Top Two Picks
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Jtown
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Dicky Dangles
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FatTugboatFlahr
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Im not the one to ask as I dont follow Phillies prospect progress like I do with the Flyers. If you ask that question in the Phils thread, you'll surely get some answers.
Sawdalite
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I find it quite interesting that the four Teams achieved the Top or #2 Picks in very different manners.
* The Eagles had fallen into the Phantom Zone with little hope of becoming a legitimate SB Contender... and a consistant PlayOff Team once again, after many Seasons of PostSeasons under Reid... They set their sights on nabbing a Franchise QB and traded down to get one of their Targeted QBs... Smart dealing while willing to give up Assets netting them their #2 and Cleveland's selecting gave them their QB.
* The Flyers were in a somewhat competitive Retooling and were a BubbleTeam that barely made or missed the PostSeason... awaiting their Prospects to be ready and Veteran Contracts to expire... It took pure luck -- or help from a Heavenly source -- to buck extremely low odds and gain the #2 Selection in a dead horse two man Draft... A chance ping pong ball gave the Flyers their probabale future #1 Center.
* The Phillies had a Division Dynasty and a powerhouse with many all-time positional Players who had won a World Championship and made two consecutive trips to the Dance... They were slowly and graciously moving out their top Players with dignity; often after their good years... They were in full need of restocking the shelves with a total Rebuild... selecting and obtaiong their future Team... They gave us a Championship and completely earned their Top Selection.
* The Sixers were bad and mismanaged for way too many Seasons... They purposely compounded their position and completely tanked for numerous Seasons to gain multiple top selections and hopefully the right Players to succeed in the NBA... They took Players that had baggage and were shunned by other Organizations to get even higher-ended Prospects in hopes of it all falling into place... They also traded to gain possible higher... The 76ers Tanked and plotted their way to multiple top Selections.
Four Teams... Four Sports... Four Different Ways of Getting Top Selections.
* The Eagles had fallen into the Phantom Zone with little hope of becoming a legitimate SB Contender... and a consistant PlayOff Team once again, after many Seasons of PostSeasons under Reid... They set their sights on nabbing a Franchise QB and traded down to get one of their Targeted QBs... Smart dealing while willing to give up Assets netting them their #2 and Cleveland's selecting gave them their QB.
* The Flyers were in a somewhat competitive Retooling and were a BubbleTeam that barely made or missed the PostSeason... awaiting their Prospects to be ready and Veteran Contracts to expire... It took pure luck -- or help from a Heavenly source -- to buck extremely low odds and gain the #2 Selection in a dead horse two man Draft... A chance ping pong ball gave the Flyers their probabale future #1 Center.
* The Phillies had a Division Dynasty and a powerhouse with many all-time positional Players who had won a World Championship and made two consecutive trips to the Dance... They were slowly and graciously moving out their top Players with dignity; often after their good years... They were in full need of restocking the shelves with a total Rebuild... selecting and obtaiong their future Team... They gave us a Championship and completely earned their Top Selection.
* The Sixers were bad and mismanaged for way too many Seasons... They purposely compounded their position and completely tanked for numerous Seasons to gain multiple top selections and hopefully the right Players to succeed in the NBA... They took Players that had baggage and were shunned by other Organizations to get even higher-ended Prospects in hopes of it all falling into place... They also traded to gain possible higher... The 76ers Tanked and plotted their way to multiple top Selections.
Four Teams... Four Sports... Four Different Ways of Getting Top Selections.
Dicky Dangles
dangles the puck.
Yep, I love that we were seemingly rewarded for not tanking. Instead, we Weised the juice.
Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
This is all thanks to Dale Weise. If he didn't win us that last game we wouldn't be picking 2nd.
Hextall knew this was going to happen all along. That's why he signed him.
Hextall knew this was going to happen all along. That's why he signed him.
Captain Dave Poulin
Imaginary Cat
I'm so happy I didn't make jokes about giant chins and say "Why the long face?" after that final game and just assumed that it was for the best. Oh wait ...
Pantokrator
Who's the clown?
