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I agree mraynrand. You should have a bunch of solid drafts but somewhere along the line you have to hit it big.
That's partially why I don't think stretching yourself in FA is a good thing. If you do get higher priced guys to fill holes, they are usually relatively temporary because most UFA's are toward the middle or end of their prime. They are patch work. If you use the other avenues, you don't strech yourself thin so you have teh flexibility to make the really good decisions when you need to and you might not get that 1 extra win but you build the base and get an earlier pick and a better chance at that special player.
Maybe both Harrell and Hawk are perenial probowl studs. In that case, it was worth it to go through some growing pains instead of getting a stop gap, winning and extra game or two and not having any stud players at the end of the day.
I think there is a certain balance of making the right decisions without going into desperation which causes bad decisions. The desperation might help for 1 year but after that, you probably could have found a better way to fill the position and you would have had a higher pick to go with it. You want to do your best every year but you have to remember if you didn't think of tomorrow yesterday you'd be dealing with yesterdays garbage today. I think if you take a big picture approach you'll have the best chance over time.
That's partially why I don't think stretching yourself in FA is a good thing. If you do get higher priced guys to fill holes, they are usually relatively temporary because most UFA's are toward the middle or end of their prime. They are patch work. If you use the other avenues, you don't strech yourself thin so you have teh flexibility to make the really good decisions when you need to and you might not get that 1 extra win but you build the base and get an earlier pick and a better chance at that special player.
Maybe both Harrell and Hawk are perenial probowl studs. In that case, it was worth it to go through some growing pains instead of getting a stop gap, winning and extra game or two and not having any stud players at the end of the day.
I think there is a certain balance of making the right decisions without going into desperation which causes bad decisions. The desperation might help for 1 year but after that, you probably could have found a better way to fill the position and you would have had a higher pick to go with it. You want to do your best every year but you have to remember if you didn't think of tomorrow yesterday you'd be dealing with yesterdays garbage today. I think if you take a big picture approach you'll have the best chance over time.
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