Draft: Michael Hurley

[fishguts]

A good midfield is the best defence.

 

[Thrust]

given we've obtained prismall it makes perfect sense to draft either hurley or trengove at 5 and a midfielder/utility at 23.

It doesn't actually, Prismall might be a piece of the puzzle but he will not be an elite midfielder. I hope we just go best available personally whether that be a midfielder or KPP

 

[Colin D'Cops]

A good midfield is the best defence.

Right on the money there fishguts.

 

[Jono B]

A good midfield is the best defence.

Then what happened in GF day?

 

[Enki]

Then what happened in GF day?

Geelong's forward line let them down.

 

[Smyth94]

Geelong's forward line let them down.

Quality tall forwards = premierships

 

[Phat Toni]

I think the improvement in Hooker from the start of the year to the end has been greater than everyone of last years draftees. Im happy to admit that I wrote him off way too early and agree that he will make a more than handy KP player for the club. Has shown more than Daniher IMO.




I am thinking the same thing but would rather us get a gun midfielder.

I agree, Hooker has shown a lot more than Daniher but I am not going to right Daniher off yet, I like the way he plays, he is a thinking mans footballer.

Daniher = not overly quick, very good reader of the play, remind you of anybody?

 

[Smyth94]

I agree, Hooker has shown a lot more than Daniher but I am not going to right Daniher off yet, I like the way he plays, he is a thinking mans footballer.

Daniher = not overly quick, very good reader of the play, remind you of anybody?

Darcy also missed a fair chunk of the pre-season, so he was always starting behind the 8 ball.

 

[bomberstomake8]

to be honest i have now gone completely off drafting hurley with our first pick unless his reported sprint figures at draft camp are wrong, i think he will really struggle in the afl.
imo its a lot easier to get away with lack of speed at a junior level then the afl. a lot of the kicks are longer, higher and to more one on one contests, you dont see players really chipping balls in short to leading forwards and you dont see many players doing pin point passes onto players chests. compare watts sprint times to hurleys and i just dont think the best defender in this draft would be able to maintain the best forward in the draft when its at afl level and midfeilders are hitting the forwards on the chest. imo hurley will slide a fair bit down the draft if his draft camp results are true.

sidebottom/ziebell to essendon.

 

[Unieeq]

two words.. one name.. one future SUPERSTAR

HAMISH HARTLETT!!

 

[aaronm46]

noo pick Ziebell, i want Hartlett

 

[suspect1]

Now heres something that might be of interest to all those hurley bashers i am an absolute fan of the man . He's been all aust 2 years running in the hardest spot on the ground has had stuff all kicked on him is a great mark kick reader of the ball can play forwards or back kick an absolute mile what pray tell else can the bloke do !! He's beaten everyone he's played on for the last 2 years .
Now for the ranters of draft camp and it's " apparent meaning" heres some facts you may be interested in

sidebottom - 2nd in the 3km time trial .
3rd in the beep 14.5

Fantastic

Hurley didnt do the beep or agility suspecting he's injured.did 59 sec behind sidebottom in the 3km trial

sidebottom in med def groupat draft camp Hurley in large defender group.

sidebottom (5m )slowest time in group hurley .o6 quicker
10m sidebottom worst in group hurley .12 quicker
20 m sidebottom worst in group Hurley .11 quicker
repeat sprint side bottom 3rd slowest hurley .31 slower.

Now given sidebottoms beeps 3km and repeat trial was fantastic you'd argue he's very very fit .
Hurley beats him for speed in the sprints.He's 11 kgs heavier than him and nowhere near as fit .
Given this i would make a very very good case for hurley over sidebottom and the rest

If you take any notice of times at draft camp !!!

For mine hurley is an outstanding player worthy of a top 5 selection he has class all over him . imagine if he was let to play chf in the nationals things may have been a whole lot different.

watts nat rich vickery hurley the rest .

