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Very depressing reading the homepage about worst draft signings.
Do we have a Top 10 (or 5, 10 is probably too much to ask) draft signings for some nostalgia?
I wrote one a long time ago, http://www.metrofana...ory.jsp?ID=4660, and then revised it: http://www.metrofana...ory.jsp?ID=5577
Needs another revision, obviously.
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I wrote one a long time ago, http://www.metrofana...ory.jsp?ID=4660, and then revised it: http://www.metrofana...ory.jsp?ID=5577
Needs another revision, obviously.
Ah yeah, now I remember. I see it was updated in 2011. The only one I can think of is Meara somewhere? He was in 2012. Honestly, since I can't remember any other college singings, that's the update for 2021. Just deciding who to remove is the question.
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Ah yeah, now I remember. I see it was updated in 2011. The only one I can think of is Meara somewhere? He was in 2012. Honestly, since I can't remember any other college singings, that's the update for 2021. Just deciding who to remove is the question.
White's probably been the best since Meara but I doubt he knocks anyone off a top 10 list
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The Superdraft is becoming more and more irrelevant . I commented once in the past how I can see why and respect Ernst Tanner's (Philly technical director) decision to forego selecting anyone the last 2-3 years. The talent gap and readiness between NCAA and MLS is very wide. Lot of these guys just aren't ready. Send em to USL if they're professional caliber at all. Sure you get the likes of Larin, Gressel and few others who can play and start right away. But how many players get drafted that won't see the field their rookie year or be kept after 1-2 years? Academies, free agency, international signings is how teams build their rosters IMO. Not through the draft.
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The Superdraft is becoming more and more irrelevant . I commented once in the past how I can see why and respect Ernst Tanner's (Philly technical director) decision to forego selecting anyone the last 2-3 years. The talent gap and readiness between NCAA and MLS is very wide. Lot of these guys just aren't ready. Send em to USL if they're professional caliber at all. Sure you get the likes of Larin, Gressel and few others who can play and start right away. But how many players get drafted that won't see the field their rookie year or be kept after 1-2 years? Academies, free agency, international signings is how teams build their rosters IMO. Not through the draft.
MLS draft is more like the MLB draft. its rare for these draft picks to make an immediate impact on the first year. the draft is more for the USL team. if they show promise, you might end up with a stud. guys will still fall through the cracks.
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Ten Worst: SuperDraft picks.
"That was probably the best $100,000 we've ever spent." Take a bow, Denis.
http://www.metrofana...ory.jsp?ID=8142
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RED. BULL. OUT.
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Ah Tony Tchani. Thought the team was starting to look better when he got into the starting lineup. Then we got Ballouchy and spent the rest of the year trying to force him into lineups to see if he's not THAT bad.
Sweep the leg.....
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White's probably been the best since Meara but I doubt he knocks anyone off a top 10 list
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So the Worms traded three picks to Nashville for 225K... NONE in the first round (except for the one next year). We traded Parker, a quality MLS starter, for 450K (potentially more, but we'll see).
I really hope Hamlett's recent lunacy of wasting money on picks ends, but not holding my breath. Just use the ones you got, and if it works out, fine. This ain't your father's SuperDraft anymore.
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So the Worms traded three picks to Nashville for 225K... NONE in the first round (except for the one next year). We traded Parker, a quality MLS starter, for 450K (potentially more, but we'll see).
I really hope Hamlett's recent lunacy of wasting money on picks ends, but not holding my breath. Just use the ones you got, and if it works out, fine. This ain't your father's SuperDraft anymore.
I think only 50k of it is guaranteed, the rest based on performance of draft picks. So i think Philly will just end up with $50k.
That said this is the USL Superdraft and hopefully whoever we take helps push the academy guys in training.game time so they develop properly. Only purpose they have.
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So the Worms traded three picks to Nashville for 225K... NONE in the first round (except for the one next year). We traded Parker, a quality MLS starter, for 450K (potentially more, but we'll see).
I really hope Hamlett's recent lunacy of wasting money on picks ends, but not holding my breath. Just use the ones you got, and if it works out, fine. This ain't your father's SuperDraft anymore.
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