Skippos phantom draft thoughts on Pickett below
"Pick 8 - West Coast: Jarrod Pickett (WA, MID)
180cm, 68kg, 18/8/96
Range: Top 10
Style: Lewis Jetta
Comparison: Leroy Jetta
Other options: Jordan De Goey, Jayden Laverde, Jake Lever, Paul Ahern, Hugh Goddard, Lachie Weller
Highlights
I think this is a bit of a no-brainer. With West Coast's post Judd record of drafting local and Pickett also being the type of player they desperately need, if he's there I think they'll snaffle him up. He's incredibly fast and has well above average agility and despite his slender frame is more than happy to take on tacklers and use his agility and evasion to run further. He's just exciting in the same way Lewis Jetta is when he gets the ball. His kick when in space is penetrating and accurate. It just all seems so effortless and he's someone that can break open games and excite fans on his day. But it ends there, there's a lot not to like.
Pickett wouldn't know the inside of a contest if it hit him on the face and every possession he earns is fed to him on a spoon. Despite that, he has no interest to work to receive the ball and as such only receives it when things come together, just no work rate. A good few of his possessions are cheap one-twos which further inflate his disposal count. With someone so capable of breaking open a game he really needs to accumulate the ball more and have a bit more quantity to go with his quality. However it's something I just don't see happening; at the junior level he hasn't worked to get the ball and as is the case with these types i can't see it all coming together at AFL level. Defensively he's borderline offensive. The best way to describe it is that he shakes his opponent's hand to start the game and doesn't see him again and to me that has a far more detrimental effect on his team than the positive effect his limited disposals do. If Pickett wants to get away with being such a one way runner then he needs to take advantage of that and accumulate more, because either he's going to keep on doing that and be detrimental to his side or he's going to start defending and have less time to accumulate and kick chase and as such possess the ball less. As much as his good is great I just have very little faith in him to dominate at the next level. That said, if everything comes together and he gains a work rate, watch out."
Seems Skippos has reservations about Pickett too - liked the bit in red. Gave me a good laugh.