Anyone listening to the presser?

**HemiEd** · 04-17-2009, 02:10 PM

PIOLI: “That’s the important part of the draft. Preparation is a key. We don’t know where we’re picking. As we sit here today we’re picking at number three. We have no idea if that’s where we’re going to pick but it wouldn’t be prudent for us to have locked in our heads that the only opportunity we have is at three. Someone might come to us with what is a tremendous opportunity. Last year we were in a situation to pick seventh (in New England). But if we sat there and thought the only place we were going to be was seventh and didn’t have a contingency plan or what the other opportunity would be if we moved back three picks or 15 picks or 20 picks or even moved to the following year…you have to be prepared for that. Regardless of where you think the player is going to be drafted, our job is to know the entire draft board or as many players as we can possibly know. We don’t know what players are going to slide and it may or may not be the case that we aren’t picking again until the second day. Don’t grab your pizza and go home for the night. That’s the beauty of the draft. There is so many opportunity to do different things.”

Damn, this is refreshing. This is where I think Carl was really a ****up.

04-17-2009, 02:10 PM	#38
HemiEd Supporter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ozarks Casino cash: $-569436	PIOLI: “That’s the important part of the draft. Preparation is a key. We don’t know where we’re picking. As we sit here today we’re picking at number three. We have no idea if that’s where we’re going to pick but it wouldn’t be prudent for us to have locked in our heads that the only opportunity we have is at three. Someone might come to us with what is a tremendous opportunity. Last year we were in a situation to pick seventh (in New England). But if we sat there and thought the only place we were going to be was seventh and didn’t have a contingency plan or what the other opportunity would be if we moved back three picks or 15 picks or 20 picks or even moved to the following year…you have to be prepared for that. Regardless of where you think the player is going to be drafted, our job is to know the entire draft board or as many players as we can possibly know. We don’t know what players are going to slide and it may or may not be the case that we aren’t picking again until the second day. Don’t grab your pizza and go home for the night. That’s the beauty of the draft. There is so many opportunity to do different things.” Damn, this is refreshing. This is where I think Carl was really a ****up.
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