Cardinal Drafting Trends

[SMAC]

All teams tend to have trends in how they draft. If you examine the last four Cardinal drafts you will see a pattern. They never draft west coast players. Here are the results:

2004
Pittsburgh (Fitzgerald)
Auburn (Dansby)
Florida State (Dockett)
Ohio State (Stepanovich)
Oklahoma State (A. Smith)
Kansas State (Leckey)
Michigan (Navarre)

2003
Penn State, Wake Forest, Florida State, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Clarion (PA); Georgia

2002
Wisconsin, NC State, Sam Houston, Kentucky, Kansas, Alabama, Kansas State; Iowa State

2001
Texas, Nebraska, Memphis, NC State, South Florida, Memphis, Kansas State, Nebraska, Michigan State; BYU (only exception to the trend)

Arizona drafts east coast players because it's foremost scout Steve Keim is based in North Carolina. When you are watching college football this fall watch players and teams in these conferences: ACC, Big Ten, Big Twelve, and SEC, because 20 Cardinal draftees in the past four years have come from one of these conferences. Also, other than Reggie Wells and Josh McCown all the picks come from big schools. I'm going to familarize myself with the best players from these conferences this coming fall because you can bet your 2005 draftees will come from here.

 

[PJ1]

That is amazing and also foolish. Alot of talent being ignored if what you are saying is true. They don't scout out west? Hard to believe but the pattern certainly supports what you are saying.

 

[Goldfield]

I dont believe that. But that does look crazy on paper...

 

[vikesfan]

This is probably just a coincedence.

They must scout the west coast.

I guarantee DG will take players from anywhere.
If he had been here last year you would have had Suggs here.

If Fitz had gone to a West Coast School you know he would still have been taken.

 

[SMAC]

All I am saying is since Keim came aboard they haven't taken a player west of Texas. My gut feeling is a preference is given to the players he has scouted over any of the west coast scouts. It's just seems strange that no western U.S. draftees have occured in the past four years. Something to watch for and to see if it continues.

 

[Garthshort]

Trend

SMAC, nice analysis. It's something to watch. I thought it was interesting that when the team streamlined their Draft room, Kiem was there but George Boone, who on paper is Kiem's boss was not.

 

[Capital Card]

The one flaw in your logic is that most of the US population, and therefore schools live on the east coast. Over half the population of the US lives within 100 miles of I-95.

I don't think the Cards ignore the west coast, it is just that there is a much larger base of tallent to work from on the east.

 

[Southpaw]

They sure as hell ignore the Miami area. Still no U of Miami players.

 

[SMAC]

Wallyburger I think we would have gotten a Miami U player last season because the Cardinals wanted McDougle at 17, but the Eagles were proactive and we were ourselves.

 

[Southpaw]

Wallyburger I think we would have gotten a Miami U player last season because the Cardinals wanted McDougle at 17, but the Eagles were proactive and we were ourselves.

Like I said......