All time best draft smokee

[worthy]

Who do you think is the all time best draft smokee

I'd say

Chris Grant #105
James Hird #79

imagine getting a player of this calibre that late

 

[Teagueeee15]

nowadays it's alot harder to find a smokie so i think Karl Norman will be a good one.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Collingwood have a couple of guys who could all turn out to be pretty good in Ben Johnson, Tristan Walker and Julian Rowe, all taken at 60+...

 

[Kooley]

nowadays it's alot harder to find a smokie so i think Karl Norman will be a good one.

spot on.

 

[thegezman]

houlihan and fisher at 70+ are pretty handy too.

 

[tayls]

Cameron Ling in the 40's has been great value, considering he was a pudgey forward now is a top midfielder. Football nouse and ability is often better than "athletes"

 

[Damien_R1]

Can only really comment on the ones from Adelaide but :

Kenny McGregor at 75 and Johncock at 67 turned out ok.

 

[Nightwolf]

Richie Vandenberg was 70's i think..

 

[masai]

The best smokies are the players who come through the Rookie List, they didn't even make the draft list.

eg. Chad Fletcher, Cox, Haddrill, 211 etc.

 

[Silvagnis]

Does Dean Kemp count as a smokey?

 

[Weaver]

Does Dean Kemp count as a smokey?

No, and nor does James Hird.

 

[Bomaz_Magic]

Andrew Welsh at the mid 40's was pretty good.
As will Dyson be at mid 40's.

 

[W W Biscuit]

Brian Harris went pick no. 71. Scotty Clayton strikes, Scotty Clayton scores!

 

[Kooley]

The best smokies are the players who come through the Rookie List, they didn't even make the draft list.

eg. Chad Fletcher, Cox, Haddrill, 211 etc.

Bret Thornton

 

[Motters19]

The best smokies are the players who come through the Rookie List, they didn't even make the draft list.

Ok Davey will be then

 

[bLuEMoOsE]

Mark Johnson was a rookie as were Dean Rioli and Damien Pevrill

 

[Weaver]

He has his crticis but Shane Woewodin passed through a couple of drafts before being a PSD pick and going on to win a Brownlow.

 

[tayls]

What about Craig Smoker. hahahahahahaha

 

[Oddjob]

Cameron Ling in the 40's has been great value, considering he was a pudgey forward now is a top midfielder. Football nouse and ability is often better than "athletes"

Ling was a classic example of Recruiters being unable to look outside the square, almost all of them saw him as a strong leading and marking FF/goalkicker but not big enough to play that position at AFL level. Consequently they all overlooked him, Little is another they had a similar view of.

 

[Funkalicous]

I reckon there's been more success using the rookie draft than late national draft picks.

 

[Burns17]

Scotty Burns went in the 70's from memory...

 

[Weaver]

I reckon there's been more success using the rookie draft than late national draft picks.

Not a fair comparison though. A club might have 1 or 2 late ricks and 3-5 rookie list players. Makes it somewhere between twice and five times as many chances to get a good player from the rookie list.

 

[theorangeapple]

Not a fair comparison though. A club might have 1 or 2 late ricks and 3-5 rookie list players. Makes it somewhere between twice and five times as many chances to get a good player from the rookie list.

there was an article in a paper over here in the west which had something like 35 players after the 3rd round make it to a certain milestone (i cant remember what) and 34 rookie listed players have also reached that milestone. sounds pretty even, although as u said their are quite afew more rookie listed players than players picked after the 3rd round.

 

[grub29]

Brett Kirk will be my pick for top smokie.

 

[worthy]

No, and nor does James Hird.

Why not ? Was he a F/S? I thought it was his Grandfather that played with
the bombers, which doesn't qualify him.