MLS Superdraft 2017

Honestly, after McCrary's non-year and the Neumann/Mullins debacle, I'm super unexcited about the upcoming Superdraft. I'm beginning to think that we only did okay with Farrell because we basically didn't have to rely on our own scouts (such as they aren't) to assess him. And with our low picks this year, we won't have that groupthink scouting in January.

If Burns and Heaps are making the picks again this year, why should we expect to pick anyone who'll help us?

 

The best draft pick is a traded draft pick.

 

I tend to agree, unless the pick is known to be a cannot miss player. A top 1 - 10 pick in a deep draft.

I agree because the Revs organization lacks a USL team under its control (or a committed USL partner or the desire to utilize long term *season long* loans to USL teams) that could be used to develop a drafted player in anticipation of said player getting little to no MLS minutes as a rookie. In refusing to invest in one of these options the Revs have really stacked the deck against their draft picks and young professionals by installing a revolving door at the end of the roster. Each year there is a new crop with the same small odds of catching on. Each year the Revs look like they do not have a player development plan.

I feel like most draft picks after the first round (or even late first rounders at this point) should expect to be loaned out by the Revs unless they have a standout pre-season and they should not complain. It really is their best chance at making an MLS team or not having to experience three teams in three years (last year of college, MLS bench for the Revs, USL team/not the Revs). Then after the loan year, they come back and compete for a chance to make the Revs again the following pre-season. At that point the Revs might choose one more year of loan or to cut bait if the player is not MLS ready.

For example, let's say the Revs draft a left back this year. If he is not MLS ready, then loan him to a USL club. Next year the player is a year older (so is Chris Tierney) and has played a lot of minutes. In the pre-season of 2018 see how the player looks and see how he compares to the new draft picks. If he is not ready, but is progressing (or looks better than the draft picks or projects to be better than the draft picks) maybe loan him out again. This approach also makes it so that the Revs do not have all of their eggs in the 2018 draft basket. Then the same thing happens in 2019. In the pre-season of 2019 the 2017 draftee has two years as a pro, competes against new 2019 draftees, and Tierney is two years older. Now maybe he makes the team and we have a guy with some experience who can step in for Tierney or share minutes with Tierney. I think this is a better option than iteratively going through draft picks and hoping one will be good enough to stick.

 

It looks that way because they do not have a player development plan.

 

It's a major weakness. If a drafted player cannot contribute immediately, he's buried. There's nothing in between.

 

However, injuries can always upset that particular equation.

 

They are 5 years ahead remember; by 2022 the FO is probably convinced the draft will be all but phased out and there won't be a need for a dev plan. They can spend that extra time on scouting, justifying no need for a scout. KIASBM

 

Any scouting report on Wuilito? (Be sure to send a bill to Burnsie for your effort.)

 

The Revs will probably draft him, since the just love the local angle, but unless he can immediately set the world on fire like Jordan Morris, he'd probably be destined to rot halfway to Rochester. Not playing here, not loaned there, but just hanging out at a rest stop on I-90 somewhere between Gloversville and Utica NY.

 

Remember Donnie Smith started his first professional game in 2013? Since then, he's started just 4 other games. His development plan was apparently starting 5 league games and a few USOC appearances in 4 seasons.

I really hope Herivaux isn't on the same plan.

 

Lets hope not, but to be fair I think Donnie Smith has spent more then haft of his career on the injury list.

 

2017 MLS SuperDraft order
December 19, 2016, 12:00PM EST

SuperDraft is only 10 days away. Might as well start thinking about that now. It's not like the Revs will make any other moves before then...

 

Our thinking will be the disinterested, analytical kind, given that our picks are #20, #31, and #71 - picks whose only value would be for a lower division affiliate that doesn't exist.

It will give us a chance to talk about how Chicago, Columbus, Houston, and the noobs will improve.

 

That's even more perplexing. An oft-injured fringe player who rarely makes the 18 is still on the team.

 

But he doesn't cost anywhere near as much as some high-priced DP. Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

 

A forward? Seriously? Not that either of these guys is likely to see meaningful playing time in a Revs uniform.

 

Femi replacement?

 

Outside back, 5'10, 166 lbs, UNC... why does that sound strangely familiar???

 

Does anybody think that the Revs will try to make a trade to get an earlier first round pick? If so, what does that package look like? TAM/GAM/picks/players?

 

If we take any of these 5 non GA players we'll automatically increase our roster size with them already signed to MLS!

In addition, four incoming seniors also signed MLS deals as Notre Dame’s Brandon Aubrey, Providence’s Julian Gressel, Boston College’s Zeiko Lewis and Vermont’s Brian Wright have officially signed with the league. Joining them is Duke’s Jeremy Ebobisse, who signed with MLS in 2016 after foregoing his sophomore year with the Blue Devils to get a head start on his MLS career.

 

This time of year is so confusing for Revolution supporters. After all, which "superdraft" are we supposed to be discussing in this thread? Is it the breeze occupying the space between Brian Bilello's ears, the wind whistling around the inside of Mike Burns' melon, or the airflow passing through Jay Heaps' cranium?