There have been so many opinions about us not taking Luke as a F/S selection. They range from being disappointed to being relieved. Some have said its a great decision and glad to be free of the Edwards.
As there are so many opinionated people in here what I am hoping to achieve in this post is for individuals to express their opinions so that we can see over the next year or two who actually knows what they are talking about. This is not meant to be a discussion thread just a place for your opinion about the clubs decision regarding Luke. Do you believe the club has made the right decision and will have no regrets about not selecting Luke or has the club stuffed up. I am not really looking for the justifications.
I will try and keep a running list of individuals comments. So put your money where your mouth is and lets see who are the best judges of individuals talents.
Brissycrow: I know I am not the best judge but I believe the club has made the wrong decision and that Lukes skills set would have helped the club. He would have been an easy get for us and I think we have missed an opportunity. Time will tell because I think he will get drafted elsewhere and we will be able to see how he develops over the next year or so.
Columless: Disappointing as I thought Edwards had a good shot of at least making it as a footballer at this level, the type who'd look like he's a 100 game player almost immediately without doing anything that is game-breaking. In answer to my question regarding making a mistake you said "Potentially. Hard to know without the draft and without a few years passing".
Mutineer: Won't be a popular opinion on here but I'd take him before Borlase, Luke's kind of composure with ball in hand, the way he reads the play and neat skills especially by foot along with his potential to eventually go into the midfield rotations would make him a good pick up if still available at #40. ALSO SAID I'll be gobsmacked if he doesn't find a home on an AFL list in 2020.
Thetrader15: from his comments about trying to still get him suggests that he thinks the club has made the wrong decision
Dc9798: Glad we didn’t nominate him TBH, I’m sick of the Edwards circus.
Scorpus: I don't have any problems with us not picking him up because we don't rate him that highly. However we obviously rate MacKay higher than Edwards and I disagree with that decision.
dplggr47: I'm neutral about it. Would've been nice to have a F/S that might have a career though.
WaynesWorld19: Yes we have made the right call .....not seeing other clubs prepared to jump on him yet, and if Luke goes after #40, it'll vindicate our call,
Apsaalooke: He and the family would be high maintenance - there'd be a drama everyone time he was not selected or dropped or played out of position etc. I'd be prepared to wear that if he was a champion player but not for a middle of the road guy.
Vhaluus: I am glad we didn't pick him up just for his name. After all the crap we went through with Jarman it's good we learned our lesson (incidentally a few people here need to pay up on the bets we made about if he'd ever play a game at AFL level). Good move by the club.
1970crow: I trust Ogilvie more than any other club employee, so I'll back in his talent order every day of the week.
rabidcrow: I hope the lad gets on a list but I think at worst it will be a minor regret we didn’t take him.
Johnny Rutten: No regrets at all.
Geoffa32: Meh
****: I’m slightly disappointed that he won’t even be on our rookie list, but I trust our recruiters to make the right call.
Hey Shorty: He might even be a good AFL player, but I'm very comfortable with the decision we've made.
Murray2503: Not overly fussed about not signing Edwards. If he was a standout talent it would have been an easy decision.
Crow till I die: Had high hopes for him from tge talk over the last 2 years so it is a shame that he has dropped in terms of where he may have been as a possible 1st rounder as a f/s would have been great and a leg up for us..but seems not to be
Vader: On Edwards - right call.
King Elvis: I said it was a mistake?
Sanders: if we had more list spots I would have given him a go. But we didn’t so in that context I’m happy passing on him.
Crowbots are dead: I’m happy with the club’s judgement on this
John Who: Did we do right for both Luke and the club? In my opinion, yes and yes.
As there are so many opinionated people in here what I am hoping to achieve in this post is for individuals to express their opinions so that we can see over the next year or two who actually knows what they are talking about. This is not meant to be a discussion thread just a place for your opinion about the clubs decision regarding Luke. Do you believe the club has made the right decision and will have no regrets about not selecting Luke or has the club stuffed up. I am not really looking for the justifications.
I will try and keep a running list of individuals comments. So put your money where your mouth is and lets see who are the best judges of individuals talents.
Brissycrow: I know I am not the best judge but I believe the club has made the wrong decision and that Lukes skills set would have helped the club. He would have been an easy get for us and I think we have missed an opportunity. Time will tell because I think he will get drafted elsewhere and we will be able to see how he develops over the next year or so.
Columless: Disappointing as I thought Edwards had a good shot of at least making it as a footballer at this level, the type who'd look like he's a 100 game player almost immediately without doing anything that is game-breaking. In answer to my question regarding making a mistake you said "Potentially. Hard to know without the draft and without a few years passing".
Mutineer: Won't be a popular opinion on here but I'd take him before Borlase, Luke's kind of composure with ball in hand, the way he reads the play and neat skills especially by foot along with his potential to eventually go into the midfield rotations would make him a good pick up if still available at #40. ALSO SAID I'll be gobsmacked if he doesn't find a home on an AFL list in 2020.
Thetrader15: from his comments about trying to still get him suggests that he thinks the club has made the wrong decision
Dc9798: Glad we didn’t nominate him TBH, I’m sick of the Edwards circus.
Scorpus: I don't have any problems with us not picking him up because we don't rate him that highly. However we obviously rate MacKay higher than Edwards and I disagree with that decision.
dplggr47: I'm neutral about it. Would've been nice to have a F/S that might have a career though.
WaynesWorld19: Yes we have made the right call .....not seeing other clubs prepared to jump on him yet, and if Luke goes after #40, it'll vindicate our call,
Apsaalooke: He and the family would be high maintenance - there'd be a drama everyone time he was not selected or dropped or played out of position etc. I'd be prepared to wear that if he was a champion player but not for a middle of the road guy.
Vhaluus: I am glad we didn't pick him up just for his name. After all the crap we went through with Jarman it's good we learned our lesson (incidentally a few people here need to pay up on the bets we made about if he'd ever play a game at AFL level). Good move by the club.
1970crow: I trust Ogilvie more than any other club employee, so I'll back in his talent order every day of the week.
rabidcrow: I hope the lad gets on a list but I think at worst it will be a minor regret we didn’t take him.
Johnny Rutten: No regrets at all.
Geoffa32: Meh
****: I’m slightly disappointed that he won’t even be on our rookie list, but I trust our recruiters to make the right call.
Hey Shorty: He might even be a good AFL player, but I'm very comfortable with the decision we've made.
Murray2503: Not overly fussed about not signing Edwards. If he was a standout talent it would have been an easy decision.
Crow till I die: Had high hopes for him from tge talk over the last 2 years so it is a shame that he has dropped in terms of where he may have been as a possible 1st rounder as a f/s would have been great and a leg up for us..but seems not to be
Vader: On Edwards - right call.
King Elvis: I said it was a mistake?
Sanders: if we had more list spots I would have given him a go. But we didn’t so in that context I’m happy passing on him.
Crowbots are dead: I’m happy with the club’s judgement on this
John Who: Did we do right for both Luke and the club? In my opinion, yes and yes.
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