Validation for the Panthers personnel philosophy

[countryboi]

the pats use the philosophy of steal draft picks from the stupid

[Dpantherman]

and even when you look at a team like the jets, the core of that team (mainly the offensive line and the QB) was drafted.

[Ricky Spanish]

you'll take a losing in a championship game over a trip to the super bowl...er ok. Ask around the league and see how much support you get.

saints won the superbowl last year with a free agent acquisition at QB, beating a guy that was drafted by his team...

drafting your own talent doesn't have as much to do with winning as people think. you could draft the best prospects out of college in every round, but if your coaching staff is poo then nothing good will come of it.

whether you draft or sign free agents, whatever, it doesn't really matter, everyone is trying to win, if your coaches are good enough, then you will win.

[KSpan]

saints won the superbowl last year with a free agent acquisition at QB, beating a guy that was drafted by his team...

drafting your own talent doesn't have as much to do with winning as people think. you could draft the best prospects out of college in every round, but if your coaching staff is poo then nothing good will come of it.

whether you draft or sign free agents, whatever, it doesn't really matter, everyone is trying to win, if your coaches are good enough, then you will win.

I think the ability to draft can be indicative of a staff's ability to evaluate any kind of talent. Your point about Brees is right on - they found their guy and nabbed him. That said, however, how many of their other contributors were drafted instead of signed? I think on the whole the best teams supplement their drafting skills with quality free agents, not the other way around.

[Dpantherman]

saints won the superbowl last year with a free agent acquisition at QB, beating a guy that was drafted by his team...

drafting your own talent doesn't have as much to do with winning as people think. you could draft the best prospects out of college in every round, but if your coaching staff is poo then nothing good will come of it.

whether you draft or sign free agents, whatever, it doesn't really matter, everyone is trying to win, if your coaches are good enough, then you will win.

so you will take losing in a championship game over going to the super bowl??? because the last time i checked, that was what i was talking about. Let me know if it wasn't

[Ricky Spanish]

I think the ability to draft can be indicative of a staff's ability to evaluate any kind of talent. Your point about Brees is right on - they found their guy and nabbed him. That said, however, how many of their other contributors were drafted instead of signed? I think on the whole the best teams supplement their drafting skills with quality free agents, not the other way around.

that is true but it only makes sense that the majority of your roster would be guys that you drafted, you normally have a chance to add 7 guys to your roster every year through the draft.

[Ricky Spanish]

so you will take losing in a championship game over going to the super bowl??? because the last time i checked, that was what i was talking about. Let me know if it wasn't

you obviously didn't read my argument. I'm sorry you didn't.

I said that the saints won last year with a QB that they signed as a free agent. The colts lost with a guy they drafted. like KSpan said, you shouldn't strictly build through the draft, you should find complementary FA to really round out your team. it wins super bowls too.

[KSpan]

that is true but it only makes sense that the majority of your roster would be guys that you drafted, you normally have a chance to add 7 guys to your roster every year through the draft.

Detroit Lions. A microcosm of why they've sucked for so long.

[Ricky Spanish]

Detroit Lions. A microcosm of why they've sucked for so long.

I guess it just boils down to your GM then. Millen sucked so they sucked. if your GM is good at both drafting and finding the complementary guys you will win.

[countryboi]

I guess it just boils down to your GM then. Millen sucked so they sucked. if your GM is good at both drafting and finding the complementary guys you will win.

matt millen is insanely funny on monday night football though i have seen him flip on steve young more times than i can count

[Seamonk]

If I hear Matt Millen say "(Particular Player) has a great package" one more time...

[Mr. Scot]

We had the team building philosophy right already.

What we didn't have was the kind of coach who could build a consistently good system on the field.

The hope is that this issue is now fixed.

[CatMan72]

We had the team building philosophy right already.

What we didn't have was the kind of coach who could build a consistently good system on the field.

The hope is that this issue is now fixed.

Yup, the draft philosophy only works if you have a coaching staff capable of developing those players... and as a whole I'm not sure we did.

[Seamonk]

We developed then slouched off on defense... We lost leadership but gained talent. There's a reason a Chris Harris defense in 2009 was better than the 2010 version. (Other than Peppers)

IF we get into the second round, we have to go need. We'd always gone BPA in the second round under fox.