, a good draft. Not just hitting on your first or second pick, but hitting on the mid rounds, the ones that build your team and have sustained success. The model to win. Look at the Giants 2007 run, the draft prior to that year they had almost every one of their picks contribute. That's what we need.
Again, this is all fodder anyway because he's only been a GM for a short time and I am in no way anointing him the best yet by any means. He's a breath of fresh air so far, and that's good enough for me.
This article starts out talking about his response today to a particular question about his thoughts on Winston and Mariota. He offers a funny quote, but that wasn't what peaked my interest. Later in the article he talks a little bit about his approach and it confirms my thoughts on him in terms of the draft. This guy is the guy for us. Ok fine, I'll give him 2-3 years to really evaluate him, but everything he's said so far I love.
"I would say, simply, that I think when it comes to the draft, to me, you tend to want to take the best player available, in theory," Maccagnan said. "In my mind, if the best player available were at that pick, I'm not going to say we're going to lock into a certain player or a certain position, but that's the approach you want to take.
"We have a long evaluation process to go through, to get to that point. I would say, simply, I don't think any player is either on or off our board, in terms of what we would do, based on our current roster."
This is exactly what I want to hear and how I would handle a draft. Now obviously the draft is a far away, and a lot can happen. Who knows he could royally screw it up and we can hate him. All I am saying is that right now, with everything he's said and his plan, it makes me very excited and (cautiously) optimistic that he can give us something we haven't had in a long long time, a good draft. Not just hitting on your first or second pick, but hitting on the mid rounds, the ones that build your team and have sustained success. The model to win. Look at the Giants 2007 run, the draft prior to that year they had almost every one of their picks contribute. That's what we need.
Again, this is all fodder anyway because he's only been a GM for a short time and I am in no way anointing him the best yet by any means. He's a breath of fresh air so far, and that's good enough for me.
