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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3466287, member: 40"] To avoid some of the issues that have plagued the team under Babers tenure, we needed to stockpile talent in the pipeline along both lines. The objective being that we have sufficient talent / depth to weather unexpected injuries, disqualifications, etc. Get the best athletes you can, grow them via S&C, and let the depth manifest as a self-fulfilling prophecy when you bring in good system fits year over year. The "problem" [if you can call it that] with this approach is that it takes time. And Dino had some injuries / players being medically disqualified, which compromised overall depth and created glaring holes in the short term. These last two classes have gone a LONG way towards shoring up deficiencies on BOTH lines long term -- bodes well for the future. [/QUOTE]