How come you never see our teams draft board after the draft is over?

[Basbear]

They do it for competitive reasons. Example- Dallas is thinking about waving player A, but they know Carolina had a 2nd round grade on him. So instead Dallas calls up Carolina and inquires about a trade. Herniay sends a 4th rounder to Dallas rather than waiver wire. Plus if you had multiple draft boards from the same team, it's very easy to see a pattern and know which players traits are valued. Another is agent could use the information to squezze more money, force a trade, see the lies etc.  

[Cpt slay a ho]

As a fan I would love it but it would open up immense amount of criticism by “know it all” fans ect, which would out number the actual amount of grateful fans who would enjoy having such access, plus if the gm has said one thing in a press conference, smoke screen, than the board shows differently, that’s another distraction 

[cookinbrak]

2 hours ago, ellis said:

I’d prefer this never be made public. 

It would be written in crayon with lots of misspelling.

[ForJimmy]

Maybe they were down on some players because of FAs still available at that position and don’t want to show their hands? Or maybe it was just a bunch of names on the wall and Hurney throwing darts blindfolded....

[arbnranger]

Like you stated, as a fan I would have loved to see the board. I believe that would give us fans a closer look at what their mindset/gameplan was going into it. Unfortunately it could have given other teams the same insight. How valuable that would be is debatable. 

As an organization, they “mucked their cards” so to speak. Good choice I believe. 

[Shocker]

This is silly...lets tell everyone we are competing with everything we are doing.  Yeah, good idea.

[shaq]

4 hours ago, Turnip said:

Yeah, no. Imagine you’re considering 6 different girls to date. So you make a pros cons list to rank them. Your top two choices get taken before you can make your move. Then you start dating one and show them where they landed on the list...

This is a business, not Christian Mingle.

[Moo Daeng]

2 minutes ago, shaq said:

This is a business, not Christian Mingle.

With much more at stake. Which is exactly why you don't let it be known. 

How many teams publicize their draft board? Zero.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

11 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It also gives the other teams a lot more insight into your internal thought processes when making that draft board. That may or may not matter depending on your philosophies regarding the draft, but given the amount of poker playing that leads up to the draft, it's pretty safe to say that teams try to keep as much of it as close to the vest as they possibly can.

I also don't think it's necessarily a good thing for your new rookies to see where they ranked on your wish list. Better to just tell them you were their guy, you had them rated much higher, yadda, yadda, yadda rather than have them see that you were their 11th choice at that position. Maybe that would light a fire under some, maybe it would make others think that you settled for them and aren't really vested in them.

I just don't see any consistently positive outcomes for having that internal draft board becoming public knowledge.

Yeah. There is some poker involved in the draft so I would hate to give insight on how I evaluate talent.  It’s potential perspective and insight that could be used for future drafts or even in player trade negotiations.  

[CatMan72]

It's a window into how we think and they don't want to provide any Intel other teams could use to predict how we might approach future drafts.

[kungfoodude]

12 hours ago, micnificent28 said:

I imagine it would do nothing but provide transparency between fans and the front office.. to prove they had a plan, also just sheer fan fair.. more chatter back and forth between your community can’t do anything but be good for the team right?

No. It is just going to turn into even more of a shitshow of second guessing, speculation, armchair analysis, and general bitching. The same thing that happens now.

It would be interesting for the fans but provide zero benefit to the team or front office.

[rayzor]

They don't show it for the same reason most teams don't. They don't want other teams or really anyone getting into their business.

[shaq]

10 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

With much more at stake. Which is exactly why you don't let it be known. 

How many teams publicize their draft board? Zero.

Im not supporting the idea of releasing our draft board, but the reason is to not show other teams our draft tendencies. Not because were worried about some athletes "feelings." 

[trueblade]

16 hours ago, stbugs said:

I saw it:

1. Burns or Little

1b. Little

1c. Grier

2. Miller

3. That guy we saw at Oklahoma

4. Play it by ear now

Do you think this means the Panthers would have taken Burns even as high as 9 if that's where they were picking?