From what I heard we were always going Milera. Lacking speed and ball use at the time and thats exactly what he provides.
Also being an SA kid, it was fairly well a no-brainer.
I mean Curnow, Hipwood, Himmelberg were all available when we picked up Milera.
Few of Clubs went Cold on him after his health scare, Crows kept in contact with him. Rumour has it he would not get passed the Crows 1st pick which proved to be true. and that the Crows thought he may have been picked earlier. Believed Gold Coast bid on Hopper help a lot. forcing GWS to use the 1st on Hopper.
Crows where looking at H McKay for the 2nd pick along with Curnow, H Himmelberg and Doedee.