Rear Admiral
Club Legend
http://www.afc.com.au/news/2016-11-17/ellisyolmen-fighting-fit
If this doesn't earn him a regular spot, then I don't know what does.
If this doesn't earn him a regular spot, then I don't know what does.
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Trade Period: Terrible
Free Agency: Very Good
Draft: Average
Rookie Draft: Poor
A lot of our off-field decisions were poor or made little sense this year. Disappointing
how can you judge the National and rookie drafts without seeing any of the new players playing at AFL level.
Well that's a fair comment, but I don't think we did as well in the draft as a team like Brisbane or Gold Coast. As for the rookie draft, passing a pick was unusual so that's why I think we did poorly there.
I guess it's not such a bad thing we came back empty handed from trade week. We can still sit back and enjoy our windfall from the previous trade period.
We do lots of things well and have had a medium level of success despite some self-inflicted setbacks. Which is a credit to our recruiters and coaches. Will we do what it takes to reach a higher level? Or are we content with a good effort given what we've got?Most independent judges rate our current list as one of the top 4 in the AFL (refer to Sportsbet). This is after losing Tippett, 2 X first and 2 X second round draft picks and the current Brownlow medalist over the last 5 trade/draft periods. We have no academy picks and our father son picks wasn't rated in the best 80 players in the draft. If we are so poor at trading and drafting it must be a miracle that we are still competitive.
P.S. My only complaint is that we didn't pick up more players who can play as a loose man in defence.
As pointed out by Spackler and Scorpus, the trading and drafting period were a total disaster for the Crows.
How can you say that?Well that's a fair comment, but I don't think we did as well in the draft as a team like Brisbane or Gold Coast. As for the rookie draft, passing a pick was unusual so that's why I think we did poorly there.
How can you say that?
It's all relevant to the picks each team had...If Hamish had the same picks at his disposal the Lions and Suns had no doubt he'd have got an A+ in the Media eggspurts opinions.
That doesn't apply to the other 17 clubs then too?Did we do well relative to our picks? I'm not sure. Haven't seen a single draftee play AFL yet.
That doesn't apply to the other 17 clubs then too?
So that saying bandied about by players and clubs alike "Where you were drafted means nothing once you're on an AFL list, it's only a number, you all start equal" is just a cliche'??Yes. Hence every club does averagely to begin relative to the selections they have, and relative to other clubs.
However Gold Coast and Brisbane did have good drafts. But that's because they had a lot of early picks to use.
So that saying bandied about by players and clubs alike "Where you were drafted means nothing once you're on an AFL list, it's only a number, you all start equal" is just a cliche'??
As pointed out by Spackler and Scorpus, the trading and drafting period were a total disaster for the Crows. It is not whether our 2017 list is better than the 2016 playing list but more importantly whether the AFC did better than the other premiership contenders.
The media commentary on the trading and drafting was of the highest order this year. Hawthorn did a magnificent job bringing in O'Meara and Mitchell (pity they don't get to draft anyone for 2 years). On the other hand Gold Coast were magnificent in the draft (pity they had to lose half their team to get the draft picks). And why is a new club like GWS so much better in the draft than the AFC (could it have anything to do with being able to pick up top 10 draft picks for a bag of peanuts)?
There is no doubt about it, the AFC is clueless and if you want proof just follow the money. Prior to the trade/draft period the Crows were ranked 4th behind the Bulldogs, Giants and Swans to win the 2017 premiership on Sportsbet. After a disastrous month we are now ranked......................................................
4th behind the Bulldogs, Giants and Swans to win the 23017 flag .