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Originally Posted by nitz
I'm not ok with that. It's not what he was drafted to be and players with that skill set are a dime a dozen.
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Look at our draft record with first rders in the 90's. I'm pretty sure the Oil would have taken that. We had 14 first rounders from 90-99, never higher than 4, never lower than 20. 2 never played a game, 1 played 5, another 12. Only 3 became top 6/impact players (Arnott, Smyth and Rucinsky), with 2 more redefining their role to have productive careers in the bottom 6 (Devereaux and Wright, taken 6th and 12th respectively). Not every first rounder is going to become they were initially drafted to be. I'd much rather have a player willing to do what it takes to play everyday than a guy still convinced he's a star due to draft pedigree. Tyler Wright is a good example of a guy who completely reinvented his game.
