Agreed on all counts. Not every draft has to be 2017 good but hit rates on top picks as position group leaders and later picks as quality contributors is key. Things go wrong for any number of reasons but they’ve gotta not try to outsmart the process in the process.
One of the top choices is still coaching in the playoffs. If it was February 23rd with no coach that’d be cause for concern. This could have been over in days if they wanted a guy from a non-playoff team very badly but the delay in this case is a good thing.