Bill Belichick on Stacking the Draft Board (especially Horizontal Stacking)

[rad]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Let me put it this way:

Medlock was considered by most to be the "sure thing" while Crosby was considered to be the "boom or bust" prospect.

If nothing else, the way it turned out is yet another example of why playing it safe hardly ever pays off, and alot of times actually turns out the opposite of the way you expected.

I was obviously guilty of thinking "safe" myself and therefore, this an admission that I was wrong.

You and I went back and forth over the Medlock thing in the Draft day thread right after he was drafted.......I thought it was a bad pick and you argued that a solid kicker is better than a ST LB or whatever......

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by rad

You and I went back and forth over the Medlock thing in the Draft day thread right after he was drafted.......I thought it was a bad pick and you argued that a solid kicker is better than a ST LB or whatever......

And they are. A solid kicker scores points. A ST LB doesn't.

But of course, it doesn't matter if the kicker isn't SOLID, and Medlock just flat-out sucked.