^ Agree. McCarthy might have a list for FA shopping, but it still has to fit in the rest of the plan.

It could get bad, because if FA doesn't go your way, and it can get very expensive to make it so, then this preference could affect the draft. Someone mentioned that Ted would occasionally select players that coaches have said will have trouble with the scheme.

No idea whether that would work out or not at times, but we have seen coaches in charge of personnel before and its not good.