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I'm probably worse at drafting than I am at tipping (for those who wouldn't know I am awful at tipping) but reading this thread I can say a win for me was always being very sceptical over Clem Smith. Wish him all the best but never thought he'd make it with us, especially magnified because of when he came to the club. Might be a different story if it was the 2017 draft...
 
I can't remember too far back but I wanted Touk Miller & Daniel Howe when we got Boekhurst & DVR. That whole draft annoyed me.

Last year I was extremely happy. I remember being disappointed when we didn't pick up LeBois in draft and couldn't believe where we got Macreadie. :straining:

I wanted Aaron Francis or Oliver over Weitering. Whoops

I was also really happy when we recruited Kernahan Dorotich Motley Bradley and I thought the Buzz was back. :)
 
Few hits and misses for me

2011 - Crozier
2012 - Jaksch
2013 - McCarthy
2014 - L. Weller
2015 - Curnow
2016 - Brodie
 

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2016: Scrimshaw, Macreadie, Patrick Lipinski, Williamson
2015; Weitering, McKay, Francis, Rhys Mathieson
2014; Nakia Cockotoo, Langford, Daniel(?)
2013: Bontempelli, Daniel McStay, Cameron Giles

...Keeping in mind that opinions change over the course of the year up to draft day as we learn exactly which picks we have and what's realistic, so that's an approximate only.
 
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PumpyChowdown said:
2007: M. Kreuzer -- P. Dangerfield -- A. Rance
2008: M. Hurley -- D. Beams -- D. Hannebury
2009: D. Martin -- N. Fyfe -- G. Rohan
2010: T. Lynch -- D. Heppell -- I. Smith
2011: J. Patton -- C. Wingard -- S. Docherty
2012: J. Stringer -- L. Plowman -- J. Viney
2013: J. Kelly -- M. Bontempelli -- P. Cripps
2014: C. Petracca -- C. Daniel -- I. Heeney
2015: J. Weitering -- J. Schache -- C. Oliver
2016: B. Ainsworth -- T. Taranto -- Z. Fisher


FB: D. Heppell -- M. Hurley -- S. Docherty
HB: L. Plowman -- A. Rance -- J. Weitering

C: J. Kelly -- P. Dangerfield -- N. Fyfe
R: M. Kreuzer -- D. Martin -- P. Cripps

HF: M. Bontempelli -- T. Lynch -- C. Petracca
FF: C. Wingard -- J. Patton -- D. Hannebury

Int: J. Viney -- I. Heeney -- C. Oliver -- C. Daniel



















*I may or may not have completely fabricated this post. Can't remember what I had for breakfast on the best of days.
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suspect the you may have backed the last 20 cup winners as well.
 
What about if we send someone back in time to do our recruiting first us?

2007: Pick 1) Patrick Dangerfield
Pick 36) Jack Stevens
Pick 46) Cale Hooker
2008: Pick 6) Daniel Hannebery
Pick 40) Rory Sloane
Pick 65) Luke Breust
2009: Pick 12) Nathan Fyfe
Pick 43) Michael Barlow
Pick 59) Stewart Crameri
Pick 72) Sam Jacobs
2010: Pick 18) Luke Parker
Pick 34) Alex Fasolo
Pick 42) Tom McDonald
Pick 67) Jeremy McGovern
2011: Pick 22) Elliot Yeo
Pick 44) Lachie Neale
Pick 62) Rory Laird
2012: Pick 11) Brodie Grundy
Pick 35) Tim Membrey
Pick 54) Nick Graham (Yep)
2013: Pick 13) Patrick Cripps
Pick 39) Charlie Cameron
Pick 51) Neville Jetta
2014: Pick 19) Mitch McGovern
Pick 28) Caleb Daniel
Pick 60) Harris Andrews
2015: Pick 1) Jacob Weitering
Pick 10) Harry McKay
Pick 12) Charlie Curnow
Pick 22) David Cunningham
Pick 53) Jack Silvagni
2016: Pick 6) SPS
Pick 27) Zac Fisher
Pick 47) Harrison Macreadie
Pick 59) Cameron Polson
Pick 61) Tom Williamson
Pick 65) Patrick Kerr

So who's volunteering to build a time machine?

Assuming all trades and rookie picks are the same here's the time travelers 22:

B Kade Simpson, Liam Jones, Jacob Weitering
HB Sam Docherty, Jeremy McGovern, Rory Laird
C Rory Sloane, Patrick Dangerfield, Daniel Hannebery
HF Marc Murphy, Tom McDonald, Luke Breust
F Charlie Cameron, Mitch McGovern, Charlie Curnow
R Sam Jacobs, Nat Fyfe, Patrick Cripps
Int Jack Stevens, Luke Parker, Cale Hooker, Bryce Gibbs
 
For a better view you'd have to look at who we would have taken considering who was off the board.

