How Important Is A Player's Agent?

[mgteich]

If a player had chosen an unmentionable agent, would you not care, move him donw a round, move him down 10 or 20 spots, or take a player off your board?

What about a player who chooses an agent that we ahve worked well with in the past? Any adjustments here?

 

[VJCPatriot]

No. I wouldn't eliminate a player from my draft board just because of his agent.

 

[ExeterSportsGuy]

Interesting question. I think after the new CBA ends up getting done, this will be a matter of less importance. Once a rookie salary structure is in place, who cares who the agent is. Unless you're thinking you may not be able to sign the player after his rookie contract is up.

 

[IcyPatriot]

If a player had chosen an unmentionable agent, would you not care, move him donw a round, move him down 10 or 20 spots, or take a player off your board?

What about a player who chooses an agent that we ahve worked well with in the past? Any adjustments here?

I think it's a non issue if you're drafting the player in the first few rounds. Later round picks i think a favorable agent is preferred because you need them in camp early if possible. I don't think you move them up or down based on agent ... agents don't play the game ... you draft players.

 

[MaineMan]

I think it's a non issue if you're drafting the player in the first few rounds. Later round picks i think a favorable agent is preferred because you need them in camp early if possible. I don't think you move them up or down based on agent ... agents don't play the game ... you draft players.

IDK. Seems to me all I'd care about wrt the agent for, say, a 5th rounder is that he's not a total douche and will get his paperwork done properly and promptly. The agents I'd worry about and might try to avoid are those who'd be okay with allowing their client, a #17 pick, to hold out well into the regular season for #10 money because that's where he thinks he SHOULD have been picked. Who was it - Eugene Parker? The guy who repped Crabtree? If I was a GM, I'd never draft someone he repped. I could easily see GM's and owners blackballing this guy's clients.