*The Sylphreni Show - Episode 7

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Appreciate the comment man. I hadn't listened to your podcast yet when that question was broached to me. Either way though, I definitely didn't take any offense to it. I understand the logic behind being concerned in getting proper value out of a player - I think that was more the framing of the conversation having now listened to your pod than just "gem" or "bust."

As I talked about with Syl on the pod I think its an interesting value proposition. I think there's a lot of flexibility with the move and its hard to judge it too much now without any knowledge about future expansion or the results of this season for Austin. The opinion on the move can change drastically depending on if Austin wins an Ultimus this season for example.

These are all good conversations that the league should be having though. Player valuation and projections are vital to league health. The more critically teams are thinking about moves the better the moves will end up being, raising the competitive environment in the league.

Well thank you for giving the podcast a listen, I just wanted to make sure it was clear that we in no way wanted to try and call out "busts" and more wanted to explore which teams got the best and worst value at their positions in the draft. The reason I brought up that idea in the first place was to get more ideas from people and to think more critically about the environment, as you stated. I absolutely agree with your point about it being an interesting and unorthodox pick as far as the value proposition goes and I think that was more what I wanted to discuss. I thought it was an unorthodox and high-pressure choice for Austin and a choice that will take some time to see the full fruits of. Thanks for hearing that through and again for listening to the full podcast, I know if the point I was making was floated out as being about me being a bust, I would have a hard time wanting to engage with that positively.