[Hogskin]

SkinsnCanes, yes we got some good players for picks - I also made the point for Coles, etc. - that was free agent acquisitions. We still had horrible DRAFTS with the picks we had. Actually, the premise for this thread, the previous 5 years performance (5 drafts from 1999 through 2003), surprisingly, we had started with 30 picks from rounds 2-7, and ENDED UP with 30 picks in those rounds, even after all the free agency moves. So how did we do with our 30 picks? We have 2 proven starters. That's terrible. We got Smoot and Jansen - good players, but the other 28 are not starting for anyone. (It is possible a third starter will turn up out of the other 28 - either McCants or Jacobs - but not much hope beyond that). The successful teams do MUCH better than this after round 1. Hopefully, this year will see the start of the turnaround of this bad track record. Let's hope Bugel got us another Jacoby or two in those 2 late round picks!!