BloggingTheBoys outing of Cowboys draft board

[RS12]

Bryan Broaddus ‏@BryanBroaddus 3h
“@MrrRobitaille: @BryanBroaddus Why is the leaked draft board such a big deal?” Because scouts work to protect that board. It's their life.
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[erod]

Does anyone really believe Jerry was upset this got out? He loves this stuff.

Probably wanted to brag how he got second rounders in the third and fourth rounds. Never mind waiting to find out if they can play.

 

[LowTech]

Bryan Broaddus ‏@BryanBroaddus 3h
“@MrrRobitaille: @BryanBroaddus Why is the leaked draft board such a big deal?” Because scouts work to protect that board. It's their life.
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I see protecting it before the draft, but after? The information on the board has no value now except for the curious.

 

[Verdict]

Bryan Broaddus ‏@BryanBroaddus 3h
“@MrrRobitaille: @BryanBroaddus Why is the leaked draft board such a big deal?” Because scouts work to protect that board. It's their life.
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That doesn't make much sense after the fact. If it truly is a "trade secret" don't allow cameras in the war room and make everyone sign contracts prohibiting the disclosure of the information. If the Cowboys wanted to keep this information private they would have done so. I think they were OK with leaking this info to validate their assertions that the players drafted were high on their draft board and to help in fading all the heat for the trade down.

Also, why would the scouts be aggravated because this particular draft board was leaked? The fact it was leaked after the fact puts their work product on display ... and if Floyd becomes a world beater then their work is validated to the rest of the NFL,.... even if the Cowboys chose to go a different direction.

While there are some negatives to leaking the board after the fact (none of which are earth shattering) there are also some positives to leaking the draft board. The scouts can't hide behind the facade that "We valued player X high, but Jerry Jones wouldn't listen and just did what he wanted to do" if and when they are looking for their next gig. It might just make them work HARDER for the Cowboys because they know their evaluation "misses" are going to be on display for all to see.

Jerry is crazy ...."like a fox" at times.

 

[theebs]

That doesn't make much sense after the fact. If it truly is a "trade secret" don't allow cameras in the war room and make everyone sign contracts prohibiting the disclosure of the information. If the Cowboys wanted to keep this information private they would have done so. I think they were OK with leaking this info to validate their assertions that the players drafted were high on their draft board and to help in fading all the heat for the trade down.

Also, why would the scouts be aggravated because this particular draft board was leaked? The fact it was leaked after the fact puts their work product on display ... and if Floyd becomes a world beater then their work is validated to the rest of the NFL,.... even if the Cowboys chose to go a different direction.

While there are some negatives to leaking the board after the fact (none of which are earth shattering) there are also some positives to leaking the draft board. The scouts can't hide behind the facade that "We valued player X high, but Jerry Jones wouldn't listen and just did what he wanted to do" if and when they are looking for their next gig. It might just make them work HARDER for the Cowboys because they know their evaluation "misses" are going to be on display for all to see.

Jerry is crazy ...."like a fox" at times.

Blue star media might have simply forgot to blur the backgrounds this year....or they didn't care.

 

[Verdict]

Yea I know, your right about that also.

My intent was hey this is interesting everyone look at this.
it turned into mike florio and people of his ilk saying hey look how dumb these guys are!

The last thing I ever want is to do anything to contribute to sites like that.

The interest it brought to the Cowboys and this board in particular outweigh any slight negative that may come from it. Stop sweating it!

 

[TwoCentPlain]

As a fan, I am glad we all were able to see it. Thank you Jerry for providing us fans interesting information. I wish all teams would release their draft boards. Why not? Give the fans some entertainment. I think it should be mandatory for all teams to release their boards one month after the draft.

I guess there are some coaches/GMs out there who are afraid to be graded.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I doubt you will care about my opinion on this, but you have nothing at all to regret for that, nor should BTB for this one. It didn't change one thing for any of the other 31 teams. It didn't hurt the team. All it did was interest your fellow fans. I happen to think the BTB articles are outstanding. The Draft was done. Where is the harm? If anything it gave all of us some confidence that or the most part they followed their board and a defined strategy. I like that.

Hos you are back! Good to see you back sir and I agree with this take as well.

 

[Rockport]

It does matter that this information was leaked. Listen to yesterdays "Talkin Cowboys" to wha t Bryan B. says about not only the leaked draft board, but having cameras and non-football people in the draft room on draft day. The draft is the #1 best vehicle to build a football team. The professionals there need to be concentrating on drafting the best player for their team. Having cameras and non-football people loitering around is a huge distraction. How many other teams have cameras in their draft war rooms on draft day? Not many. Surely not teams the likes of the Patriots, Packers and Steelers.

Another possible disadvantage of having your board made public is the players that were, at least in their eyes, rated low. It may give them extra incentive to play harder against their perceived slight.

