Based on the development video on the afl site, this kid looks impressive.
Draft Profile Mitchell Grigg
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Now get yourself a copy of the SANFL Preliminary Final. You'll see an 18 year old kid who is slow, unable to make contests, cannot stick tackles ... not sure if you will guage his skills because he never got the ball.
Don't say you weren't warned. Anyone who drafts this guy will need to assign a sprint coach to him 24/7 and add 4 yards to his pace.
He seems to have a lot of those doesn't he?
Luke Brown will be the first drafted from Norwood. He is so much better than Grigg. Others who are better are Alex Forster, Josh Allen and James Aish. Those four players work hard on their game and more likely to be a success.
Must admit, Griggs doesn't look like a top 10 pick. Would be unhappy if the Crows used our pick 10 on him
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We will take Green, Kavanagh, or Sumner most likely. Would like McKenzie but 10 might be a bit high for him.
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Seems that this Grigg guy is slipping by the week. Wasn't long ago many mocks had him at 4. Now he's in the teens and falling still.
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In reality though he probably hasn't moved at all in where recruiters labelled him.
In terms of big footy players rise and slip depending on how much new vision is put out there.
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Got some weapons, but not the quickest off the mark.
3.4 or something there-abouts in the sprints at the Combine.
3.4 or something there-abouts in the sprints at the Combine.
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As long as his decision making and awareness are top notch then he can get away with lack of pace. Just look at Pendlebury. Ideally you'd like your inside mids to have a burst of accelaration to give them some room to dispose of the ball once they get the ball but it's not the end of the world.
Where do people expect him to go in the draft? Is he SA's best midfield junior behind Wingard or is that McKenzie?
Where do people expect him to go in the draft? Is he SA's best midfield junior behind Wingard or is that McKenzie?
I remember Sidebottem having a very slow time, but I guess Grigg hasn't kicked 10 goals in a Grand Final yet 
3.4 seconds doesn't sound right anyway.
3.4 seconds doesn't sound right anyway.
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Got 15.1 on the beep test, so has a decent tank at least.
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No chance this kid will slide outside the top 25. I would still be happy for Richmond to take him at 14. He is a footballer and not an athlete, although he ran 15.1 beep which is good.
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Mitch Grigg - 3.19sec 20m sprint, 15.1 beep test
Steele Sidebottom - 3.25sec 20m sprint, 14.5 beep test
Steele Sidebottom - 3.25sec 20m sprint, 14.5 beep test
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where do you get the draft combine results from?
I'll think you might find Griggs 20 metres times were hindered by the fact he kept breaking the beam with his arm setting off the timer before he took off thereby adding time to the result. Several kids did the same thing.
1 lad had a 4.35 result on 1 run then on the next when he got his start right he was back to 3.1.
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Reminded me of Tapscott a bit in the Champs, who also used to play in SA. Big bodied player with a super football brain and damaging kick.
Late first / early second round draft pick is my prediction for Grigg.
Late first / early second round draft pick is my prediction for Grigg.
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Brenton Phillips the coach of the SA U18 team has been posting the results from some of the SA boys on twitter.
http://twitter.com/#!/sticks123456789
As for the Steele stats, they were from a BF thread back in '08
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503846
puts things into perspective a little bit...
not sure if grigg has as many bags in his tricks as sidebottom though. would prefer kavanagh or greene but wouldn't be unhappy with grigg at 14 for richmond
McKenzie looks like a beautiful kick of the footy, if we can grab mid-late first rounder through Gunston/Maric, would love to grab him.
Watched Norwood a bit in the finals, including Griggs game and he didn't stand out at all which worries me. Forster did, so did Brown. Similar to Polec and Smith for the Eagles, doesn't necessarily mean anything, but just raises the odd question mark.
