Karl Juhnke -> RE: General Vikes Talk (4/26/2024 12:02:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke The evolution of Kwesi. I like this quote regarding the trade up to get Turner: quote:
Obviously, I’m a spreadsheet guy myself, but sometimes, you’ve got to step out from there, take your Clark Kent glasses off, have a championship mindset and swing for a great player.” This is what I want in a GM. He needs to have first and foremost a strong analytics foundation. That will drive long term stability. But you need to package that with realizing that sometimes things happen that can’t be adequately analyzed on a spreadsheet. Kwesi understood that if McCarthy and Turner work out (and let’s face it that IS an if, despite draft day excitement) this will go down in his legacy as a signature draft. Even if you draw the rest of it out of a hat. Years from now people will be saying “Oh yeah 2024, that’s the year we got McCarthy and Turner. Genius”. He did exactly what I've been begging him to do. Go get your guys. We have enough decent players. We needed stars. He took two huge swings to attempt to do that. Its the first time he's looked like a bonafide GM. I agree...mostly Not sure how we will feel about him next year when we have no day 2 pick again (although, the guess is we'll get a compensatory 3rd) He gave up a lot, but so much better to get the quality we got in Turner...who else would be as much a difference maker as position of need? Maybe Arnold or Mitchell? Not sure those guys are as special as Turner can be...if he is Kearse II, then you never question the loss of a few mid round picks The thing about next year, well two things really. First Kwesi said in his comments, there are ways of getting picks back. Next year’s draft choices could end up looking very different than they do now. And even if it does stay mostly the same, I think it’s part of the plan to focus more heavily on free agency next year. They don’t make these decisions in a vacuum with no regard for the future.
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