Opinion 2014 Draft ( Live discussion ) Mod notice post #6629

[etsal1]

 

[Sin City]

Obviously hasn't been listening to the experts on BigFooty or Bound For Glory

 

[coryne]

Sounds like he is bitter over BB's tweet ............................

 

[Azul]

Sounds like he is bitter over BB's tweet ............................

boo hoo - wouldn't have drafted him if that were the case.

Blaine spoke the truth. Mick and the playing group did deserve the sack. Losing to a rabble like the magpies is unacceptable

 

[coryne]

boo hoo - wouldn't have drafted him if that were the case.

Blaine spoke the truth. Mick and the playing group did deserve the sack. Losing to a rabble like the magpies is unacceptable

God it is hard to convey sarcasm on internet forums .............

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

We need a sarcasm font. Or maybe we could write #sarcasm at the end of a post just to avoid confusion.
So much unnecessary angst could be avoided!

 

[etsal1]

 

[etsal1]

TheSheik you picked Skittles

 

[etsal1]

I'm not getting on anyone's bandwagon this year. I can't bear the guilt of cursing another promising youngster. Sorry Gilesy & KJ.

 

[FoeverBlues]

The only real way to assess how our recruitment has gone is to compare it with other clubs over the same period.
Then add in the needs of each club at the time and determine whether they went with best available or needs first.
Then add in those that had the pick of the crop (1-10) and compare them to the successes of that year and the next.
Then add in any changes to the recruitment team over the course of the comparison period.
Not to mention add in any outside (of the recruitment team) interference.
Then factor in draft penalties and gifts.
Then add in the opinions of Supporters who are a major part of a club.
Oh and before i forget, lastly did the player barrack for the club as a kid.

Hah, too much work mate, easier to say Roger and co are useless

 

[ShanDog]

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Boekhorst says he has modelled both his game and his face on mentor Simon White.

'I'm really hoping someone tells me how much they enjoyed watching me play so I can lay one on their kisser'

 

[coryne]

TheSheik you picked Skittles

I was going to go with Skittles for Rainbow too. Just seems right.

 

[Aphrodite]

I'm not getting on anyone's bandwagon this year. I can't bear the guilt of cursing another promising youngster. Sorry Gilesy & KJ.

GOOD!

 

[etsal1]

GOOD!

Although Menz has survived 2 years so far so I reckon that one is safe

 

[Matty411]

Cue calls when Skittles kicks a goal... TOUCH THE RAINBOW

 

[thylacine60]

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Holy crap - 2 Simon Whites! Just don't praise 'em to their faces.....

 

[LordLucifer]

TheSheik you picked Skittles

Woohoo !!

Got one ....... great to hear.

Good to see the guys have a sense of humour by calling Boekhorst "Tweeter" too.

 

[Azul]

Isn't one who posts bad tweets a TWIT?

 

[ShanDog]

Would explain why the whole system is called TWITter if that was the case!

 

[smashbox gill]

If it's consolation to anyone, in the 2010 draft, Issac Smith was selected at pick 19...

was rated by all as a top 20 selection tho. Boekhurst was not rated in the top 20

 

[Stamos]

was rated by all as a top 20 selection tho. Boekhurst was not rated in the top 20

By whom?

 

[smashbox gill]

I'm not going into specifics because it's unfair to who told me to make it public but we rated Boekhorst infront of Langford and clearly infront of Laverde.

That's not my opinion. It's what I was told. And I'm backing it in.

are you able to give us a list of players u knew who we ranked higher and lower than boekhurst

 

[ShanDog]

are you able to give us a list of players u knew who we ranked higher and lower than boekhurst

I can tell you who we ranked lower - everyone after that pick.

Does it really matter now?

 

[Aphrodite]

I can tell you who we ranked lower - everyone after that pick.

Does it really matter now?

This!

 

[PumpyChowdown]

Everyone is tiptoeing around the fact that is obvious now. Rogers refuses to "play the game". He has his list - which I respect - but it seems he refuses to look at what the other teams are doing and play the field to improve his odds of snagging better than expected picks.

If Rogers thinks BB was the 8th best player, great. However, he should know what all the other teams are doing, and he should therefore select BB at an appropriate position to maximise our draft. IF we could have got him later, we SHOULD have got him later.

Absolutely no one in the media predicted "Tweets" to go as high as he did. Nor did anyone in any of the Phantoms (not that they mean much). So one must ask the question why did Rogers pull the trigger so quickly when (and this is speculation, but I assume it is correct) BB would be there at #28? Heck, going on everything I read up until draft night, BB may have even been there for pick 63 or the Rookie Draft.

This indicates to me that we are not exploiting what other teams are doing. That means we are not researching what other teams are doing. This puts us at a major disadvantage. It is also evident that we have perhaps the worst poker faces out of all the teams. We went early on Bootsma when we could have had him much later. We telegraphed to the world our intentions with Jeffy Garlett and Mitch Robinson and, in turn, got shit all for them because we had volunteered our intentions and therefore we had forfeited any sort of leverage at the bargaining table.

Drafting and trading is 50% game, and 50% research. We are only half in the game at the moment. My faith is waning.