Perception and the Draft

[uscgamecocks]

Yesterday, over half of the huddle was throwing a collective hissy fit because we "overdrafted" two CBs that were not ranked highly by many in the media (and that many of us - myself included - had never heard of).

Heading up to the draft, Jeremy Cash was a local player that many thought would be a good pick - that filled a need - in the 2nd or 3rd round.  

And many of us - fueled by media reports of the Panthers interest - were getting excited at the prospect of drafting Harlan Miller, who looked like a young Josh Norman in his highlights.  I saw several members on this site advocating using a 3rd round selection on Miller.  These valuations were supported by many of the media covering the draft process.

Had we drafted Cash in the 2nd and Miller in the 3rd, I think it's fair to say those picks would have been well received.  At the very least, the picks would have generated much less drama than Bradberry and Worley.

And yet in the actual draft, Harlan Miller went at the very end of the 6th round and Jeremy Cash went undrafted (let's hope he becomes a Panthers UDFA).

The way these picks are received is greatly influenced by how much - or how little - predraft coverage is devoted to these prospects by the media.  And as you move past the top 30 - 50 prospects, the media starts to know less and less about the actual prospects due to a lack of resources.

[Toomers]

12 minutes ago, chris999 said:

Different strategies for different situations.

When we had a 7-9 team and a 12-4 team, we drafted like a team that was building for a future run at a Championship.

The future is now, and the philosophy has changed to fit the situation. Now, we are the championship level team, and dealing with realities of championship players leaving for paydays, we are now drafting to reflect our needs to remain a top level team.

I think we have a 3 or 4 year window to get this ring. Cam plays oldschool football, and wont be able to run the ball like he does now in 5 years.

Gettleman doesn see a FA CB that he thinks can take us to the Superbowl, so he did what he feels he had to do.

  You completely missed the point of his post.

[Doc Holiday]

I think you could sum up the Panthers Personnel Policy very simply

Go Big or Go Home.

Godfather likes his players, a stout DT, and two 6'1 CB's in the first 3 rounds of the draft.

I would have much Rather seen us draft Either Dodd or Ogbah then Butler, not saying that we Butler is a bad pick more of saying I thought there were better options available.

[Doc Holiday]

22 minutes ago, chris999 said:

Different strategies for different situations.

When we had a 7-9 team and a 12-4 team, we drafted like a team that was building for a future run at a Championship.

The future is now, and the philosophy has changed to fit the situation. Now, we are the championship level team, and dealing with realities of championship players leaving for paydays, we are now drafting to reflect our needs to remain a top level team.

I think we have a 3 or 4 year window to get this ring. Cam plays oldschool football, and wont be able to run the ball like he does now in 5 years.

Gettleman doesn see a FA CB that he thinks can take us to the Superbowl, so he did what he feels he had to do.

I'm of the opinion that outside of rare circumstances big payday FA's are a waste of money, much better value and reliability from mid tier FA's.

[Toomers]

46 minutes ago, uscgamecocks said:

Yesterday, over half of the huddle was throwing a collective hissy fit because we "overdrafted" two CBs that were not ranked highly by many in the media (and that many of us - myself included - had never heard of).

Heading up to the draft, Jeremy Cash was a local player that many thought would be a good pick - that filled a need - in the 2nd or 3rd round.  

And many of us - fueled by media reports of the Panthers interest - were getting excited at the prospect of drafting Harlan Miller, who looked like a young Josh Norman in his highlights.  I saw several members on this site advocating using a 3rd round selection on Miller.  These valuations were supported by many of the media covering the draft process.

Had we drafted Cash in the 2nd and Miller in the 3rd, I think it's fair to say those picks would have been well received.  At the very least, the picks would have generated much less drama than Bradberry and Worley.

And yet in the actual draft, Harlan Miller went at the very end of the 6th round and Jeremy Cash went undrafted (let's hope he becomes a Panthers UDFA).

The way these picks are received is greatly influenced by how much - or how little - predraft coverage is devoted to these prospects by the media.  And as you move past the top 30 - 50 prospects, the media starts to know less and less about the actual prospects due to a lack of resources.

    I was coming here to post this exact thing. Thank you for saving me from all that work. I expect this post to be largely ignored, because it would just ruin the world of some on here. It should be required reading for everyone before every draft from now on. This place would have been ecstatic with those 2 players. As we saw from all the people calling for them to be chosen as early as 2nd round. 

 Well done.