Like I said, selective memory.. the people who make their so called choices are spread all over the place changing weekly covering all their bases so they can come back and say see...I KNEW IT.
So put your choices here..now..and we'll see hoe you do, hell we might even agree.
For the record, I don't know shit. And I'm sure as hell not going to watch everyone, so there's no point in making a list. I also won't be in here saying I told you so. I might develop a favorite guy whose career I follow, but that's a different topic.
I have no idea why you would imply malice from any of the recent discussion unless there's some kind of horrible post I can't see. It is in human nature to be more likely to forget the times we were wrong. There is definitely something to that, but the way to bring it up isn't to shit on the rug and scream for everyone else clean it up. Make a list yourself before demanding it from others. But do give them time. The draft is well over a month away.
What I personally have been complaining about for the last year is exactly what FLYguy said -- no one knows what the draft is going look like a year in advance. The Flyers' actions say they think they can. I'm sure you can go back to the beginning of this thread and find some very smart people who were more excited then than now. Sometimes guys disappoint. That's just how it works. I'm going to pick Appleyard here because I think he has a proper, measured take on the nuts and bolts of how evaluations evolve over time and will take it as I'm intending it, with zero malice whatsoever.
That was 7/1/24. His opinions on those players have now changed. They're going to change significantly every single year. It's not his fault that Ryabkin had a complete meltdown. His choices now are to amend that opinion or look like a complete idiot and argue against what he now thinks in a desperate attempt to save face. I would submit that he's taken the reasonable road here.
*Edit* I felt bad, so I included a terrible take from me. It's football, because that's mostly what I care about these days.
This Idiot said:
1. Lewis Cine is not far behind Hamilton and way out in front of S3.
I was right on Hamilton being the next great Safety and yet I was still so hilariously wrong that this fits snugly as a complete embarrassment. This is the fun to me. No one is actually good at projecting draftable players. The hill is unclimbable. Most people who spend free time doing this and not just regurgitating opinions realize the limitations.
P.S. He's now an Eagle with zero guarantees on his contract. I believe in Vic.
