Strapping Young Lad
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If not geez Box Hill is going to have a strong backline.Love the video of him being drafted, the reaction.
Looks a massive unit, 196cm and 95kg.....surely a chance to play in 2019.
That's an interesting prospect in itself - seeing Mohr or Brand pushing forward.If not geez Box Hill is going to have a strong backline.
Kosi, Mirra, Brand, O'Brien all capable of playing on talls.
Reckon that might see him or others pushing forward.
Legit burst out laughing at thatOl Chesty looks like he has a thyroid disorder
Love this pick. Essenscum recruiters fist pumping when we didn’t match their bid yet they didn’t think to consider - Ahhh why didn’t Hawthorn match the bid? Because money ball. Otherwise known as you get what you need at the right price. This is yet another example of Hawthorn’s Svengali like maneuvering. Look over here! Then slight of hand - we go and get the player we are really after. Welcome to the Hawks JK. You will be a star.
Bruno, Utter nonsense: other than Essendon taking a player that the Hawks recruiters, and just about every AFL drafting commentator, saying that there were players of higher potential available at Pick 38.Love this pick. Essenscum recruiters fist pumping when we didn’t match their bid yet they didn’t think to consider - Ahhh why didn’t Hawthorn match the bid? Because money ball. Otherwise known as you get what you need at the right price. This is yet another example of Hawthorn’s Svengali like maneuvering. Look over here! Then slight of hand - we go and get the player we are really after. Welcome to the Hawks JK. You will be a star.
Kosie as a developing back and Mohr as a forward: damn!If not geez Box Hill is going to have a strong backline.
Kosi, Mirra, Mohr, Brand, O'Brien all capable of playing on talls.
Reckon that might see him or others pushing forward.
Lol you think this is really what happened? All that time put into Mosquito was just us playing the long game to lure in Essendon, and draft Kozzie.
I don't disagree with you as much as some others, but did it ever occur to you that perhaps essendon also played money ball? They had a need for a developing small forward, so went for Mozzie, and were pleased that we didn't match (in the same way we waited until GWS couldn't match). All clubs have different needs, hence there is never a single agreed phantom draft. It's all about what the clubs think they need.Why are people so unkind.... Dear friend. I was suggesting a broad approach - not just with Mosquito but with almost all of our publicly admitted targets. Because of our past successes in recruiting other clubs come for our overtly intended targets like flies to poo. We are only too happy to pass on players whose prices rise beyond the reasonable. The broader game leaves the high price payer (in this case Essenscum) with a quick sugar hit but with ignorance that they have been duped into the wrong strategy....and yes this is what Hawthorn does. No need to question it with sarcasm and incredulity. Hawthorn plays moneyball. Part of that strategy is passing on the over priced player and luring in the competition to pay that exorbitant price thinking they have gotten a good deal (with fist pumps). Yes we would have drafted mosquito as a rookie or similar but not waisted high draft picks. Simples
We nominated Mozzie because we were hoping to pick him up as a cat B rookie, not because we were hoping Bombers would be tricked into taking him at pick 38Why are people so unkind.... Dear friend. I was suggesting a broad approach - not just with Mosquito but with almost all of our publicly admitted targets. Because of our past successes in recruiting other clubs come for our overtly intended targets like flies to poo. We are only too happy to pass on players whose prices rise beyond the reasonable. The broader game leaves the high price payer (in this case Essenscum) with a quick sugar hit but with ignorance that they have been duped into the wrong strategy....and yes this is what Hawthorn does. No need to question it with sarcasm and incredulity. Hawthorn plays moneyball. Part of that strategy is passing on the over priced player and luring in the competition to pay that exorbitant price thinking they have gotten a good deal (with fist pumps). Yes we would have drafted mosquito as a rookie or similar but not waisted high draft picks. Simples
We nominated Mozzie because we were hoping to pick him up as a cat B rookie, not because we were hoping Bombers would be tricked into taking him at pick 38
I thought we nominated him so that I didn’t have to change my usernameWe nominated Mozzie because we were hoping to pick him up as a cat B rookie, not because we were hoping Bombers would be tricked into taking him at pick 38
I’d suggest the Bombers went best available too. We’d have a different talent order to Essendon.Bombers went for a need whilst we went for the best possible option available.
I see posters repeatedly dribbling "we went for needs"...we need a key position on the list more so than a small forward....This is rubbish, see the Mckenzie video, we go for what we deem to be the Best footballer left at the Pick we have ....and so we should....if we think Mosquito is a better player than Kostzichke, but chose the latter because of "needs" than we are negligent and will pay the Price..........As per clubs advice, we draft according to order of best players as we view them