For what it's worth, Cholo is at least putting up better numbers than Fabbro so far. Hronek is also doing very well and pretty much everything points to that having the potential to be a very, very good pick.
The franchise has also drafted like 3 d-men in the top 20 in the last 30+ years. Not exactly a huge sample size even if you expand it to the entire 1st round. Anyway you look at it a guy like Cholowski is some of the best "raw material" we've had to work with on defense in ages.
I don't disagree that there's potential. But every pick is a crapshoot to some extent, and changing staff doesn't automatically mean better, just different (see Babcock to Blashill, at least thus far).
I'm not saying change wasn't needed, or that I don't expect them to be better. But a decade of mediocre draft results doesn't change overnight, and even highly rated players bust out all the time, whether at their initial tier of minor league play, or at any rung going up the ladder.
Cholo might end up being really good. But saying he's run the first half mile of a marathon really well doesn't mean much.
That's why I've been such a proponent of a major rebuild with high picks. The needles in the haystack are statistically bigger at the top, and in a process that's tough to do any way you slice it, I'll maximize my chances any way I can.