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I am not sure what to say about guys like JaMarcus Russell or Ryan Leaf. While they certainly turned out to be useless for their teams, at the same time, is it really fair to criticize the scouting reports when it turns out that the player had substance abuse problems? To me it is more that the talent was squandered, not that the talent was never there.
Maybe the best illustration of this is Josh Hamilton in MLB. He was the #1 draft pick, then he got problems with drugs and alcohol and disappeared out of the league completely. A total bust who never got out of the minor leagues. Then, after getting clean he managed to come back and got to the level he was projected to play at, and was the AL MVP in 2010.
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