List Mgmt. Brady Rawlings | Head of Football Talent (Recruitment, LM & TPP)

[pupstar]

Then that also needs to work both ways by looking at the players selected with our picks.

Of course it does i agree but it would depend on if we where interested in that player that went lets say pick 8.So if you had a choice between Grlj and Dovaston and Thredgold and who ever we could have got who would have you pick. On paper yes we did loose out but lets just see how players that we ended up with go.

 

[Themanbun]

Of course it does i agree but it would depend on if we where interested in that player that went lets say pick 8.So if you had a choice between Grlj and Dovaston and Thredgold and who ever we could have got who would have you pick. On paper yes we did loose out but lets just see how players that we ended up with go.

My point is that our 'interest' in them doesn't really mean anything until they actually do something. After all we've been interest in players who weren't much chop in the past.

We clearly rated Whitlock far more highly than other clubs. Yet to see if that works out.

 

[Passmore]

I did of them IQ tests and scored 69 : stern look.

Our Nat drafting has been pretty bloody good from the 2021 draft onwards. Yes you can argue on present output that Duursma was a poor choice. But I'm not giving up in him.

This year the experts have lauded our performance. I personally don't follow drafting closely so have NFI. But I do know that we also picked up BOABBanch & Trembath in 2025.

Unfortunately due to being so bad, we need another 25-35 games into a lot of footballers.

It's certainly looking good. We now need Micky and Massive Johnson to get to work.

 

[Dinkers]

Has it been though, when we take the NM goggles off?

2021
#1: JHF, no longer with us and it is arguable that's because we didn't do due diligence. Callaghan was the right pick here.
#22: Goater. 4 years into his career and can't get on the park. Could change but as it stands it's not a win for a high second round pick.
#35: Curtis: win.
#38: Bergman, delisted
#59: Archer, seems alright but can't get on the park.

MSD: Selected Edwards and passed on Newcombe. Huge L.

2022
#3: Sheezel, big win.
#4: Wardlaw. Lots of potential, yet to fulfil it mostly due to injury. Jury is out.
#26: George. Hasn't played a game.
#56: Cooper Harvey. Odds on to be delisted.

None of our rookie selections remain with us.

MSD: Dawson, delisted.

2023
#3: McKercher: win.
#4: Duursma: not looking good.
#20: Goad, hasn't played a game.
#22: Dawson, far from establishing himself.
#23: Hardeman, seems a good pick.

Rookie: Maley no longer with us.
MSD: RHJ likely to be delisted.

2024:
#2 FOS seems good, too early to say it's a win for a #2 pick.
#3 (actually 27): Whitlock. Too early to say.
#57: Urquhart, too early to say, but done nothing.
#67: Stevens, looks promising.

MSD: Payne and Teakle gone.

2025: Banch and Trembath look promising, too early to tell for the whole crop.

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All in all we've had roughly 28 selections. Including 7 top 5 picks.

We have turned that into the following who have proved they are definitely, undoubtedly best 22:

Curtis
Archer
Sheezel
Wardlaw
McKercher
Hardeman
FOS

A few others are fringe or haven't done enough for us to be sure. Plus Wardlaw and Archer struggling to consistently get on the park.

Given our draft capital I'm not sure we've done that well mate. Still lots of 'wait and see' about these crops.

Harsh JHF - who begged us to take him with pick #1. He lied to our face.
Goater - not sure we can foresee injuries
Wardlaw we knew lacked fitness and have backed ourselves to get him right.

We have turned 3 late picks and a second rounder into 4 best 23.

And I know you've string views on Duursma that I don't necessarily agree with.

As I said we need another 25-35 games , which in essence is 2 more preseasons.

I didn't go near the preseason drafts or MSD as I agree we haven't done well. Was just focusing on the Nat drafts.

 

[Shagga is all Class]

So we gained:
Pick 16
Pick 27
Pick 48

For giving up:

Pick 8
Pick 38
Pick 20-25

Not so pretty when you look at it like that.

North ended up getting a year of development into Whitlock, who might have been pretty high in this draft, plus arguably the best small forward and the best defender in this draft.

Not only did we go for best available, we drafted for need, and for speed.

People might argue that there wasn’t much point keeping pick 3 when it might really be pick 8 and we have needs other than more midfielders.

 

[Zondor]

We will never know will we.

You were dropped on your head as a child. I doubt you even know what an IQ Test is. :stern look

 

[zoomba23]

You were dropped on your head as a child. I doubt you even know what an IQ Test is. :stern look

Might be time for a break mate

 

[pupstar]

You were dropped on your head as a child. I doubt you even know what an IQ Test is. :stern look

I will reply in little words so who can understand. Nobody really cares for your silly input.

 

[koshari]

North ended up getting a year of development into Whitlock, who might have been pretty high in this draft, plus arguably the best small forward and the best defender in this draft.

Not only did we go for best available, we drafted for need, and for speed.

People might argue that there wasn’t much point keeping pick 3 when it might really be pick 8 and we have needs other than more midfielders.

anyone we took last year would have had a year of developmnet time,

 

[Pravda Roo]

I will reply in little words so who can understand.

