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2021 8th round pick (227): Creed Willems - C - (HS) Aledo (TX)


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12 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

It's hard to criticize an 8th round pick.

Why is that? All most of guys have done is criticize.

Some of you have said that Elias thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. Judging from the whining most of you are doing about the picks, you all must think you're the smartest guys. Right?

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1 minute ago, panick said:

Why is that? All most of guys have done is criticize.

Some of you have said that Elias thinks he's the smartest guy in the room. Judging from the whining most of you are doing about the picks, you all must think you're the smartest guys. Right?

Not me.

I'm sure Elias is smarter than I am.

The question is if he is smarter than the other 29 ML GMs.

That is a really hard room to be the smartest in.

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25 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Not me.

I'm sure Elias is smarter than I am.

The question is if he is smarter than the other 29 ML GMs.

That is a really hard room to be the smartest in.

But don’t all 30 of them think they’re the smartest guy in the room?

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1 minute ago, Frobby said:

But don’t all 30 of them think they’re the smartest guy in the room?

I can't say one way or the other.  To me, Elias acts like he thinks he is.  Maybe I've just not watched the others ones as closely but I don't get that vibe from say Cashman.

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If he's the Coby Mayo character, that is a fantastic odd couple as far as preps with enough exit velo juice to move Orioles draft needles into the green zone.

Not that we care with Adley in the system (competitively we probably don't want robo umps fast), but this also seems like a player whose potential earnings down the line are greater if that whole framing thing gets taken off his plate.

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15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I can't say one way or the other.  To me, Elias acts like he thinks he is.  Maybe I've just not watched the others ones as closely but I don't get that vibe from say Cashman.

He just thinks he’s the richest guy in the room.  

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