[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by rm1369

I would like to think Ballard’s plan is what you said - build a foundation through the draft and then supplement it with free agency later. I still wouldn’t completely agree with it, but it would give me hope that Ballard isn’t going to ignore free agency to fill future roster holes. Unfortunately to me these quotes reinforce those fears.

Just a kind of related thought - everyone hears Ballard’s comment about the team being more than any one player and see’s it as an indication he plans to build a strong complete team (D, OL, etc) and not force Luck to be the savior. That’s hard to argue with. But what if another valid way to interpret that was that he’s not going to let the presence of Luck dictate how he builds the team. That he’s not going to change his 3 yr rebuild because it is wastes some of what should be Lucks prime years. Would you still agree with that? How can whether or not you have the single most important piece and the one that’s hardest to acquire not effect how you go about building a team? That’s a big part of what I disagree with.

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