Last year I'd have end up taking:

2016: Scrimshaw, Bolton, Graham, Clark, Williamson, Lyons and wanted Stengle over Lebois

I'm glad SOS is in charge but this was still a very good draft year.
 

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I'm probably worse at drafting than I am at tipping (for those who wouldn't know I am awful at tipping) but reading this thread I can say a win for me was always being very sceptical over Clem Smith. Wish him all the best but never thought he'd make it with us, especially magnified because of when he came to the club. Might be a different story if it was the 2017 draft...
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I was with you on this but more so after having watched him play for us, just didn't see what all the hype was and trust there were plenty on here over rating him, I called it and had a couple of posters defend him.
 
I think every Carlton fan wanted Curnow once the previous 11 players had already been chosen, it was just a matter of whether we'd take Milera, Mckay, or not risk Curnow being taken by the Crows. It doesn't stop us from hoping other players slip. The lower you go down the order, the less certain the selections are; except if you are Carlton during the Hughs/Rogers era.
 
zeeCFC said:
For a better view you'd have to look at who we would have taken considering who was off the board.

Last year I'd have end up taking:

2016: Scrimshaw, Bolton, Graham, Clark, Williamson, Lyons and wanted Stengle over Lebois

I'm glad SOS is in charge but this was still a very good draft year.
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True, but some of us armchair recruiters (me included) take an interest in only a limited number of players, ones that would suit the club and might still be available with our selections. I'm sure a few of us would cheat and make hindsight choices with the ones we are not sure about.
 
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I endlessly talked up the Jaksch trade, proving I know sweet FA about football.

On the other hand, I would've moved mountains to retain Jacobs and promote him ahead of Hampson and Warnock just off the back of that 15 possession, 44 hit out elim vs Sydney. And Talia was an absolute no brainer, ending up with Lucas and McLean ahead of him was classic Wayne
 

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Not a draft pick as such (trade in the 50s?) but to put my credentials on the table, I remember being impossibly excited about what the arrival of Daniel Hartford would mean for the club and Sean Charles and Michael Mansfield and ... you'll be pleased to know I have stopped talking up any player who arrives at Carlton.
 
Felt we got our man when we drafted Menzel.
Can remember hoping we would take McCarthy when we took Cripps and feeling we could have got both because Cripps might have made it to our second pick.
Felt Boekhorst would definitely have made it to our second pick if not later too (a big reach) and so we could have got a better player with the first pick.
Very happy with what SOS did in 2015. At the time I thought Harry was too speculative and was hoping we get someone more ready to play senior AFL. Happy with what I saw of Harry in his 2 senior matches, good get.
Last year I wanted SPS (posted several times to say that Halls Creek is a long way from Perth, etc) and was thrilled we got him. Fisher I was not sure about but watching him play he has great hands, harasses, tackles, etc. and needs another pre-season. Was hoping we would get Kerr for the romance of it (thought he would go much higher).

And 3 BF recruiters have posted that they would also have chosen Clem Smith !
 
My BigFooty recruiting career is certainly limited, but in 2013 posted after the trade period this:

"Well played by the recruiting staff, think we have definitely improved our list in the trade period which is the most important thing. I'd love to see Matt Crouch come to Carlton with our first round pick and if Cameron McCarthy is available at pick #13 that makes it a tough choice in my opinion as he'd be very hard to overlook. If we could land Crouch and get Mitch Thorp and Kane Lambert onto the senior list I would be very pleased with our off season going into 2014. Alongside the on going development of last years draftees: Menzel, Temay and Graham who I hope make an even greater impact on the senior team. Things are certainly taking shape for us and an exciting year is ahead for sure."

Crouch > Cripps, hard one as I have a lot of love for Cripps but Crouch was enormous this year and earned an All Australian call-up. Considering he was available at our pick, I wouldn't have been disappointed either way.
The two rookie picks were obviously hit and miss. Thorp never got an opportunity and Lambert was overlooked and taken the following year. Considering our first two rookie selections included Luke Reynolds and Cameron Wood, I certainly would've loved to have given Lambert his AFL opportunity in 2013 after a great year at the Northern Blues. I'll have another crack this year too!
 
the only one I can remember is really wanting Matt Crouch

though to be honest, it was really only due to really rating his brother so highly around that time (still do)
 

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