Yeah but even if Stroud wasn't on Poles radar which we don't know, you don't measure Poles decision by the alternatives that he has it narrowed down to. You measure it by all the alternatives that were available. And drafting Stroud was certainly an alternative.
As I said, I think the trade was phenomenal. But to use this trade to say thank God we didn't draft a QB like somebody said is not correct. We may find ourselves talking about Stroud for many years to come, maybe not..
Ok, let's check out your theory with a story, because stories are telling.
You and I, after a Bears game, go to the local watering hole to have a few brews and to talk about the game. Across from where we sit, there is a hands-down knockout blonde bombshell talking to her cute friend.
You are a ladies man while I am married and faithful. You and the bombshell do a little flirting while I egg you on, telling you to go pick her up.
You vacillate between going to talk to her and begging off and going home to get some rest because of an important client that you must deal with in the morning.
Well, you eventually decide to hook up with her and find out that she is bat-shit crazy and not worth the effort.
Now, should your friends judge that decision to hook up with her and lose that important client versus going home, not meeting that psycho and keeping your important client?
Or
Making the decision to go home, not meet the psycho and keeping your important client versus deciding to choose the cute friend, still keeping your client happy and marrying that cute friend once you found out that she was the most incredible person that you had ever met in your life?
See?
One plays true as a decision between two realistic options in that situation. The second one just replaces the realistic options with a best-case-scenario-with-what-we-now-know, which makes it an unfair and unrealistic option.
