Analysis 2021 draft thread

[BRAB]

This ended up being a pretty fantastic draft for us.

Add this to the ever increasing highlights reel for Lohmann.

 

[blueiris]

This ended up being a pretty fantastic draft for us.

Add this to the ever increasing highlights reel for Lohmann.

I remember the media especially Twomey saying we took Cobra Kai too high he rated him as a late 2nd round draft pick how good was he this season seriously stiff not to be the rising star

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Looking back, we rated Blake Howes very highly, but he got grabbed right before our third pick. He only started getting games at Melbourne this year. I wonder how that one turns out. While it'd be fair to say our wings are a spot we can improve on, it's been good having Fletcher come in there, and perhaps Levi or Marshall will take the other wing next season.

 

[mpal6]

This ended up being a pretty fantastic draft for us.

Add this to the ever increasing highlights reel for Lohmann.

So true, compare ours to the 5 picks inside 30 that Richmond took in that draft. I don't think anyone in their list has established themselves yet to the level Wilmot and Lohmann have done for us so far. The drafting and recruiting team deserve all the kudos for this one.

 

[ZoBlitz]

The thing is that we're not working with enough knowledge to make any real judgements on a lot of that - we don't know how Kai was rated by other clubs, we don't know whether we did try and make trades to change our position etc..

People tend to worry too much about min-maxing the draft at times when in the end it's about bringing in the players you rate. In the end we rated Kai higher than a bunch of other guys that the media did rate and that may or may turn out to be a good decision but I think even with questions of positioning you can't really judge until further along the line.

For reference, look at the discussion thread about the 2017 draft and people were complaining about us taking Bailey at 15 instead of leaving him to 18 and going "who?" about picking Starcevich.

Stress less now basically, meltdown in three years (if necessary).

Just wanted to bump this excellent post.

 

[dlanod]

Just wanted to bump this excellent post.

The tune changed quite quickly anyway once it started emerging that Kai was going in the next 2-4 picks anyway.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Best example of drafting for talent and trading for need