Had Dustin Evans been a more vocal personality, I think it's very likely he would have been selected higher overall in the season 2 draft. What, you might ask, does vocality have to do with draft position? Well, not MUCH, however, he's a very quite athlete. In the locker room, Evans isn't quite the same, but he is shy enough to unintentionally feign inactivity. Or at least to fall under the radar of teams.
When a player's name pops up to a GM but they've never heard of them, there's no prestige or reputation to factor in. Worse for that player, if they have no prior athletic experience, they have solely activity to go off of. To the unresearched GM, that player may be skipped over entirely.
What I'm getting at is that I find it very likely that what hurt Dustin Evans' draft stock more than anything was his shyness. If GMs didn't go out of their way to talk to him, there was no contact. Luckily for him, ErMurazor reached out prior to the draft and they had a great conversation which resulted in him eventually being selected by the Outlaws in the final pick of the second round.
When a player's name pops up to a GM but they've never heard of them, there's no prestige or reputation to factor in. Worse for that player, if they have no prior athletic experience, they have solely activity to go off of. To the unresearched GM, that player may be skipped over entirely.
What I'm getting at is that I find it very likely that what hurt Dustin Evans' draft stock more than anything was his shyness. If GMs didn't go out of their way to talk to him, there was no contact. Luckily for him, ErMurazor reached out prior to the draft and they had a great conversation which resulted in him eventually being selected by the Outlaws in the final pick of the second round.
