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Originally Posted by SNR
Thanks for ignoring my entire point, jackass.
Let's say the field of dentistry had a success rate of operations the same as a GM making decisions for a football team. I'll bet you people wouldn't trust dentists so much. And yes, they WOULD question every single procedure, technique, and brand of tool that you use. They'd demand accountability. And above all, they themselves would try to learn as much as they could about dentistry.
Thankfully the field of dentistry is not that way. But the NFL Draft IS that way. It's a crapshoot. Even the great GMs (like hopefully Dorsey) are lucky to get a 50% return on any given draft. It's a case where quite often fans and sports bloggers are just as successful at picking out really good football players as professional scouts/GMs/experts. If you don't believe me, check out some of the teams drafted by CP's own in the Chiefs Planet Mock Draft we hold every year.
That doesn't mean fans are capable of doing what Dorsey does, but it DOES mean that we're educated in his field just enough to be skeptical consumers of the product he serves us (the Chiefs football team). We're the ones who buy the tickets, merchandise, and spend our Sundays watching football and talking about it on the internet. It's enough of an investment that we should absolutely question his decision-making. And you know what? More often than not we'll be right just as often as we're wrong. The exact same percentage you see from most NFL executives.
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Being called a jackass for having a different opinion that you says quite a bit about you. Now, lets see if you can understand this. Forget what I do for a living for a moment if you would. Fans can be skeptical all they want. They pay the money that runs the NFL. However, to insinuate that fans know as much about the players coming out of college as the NFL FO people is ludicrous. And if you accept that as fact, then to say a fan would be "pissed" at a draft pick, before the player even has a chance to don pads, is ludicrous. We, as fans, have the benefit of hindsight to bash these guys picking the college players, so don't act like you've got it all figured out. If you do, then why don't you write down all the guys you think every team should draft, round by round, and why. We can then discuss this in three years to see if you have any credibility.