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Originally Posted by Passacaglia
This seems like a positive to me. A "complete" bust, a la FOF is too much. A player doesn't suddenly lose potential -- in fact, by definition of potential, he never loses it at all. I guess I think about Joey Harrington or Ryan Leaf -- those guys still had the potential after they've been cast off (which is why teams kept taking chances on Leaf), but they're not approaching that potential as fast as they should. But of course, like you said, it depends on implementation.
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This could not be more wrong.
"Potential" is a subjective evaluation of how good a player can become. When teams have a chance to see players more up close and work with them every day, that evaluation can of course change. When a team finds that they evaluated someone way above their actual future ability, and moves that estimate downwards, they have indeed lost potential.