GM Bogdan Podarok is willing to answer any questions you might have
1. Botching several picks? You must be thinking of the Hawks or something, because we clearly had an amazing draft. and as far as passing on Marcus Kane, I'm honestly shocked the guy got drafted. He has some skills, yeah, but his intangibles are just AWFUL. I mean you could have a team sign Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel, Josh Gordon, Ray Rice, and Colin Kaepernick, and that team would still be 10X better off than any team with Marcus Kane on it. That guy is an LR nightmare, a team killer. If you want to win, you DONT want Marcus Kane, simple as that.
2. I mean, Tim Pest is a workhorse and loyal as all getout to the Outlaws. Getting him was a huge confidence booster for the team. Luechly was also our top LB off the board and we got him with the last pick in the 5th, what a steal. We were hoping to get one of the top two WRs in the draft, Evans or Chess, at 16th overall, but then we found both available then, and Chess available 16 picks later? It was too easy. Then lastly we have Gui Worthy all the way down at 88th, who was active the whole time! I mean we liked every pick we made, but those were the ones we liked the most.
3. No, it went even better! honestly, we went into the draft with a mock that had us hoping, HOPING to get our top 8 guys. They were Pest, Evans, Chess, Timlin, Davis, Luechly, Bot, and Ronaldo. We thought this was a best case scenario, because no way we get all of them. Yet we almost did, only missing on Bot. That was way better than any of us could have imagined.
4. oh yeah, we had lots of trades we wanted to make, tried to trade up a lot, but GMs refused. Honestly though, we are so glad they did, because in every case that we were talking trade, we ended up getting the guy we wanted to trade up for at our original pick anyway! So thank you, GMs, for refusing our offers! haha
1. It was not, our strategy was OL-WR-OL-LB actually, but when we found C.A. Chess still available at 32nd overall, there was no way we were going to miss out on that. and lucky for us, that LB that we really wanted, Luechly, fell to us in the 5th anyway, so it worked ut just fine.
2. Well, first of all, this guy is no joke TPE-wise. He is going to be the best punter in the league one day. In the end, it comes down to team needs. going BPA is always the "right" way, but it doesnt always work out like that. just look at the 76ers in the NBA with a logjam in the frontcourt, but you also cant just take a significantly worse player for team needs. We were pretty sure Ronaldo was going to be gone by our 8th round pick, and the only players left available that we liked were not only at positions we didnt need, but at ones that wouldn't have much trade value due to position inflation. So we had 3 team needs at that point, OL, DL, and K/P. all remaining OL were inactive, no more DL were on our draft board. That leaves us with Ronaldo, who should, at the least, help us big time to be able to switch the field, and is a very safe bet to be a great activity man. Thats why we took Ronaldo with the 6th
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(07-19-2017, 11:59 PM)Dangles13 Wrote:Are you worried about your job security after botching several picks and passing on future hall of fame players like Marcus Kane?
Which pick were you most happy about?
Did the draft go according to your plans?
Did you have any trades you may have wanted to make?
1. Botching several picks? You must be thinking of the Hawks or something, because we clearly had an amazing draft. and as far as passing on Marcus Kane, I'm honestly shocked the guy got drafted. He has some skills, yeah, but his intangibles are just AWFUL. I mean you could have a team sign Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel, Josh Gordon, Ray Rice, and Colin Kaepernick, and that team would still be 10X better off than any team with Marcus Kane on it. That guy is an LR nightmare, a team killer. If you want to win, you DONT want Marcus Kane, simple as that.
2. I mean, Tim Pest is a workhorse and loyal as all getout to the Outlaws. Getting him was a huge confidence booster for the team. Luechly was also our top LB off the board and we got him with the last pick in the 5th, what a steal. We were hoping to get one of the top two WRs in the draft, Evans or Chess, at 16th overall, but then we found both available then, and Chess available 16 picks later? It was too easy. Then lastly we have Gui Worthy all the way down at 88th, who was active the whole time! I mean we liked every pick we made, but those were the ones we liked the most.
3. No, it went even better! honestly, we went into the draft with a mock that had us hoping, HOPING to get our top 8 guys. They were Pest, Evans, Chess, Timlin, Davis, Luechly, Bot, and Ronaldo. We thought this was a best case scenario, because no way we get all of them. Yet we almost did, only missing on Bot. That was way better than any of us could have imagined.
4. oh yeah, we had lots of trades we wanted to make, tried to trade up a lot, but GMs refused. Honestly though, we are so glad they did, because in every case that we were talking trade, we ended up getting the guy we wanted to trade up for at our original pick anyway! So thank you, GMs, for refusing our offers! haha
(07-20-2017, 12:13 AM)RedCydranth Wrote:Hi, Alex Whitworth, Spectrum Media out of New York, New York. You went offensive line and receiver twice each, in the first four rounds. Was this your strategy going into the draft?
One of the big head scratchers, from my perspective, was your selection of Christiano Rinaldo, a punter, in the sixth round. What impressed you about this guy so much that you took him that early?
1. It was not, our strategy was OL-WR-OL-LB actually, but when we found C.A. Chess still available at 32nd overall, there was no way we were going to miss out on that. and lucky for us, that LB that we really wanted, Luechly, fell to us in the 5th anyway, so it worked ut just fine.
2. Well, first of all, this guy is no joke TPE-wise. He is going to be the best punter in the league one day. In the end, it comes down to team needs. going BPA is always the "right" way, but it doesnt always work out like that. just look at the 76ers in the NBA with a logjam in the frontcourt, but you also cant just take a significantly worse player for team needs. We were pretty sure Ronaldo was going to be gone by our 8th round pick, and the only players left available that we liked were not only at positions we didnt need, but at ones that wouldn't have much trade value due to position inflation. So we had 3 team needs at that point, OL, DL, and K/P. all remaining OL were inactive, no more DL were on our draft board. That leaves us with Ronaldo, who should, at the least, help us big time to be able to switch the field, and is a very safe bet to be a great activity man. Thats why we took Ronaldo with the 6th
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