Posted by paul0613 on 4/19/2012 8:46:00 AM (view original):
I'm just going to vent. I lost an EE for the 4th year in a row. This year I lost 2, both juniors. Neither will be a 1st round pick. As a matter of fact out of the 5 EE's I've had in the last 4 years the highest drafted was 28th overall. There is no way an 811 rated JR PF with zero upside would declare early. The 905 rated JR C with zero upside is hard to take, but at least its borderline believable. Not once in the 4 years have I finished ranked in the top 25, 2 of the 4 years I made the NT making the 2nd round one time. This is not a storied dynasty pumping out NBA stars, players leaving early from this mid-level Big 6 should be the exception not the rule.
First, you should ignore the "no upside" part. Almost all of the guys with 90+ ratings who go EE are down with any significant improvement. (And further, just think of this as their ceilling in college ... guys continue to improve once they go pro.)
The 905 guy is more than borderline believable -- he's 94+ in reb, def, bl, lp. He's a stud, and studs on NT teams always have the potential to leave. The other guy isn't as great, but still damn good and can't really be considered a huge surprise (his overall isn't as high, but having categories like 99 lp, 99 ath, 96 def matters; the fact he has a 12 pe and 37 bh really doesn't).
But the bottom line is that you've run into some bad luck with EE's the last few years. Over time, that luck does even out, and hopefully it will for you sooner rather than later!