I think that exposing the board did nothing but bring embarrassment against the Cowboy organization and BTB's should forgo the publicity and keep it to themselves. It's just the wrong thing to do. It did nothing for Cowboy fans as we were told post draft how their picks fell on their board.

 

[xwalker]

Is anyone upset that a website dedicated to covering the Cowboys would publish the Cowboys draft board? Anyone could've done it, but I'm surprised they would. It's obviously an attempt to get more publicity for their site but it's had the opposite effect on me. Just wondering if anyone else felt the same way.

Quote from Jerry:

“I’m a little hard-pressed to see where the issue is at all after the draft is over,” Jones said. “We don’t put anything up there that’s particularly sensitive. Those are the opinions and the work of our scouts. The fact that there might have been a player up there a round earlier or a round later than it is on a lot of other people’s boards or opinion doesn’t impact us. I don’t see the negative aspect of that information. We won’t make it a practice of publishing it but still, I don’t think it’s an important detail.”

 

[Rockport]

Quote from Jerry:

“I’m a little hard-pressed to see where the issue is at all after the draft is over,” Jones said. “We don’t put anything up there that’s particularly sensitive. Those are the opinions and the work of our scouts. The fact that there might have been a player up there a round earlier or a round later than it is on a lot of other people’s boards or opinion doesn’t impact us. I don’t see the negative aspect of that information. We won’t make it a practice of publishing it but still, I don’t think it’s an important detail.”

Pretty much seals the deal. Jerry said it doesn't matter and when it comes to GM duties, Jerry's almost always wrong.

 

[Doomsday101]

Pretty much seals the deal. Jerry said it doesn't matter and when it comes to GM duties, Jerry's almost always wrong.

Yet what is gained or lost by the board being seen after the draft and after UDFA were signed? Draft board leading up to the draft sure that should be top secret after the draft it has no use to anyone

 

[Rockport]

Yet what is gained or lost by the board being seen after the draft and after UDFA were signed? Draft board leading up to the draft sure that should be top secret after the draft it has no use to anyone

Read post #29.

 

[Hoov]

Read post #29.

Is there anyone that thinks this was leaked on purpose to back what They said about the great draft they had by getting all these players that they had high grades on.

oops- didnt mean to quote amberbeer there - was just trying to reply to thread

 

[xwalker]

Pretty much seals the deal. Jerry said it doesn't matter and when it comes to GM duties, Jerry's almost always wrong.

Yet nobody has given a valid reason that it is a problem.

 

[Rockport]

Yet nobody has given a valid reason that it is a problem.

Bryan Broaddaus did. Listen to yesterdays "Talkin Cowboys".

 

[xwalker]

Bryan Broaddaus did. Listen to yesterdays "Talkin Cowboys".

I did. I didn't hear a valid reason that it is detrimental to the team.

What did you take from the Broaddus video?

 

[Rockport]

I did. I didn't hear a valid reason that it is detrimental to the team.

What did you take from the Broaddus video?

It's a scout's livelyhood. He, and you can infer that the other scouts felt exactly the same way, didn't like their work being exposed. BB didn't like it and we won't hear from the Cowboys scouts so I take it that it was a big problem. Jerry basically ignored them to a large extent which was proven when their board was made public.

 

[Doomsday101]

Read post #29.

and that is their view. However the information was not known until well after the draft and it does not change a thing it gives no advantage or disadvantage. Look if people want to do their daily moaning about Jerry go for it but when it gets down to things like this it just becomes stupid and moaning just to hear yourself moan.

 

[CowboyStar88]

It does matter that this information was leaked. Listen to yesterdays "Talkin Cowboys" to wha t Bryan B. says about not only the leaked draft board, but having cameras and non-football people in the draft room on draft day. The draft is the #1 best vehicle to build a football team. The professionals there need to be concentrating on drafting the best player for their team. Having cameras and non-football people loitering around is a huge distraction. How many other teams have cameras in their draft war rooms on draft day? Not many. Surely not teams the likes of the Patriots, Packers and Steelers.

Another possible disadvantage of having your board made public is the players that were, at least in their eyes, rated low. It may give them extra incentive to play harder against their perceived slight.

I think that exposing the board did nothing but bring embarrassment against the Cowboy organization and BTB's should forgo the publicity and keep it to themselves. It's just the wrong thing to do. It did nothing for Cowboy fans as we were told post draft how their picks fell on their board.

Actually I am pretty sure there are "war-room" cameras in a lot of teams draft rooms. We don't know what day this was taken or the time. I don't think there were other "people" in there during the draft. If there were I would love to hear someone speak about that. It seems that that is an assumption based on zero fact. We hear daily before the draft from teams all around the league with "sources" where players are ranked this has zero impact going forward. The draft is over it tells nothing about what the team will do in the future no 2 players are exactly the same and will not impact future drafts. I believe last year some people took clips of the names on the draft board they saw on TV and blew them up and talked about it did that have an impact on this years draft? nope not at all. This is all much ado about nothing really.