Lets just have a look at what we have agreed to here. A bottom aged kid with a bit of promise , that has been judged by better people than us as being worthy of being in the train squad for Vic Country. For this we will use a very late pick that is hardly a super risk.
Is he outstanding , No , thats why no other club bid on him. If he was obviously in the best 20-40 kids they would have as some one did with Daniher. Next year he may well have developed and be better so to pick him this year is tactically smart. Put him in our system and lets see how good he can get.The bidding system has one thing going for it. That if he does really come along just like Gary or Scarlo , there can be no moaning about bargains.
Really this year has not really proved the worth of the new bidding system. 3 Father Sons , two not outstanding and a third who was worth around about what he would have cost in the previous system. The real test will be the next time there is a Hawkins or a Murphy. I can not see any advantage to them being dominant at the U18 level. Hawkins was probably around P20 ish before the Camps ,he hadn't played a heap of of TAC there was questions on his size contributing to his performance. After the Champs he was #1 or close to it. Surely a club that has no problems not winning 11 games in a row , will have no issues with telling a kid to play doggo.
So for mine the jury's out till the next gun FS comes up and we see how it pans out.