I was co-GM with another poster here (maybe... ) and we both picked the same guy. http://www.ibiblio.org/craig/draft/1997_draft/18.html Enjoy Ed O.
You got suckered and bought the hype in '04. I KNEW Luke Jackson would be a HUGE bust. And EVERYONE knew Kevin Martin would be a stud. Telfair? Really? http://www.ibiblio.org/craig/draft/2004_draft/2004.shtml It's interesting reading through some of those drafts. I think the 'fan' GM's did pretty well. It'd be very interesting to see how well 'fans' did in terms of win production at the position a player got selected compared to the actual general managers. I notice that the usenet GM's tend to reach a bit for deep 2nd round talent, like Ha Seung Jin in the 2004 draft. But the top half of the first round, at least in 2004, is probably better than some of the reaches by actual GM's that season at least.
Wow, I remember those old day mock draft days. They were fun. If we had decent representation from the other teams here on S2, we could do it again.
Indeed. I think that my "love" of him has grown in the perception of others over the years. At least based on my comments on him in that draft report. Ed O.
I know it's usenet era - but even then people did ascii-art - and I didn't see no ascii-art of a random girl next to the "Ed" name, so I say it's a fake.
The following is an ascii-art way of telling someone to "sod off"... Sod Off is the British way of telling one to... you know... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sod Off Now to try to put 2 and 2 together and you would be able to figure it out, you analog boy in a digital age, you.
I do. Paul Allen is one of the best owners in team sports. He seems like he might be more involved (meddlesome?) now than he was then, but he still opens up his pocketbook and writes big checks, which is the most important thing for a market like Portland. Ed O.
I've always like PA too. Never agreed with scrubs like Canzano who dog on him for not acting like a jack like Cuban. It's awesome seeing PA fired up on draft night, I just hope this latest round of cancer hasn't taken too much out of him.
That's hilarious Ed O. I'm one of the drafters as well. Oh I remember that site fondly. I always wondered what happened to Greg Perry; he had alot of good insight on the college game.