Pupstar I am a fan of your posting however this is a most humourous and unfortunate lapse.

 

[Zondor]

I will reply in little words so who can understand. Nobody really cares for your silly input.

Case Closed. :stern look

 

[Zondor]

Might be time for a break mate

Then again it might not be. :stern look

 

[pupstar]

Pupstar I am a fan of your posting however this is a most humourous and unfortunate lapse.

Agreed.

 

[Zondor]

Hey Guys. We just picked up some young recruits. They could’ve been any young recruits. It wouldn’t have mattered. Rawling aced this draft.

 

[Val Keating]

So we gained:
Pick 16
Pick 27
Pick 48

For giving up:

Pick 8
Pick 38
Pick 20-25

Not so pretty when you look at it like that.

If both drafts were equal I’d agree with you, but they weren’t.

 

[shinboner magic]

I can’t believe he was still there - he was at the very top of our draft board.

Happy times

Guess I'm the real Nostra

 

[perplexed]

People might argue that there wasn’t much point keeping pick 3 when it might really be pick 8 and we have needs other than more midfielders.

Anyone arguing that is being disingenuous. It was the fourth live pick in the draft, it had a lot of value and we wouldn't have been forced to use it on a mid. We could have taken Xavier Taylor or Jacob Farrow or traded it down or into next year.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Happy that he ended up trading back into the first round to get Dovaston but there is no way he could have foreseen Carlton having to trade out 2 top 12 picks because they didn’t anticipate their F/S player would get a bid inside the first 5 picks.

Luck was on our side that Carlton mis-played and mis-placed their draft hand. Without that opportunity arising the whole Whitlock trade still would’ve looked terrible.

It was luck and opportunism not amazing planning imo.

 

[The Nostradamus]

I do wonder who we would’ve taken if we had 25 and 26 and didn’t move up

Thredgold and ?

 

[shinboner magic]

I do wonder who we would’ve taken if we had 25 and 26 and didn’t move up

Thredgold and ?

Thredgold and luko - do you feel better now

 

[The Nostradamus]

Thredgold and luko - do you feel better now

Well we know that’s not it as we went Hugo over him

 

[perplexed]

Happy that he ended up trading back into the first round to get Dovaston but there is no way he could have foreseen Carlton having to trade out 2 top 12 picks because they didn’t anticipate their F/S player would get a bid inside the first 5 picks.

Luck was on our side that Carlton mis-played and mis-placed their draft hand. Without that opportunity arising the whole Whitlock trade still would’ve looked terrible.

It was luck and opportunism not amazing planning imo.

It was fairly obvious that we weren't even thinking of trading up before the Carlton situation developed. If we were considering it, we would have pushed a player back to take our other third rounder to the draft to potentially use in a trade.
There was also luck in both Dovaston and Thredgold getting through to our picks, but we were definitely due some.

 

[perplexed]

I do wonder who we would’ve taken if we had 25 and 26 and didn’t move up

Thredgold and ?

Twomey and others have said we were keen on Phillipou. So maybe him.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Has it been though, when we take the NM goggles off?

2021
#1: JHF, no longer with us and it is arguable that's because we didn't do due diligence. Callaghan was the right pick here.
#22: Goater. 4 years into his career and can't get on the park. Could change but as it stands it's not a win for a high second round pick.
#35: Curtis: win.
#38: Bergman, delisted
#59: Archer, seems alright but can't get on the park.

MSD: Selected Edwards and passed on Newcombe. Huge L.

2022
#3: Sheezel, big win.
#4: Wardlaw. Lots of potential, yet to fulfil it mostly due to injury. Jury is out.
#26: George. Hasn't played a game.
#56: Cooper Harvey. Odds on to be delisted.

None of our rookie selections remain with us.

MSD: Dawson, delisted.

2023
#3: McKercher: win.
#4: Duursma: not looking good.
#20: Goad, hasn't played a game.
#22: Dawson, far from establishing himself.
#23: Hardeman, seems a good pick.

Rookie: Maley no longer with us.
MSD: RHJ likely to be delisted.

2024:
#2 FOS seems good, too early to say it's a win for a #2 pick.
#3 (actually 27): Whitlock. Too early to say.
#57: Urquhart, too early to say, but done nothing.
#67: Stevens, looks promising.

MSD: Payne and Teakle gone.

2025: Banch and Trembath look promising, too early to tell for the whole crop.

----

All in all we've had roughly 28 selections. Including 7 top 5 picks.

We have turned that into the following who have proved they are definitely, undoubtedly best 22:

Curtis
Archer
Sheezel
Wardlaw
McKercher
Hardeman
FOS

A few others are fringe or haven't done enough for us to be sure. Plus Wardlaw and Archer struggling to consistently get on the park.

Given our draft capital I'm not sure we've done that well mate. Still lots of 'wait and see' about these crops.

So Duursma "not looking good" and Stevo Jr "looks good".

What drugs are you on? This is absurd.

 

[Devil Fish]

So this is Rawlings' 5th year of "nailing drafts". When can we expect to that to translate to on-field success? And by on-field success, I mean playing finals & contending. Not jumping 1 position up the ladder.