Carltons problems

[HBF]

Most football people suggest that the national draft is where you build your football team for the future. I've done a bit of homework and have come up with the following. Since 1993, only 4 players have played 50 games or more with Carlton after being picked up via the national draft: Simon Beaumont ('93), Aaron Hamill and Scott Camporeale ('94) and Anthony Franchina ('96).

Adrain Hickmott was traded to Carlton in the '95 summer and has played over 100 games.

Matthew Lappin was traded to Carlton in the '98 summer and has played over 50 games.

In the pre-season draft since '93, Pearce, Rice, Clape, Manton and Hulme have played more than 50 games.

I've looked closely at the 1997 to 1999 national drafts and these are the players we have drafted. Had we not traded picks (in 1999), I have listed players Carlton could have drafted. I know that hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it makes for interesting reading. After the players names, I have put in the number they went in the draft.

1997 - Kris Massie (7), Adam Chatfield (23), Craig Black (55), Trent Hopner (70), John Hynes (80) and Ben Thompson (83).

Players we could have drafted are Chris Tarrant (8), Chad Cornes (9), Jason Saddington (11), Dean Solomon (20), Nick Stevens (25), Simon Black (31), Adam Goodes (43), Andrew Kellaway (71) and Nathan Thompson (82)

1998 - Murray Vance (6), Brendon Fevola (38), Ian Prendergast (58) and Brett Backwell (67)

Players we could have drafted are Lenny Hayes (11), Adam Ramanauskas (12), Brett Burton (16) and Danny Jacobs (36)

1999 - Richard Kelly (60), Ryan Houlihan (73), Jeremy Dukes (80), Trent Hotton (86) and Andrew Merrington (90)

Traded picks 16, 31 and 46 for Mansfield and O'Reilly

Had we not traded these 3 picks, we could have drafted Brad Green (19) and Jonathon Brown (30)

No wonder Carlton has no depth at the moment. Lets hope that the kids we have drafted in the last few years kick on and lift Carlton back to where they belong.

 

[LordLucifer]

The draft is littered with names that you have never heard of, that's the nature of the beast. Admittedly every club has taken stacks of players who never went on to make it, it's just that we seem to have turned it into an art form. Many people are justifiably critical of Shane O'Sullivan in this area as he just doesn't seem to turn up with the goods on draft day. His strength seems to be via the rookie list. If we had a better recruting officer then things may be different, the Seagull's time has runout !!

 

[HBF]

Sheik, the point I was trying to make that in both 1997 and 1998, Carlton had a top 10 pick in both drafts. I appreciate that some time picks don't come up as you would like, but to have stuffed up on both Massie and Vance really shows where Carlton lacks.

To even get one quality player from either one of those picks would have been good, but to lose out on both of them is pretty disappointing.