One can only imagine the stresses GMs have to deal with this time of year. Preparing for the draft can be a full-time job on it's own, add free agents, trades, and re-signings... one wonders if there's any time for sleep.
When someone has 80+ prospects to look out, how do you find the gems? How do you wade through the "Me first!" attitudes the prima donnas? Sure you can look at things like experience, natural ability, and talk with them until you're blue in the face, but how does someone measure dedication? After all, that's where the true gems are found, the "sleepers." The mid to late round picks that, for one reason or another, just slipped through the cracks.
What's to stop to a sure fire stud from abandoning their training, getting lazy, and phoning it in? It's impossible to predict, and that's where the sleepless nights come in. When your team is called, and that clock starts counting down, you must trust your process, go with your gut and make the tough call.
Who knows, one day that could be any of us powering through those sleepless nights, laboring to find the big diamond in the rough. All I know is, right now, I'm happy to be on this end and to just enjoy the show.
When someone has 80+ prospects to look out, how do you find the gems? How do you wade through the "Me first!" attitudes the prima donnas? Sure you can look at things like experience, natural ability, and talk with them until you're blue in the face, but how does someone measure dedication? After all, that's where the true gems are found, the "sleepers." The mid to late round picks that, for one reason or another, just slipped through the cracks.
What's to stop to a sure fire stud from abandoning their training, getting lazy, and phoning it in? It's impossible to predict, and that's where the sleepless nights come in. When your team is called, and that clock starts counting down, you must trust your process, go with your gut and make the tough call.
Who knows, one day that could be any of us powering through those sleepless nights, laboring to find the big diamond in the rough. All I know is, right now, I'm happy to be on this end and to just enjoy the show.
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[OPTION]Johnny Snuggles || CB || Yellowknife Wraiths || Hall of Fame [OPTION]Height/Weight: 6'1", 205 [OPTION]Number: 21 [OPTION] Draft History: S13 #1 Overall [OPTION]=========================================== [OPTION]Trophy Case/Achievements:[OPTION] Ultimini Champs: S12 [OPTION] Defensive Rookie of the Year: S13 [OPTION] Pro Bowl: S14, S15, S16
