(S22) - PT3 - Boom or Bust

[HENDRIX 2.0]

The worst NSFL draft pick of all time is one that I take full responsibility for. Back in season 5 the Baltimore Hawks needed some more pass catching weapons for our QB. We had the young Trey Willie at WR and literally nothing else. We had the third pick in the draft that year. The Yeti had the 1st two picks, but we knew one of them was going to be a GM selection. At the time everybody was in love with the potential of Portland Pythons prospects TE Carlito Crush and WR John Wachter. Like the Seattle Supersonics in the 2007 NBA draft, we were just going to sit and take whichever one of those offensive weapons fell to three. Unfortunately for the Hawks, we got the Greg Oden of the duo. I enjoyed my brief chats with both prospects prior to the draft, especially Wachter. He was a prolific writer and a real life Baltimore native. It seemed like a perfect fit. We picked him and he put in an update or two before vanishing from the league about a month after we drafted him. That pick was one of the many little things that made me peace out on the league for a while, but like drafts in real life, there are no guarantees when it comes to prospects. (222 words)