 

[Hirdman]

Now heres something that might be of interest to all those hurley bashers i am an absolute fan of the man . He's been all aust 2 years running in the hardest spot on the ground has had stuff all kicked on him is a great mark kick reader of the ball can play forwards or back kick an absolute mile what pray tell else can the bloke do !! He's beaten everyone he's played on for the last 2 years .
Now for the ranters of draft camp and it's " apparent meaning" heres some facts you may be interested in

sidebottom - 2nd in the 3km time trial .
3rd in the beep 14.5

Fantastic

Hurley didnt do the beep or agility suspecting he's injured.did 59 sec behind sidebottom in the 3km trial

sidebottom in med def groupat draft camp Hurley in large defender group.

sidebottom (5m )slowest time in group hurley .o6 quicker
10m sidebottom worst in group hurley .12 quicker
20 m sidebottom worst in group Hurley .11 quicker
repeat sprint side bottom 3rd slowest hurley .31 slower.

Now given sidebottoms beeps 3km and repeat trial was fantastic you'd argue he's very very fit .
Hurley beats him for speed in the sprints.He's 11 kgs heavier than him and nowhere near as fit .
Given this i would make a very very good case for hurley over sidebottom and the rest

If you take any notice of times at draft camp !!!

For mine hurley is an outstanding player worthy of a top 5 selection he has class all over him . imagine if he was let to play chf in the nationals things may have been a whole lot different.

watts nat rich vickery hurley the rest .

Very good post, we appreciate your input. Also lets not forget if we draft Hurley that gives us Ryder, Pears, Hurley + Daniher, Hooker if required. All young all have shown varying degrees of promise and we should be set in the back half for 10 years. Lets not do what we did to poor Fletcher and never had a viable succession plan until the last 2 years of his career.

 

[ant555]

Now heres something that might be of interest to all those hurley bashers i am an absolute fan of the man . He's been all aust 2 years running in the hardest spot on the ground has had stuff all kicked on him is a great mark kick reader of the ball can play forwards or back kick an absolute mile what pray tell else can the bloke do !! He's beaten everyone he's played on for the last 2 years .

Hurley bashers I don't see where anyone has bashed him.
All that has been done is comment on his 20 meter sprint time which was average. No one has put any doubt on his ability.

Hurley didnt do the beep or agility suspecting he's injured.did 59 sec behind sidebottom in the 3km trial

Not great but given he is a tall KPP acceptable.

sidebottom in med def groupat draft camp Hurley in large defender group.

sidebottom (5m )slowest time in group hurley .o6 quicker
10m sidebottom worst in group hurley .12 quicker
20 m sidebottom worst in group Hurley .11 quicker
repeat sprint side bottom 3rd slowest hurley .31 slower.

You care to explain this again in English
I presume you are quoting repeat sprint time figures.

Now given sidebottoms beeps 3km and repeat trial was fantastic you'd argue he's very very fit .
Hurley beats him for speed in the sprints.He's 11 kgs heavier than him and nowhere near as fit .
Given this i would make a very very good case for hurley over sidebottom and the rest
If you take any notice of times at draft camp !!!

Using figures for repaet sprint times does not help Hurley catch Fev or Buddy in the first 20 meters which is what the question mark has always been.
Sidebottoms repeat sprint times are irrelevent. He does not have to play the whole game trying to stop leads. He finds the ball.

For mine hurley is an outstanding player worthy of a top 5 selection he has class all over him . imagine if he was let to play chf in the nationals things may have been a whole lot different.

I dont doubt he is an outstanding player. If you had bothered to read the draft reviews i had done you would see that i rate him. He could still be an outstanding player and not get drafted in the top 8.
I have already mentioned that he may have to make it as a CHF and given he has had some good results playing there it is a chance.

watts nat rich vickery hurley the rest.

Your opinion.
BBy the way you are not just a huge fan are you. How are you related ?

 

[yaco55]

ANT555 has always stated that Hurley's draft camp results would determine how high he is rated or drafted.

I suspect that Ant555 would rate Hurley in the top 6 if his 20m sprint time was 3sec or less

ANT555 has been very consistent in expressing the view that EFC should select the best available player at Selection 5.

We can deduce that ANT555 doesn't rate Hurley in his TOP 5 players.

 

[ant555]

ANT555 has always stated that Hurley's draft camp results would determine how high he is rated or drafted.

I suspect that Ant555 would rate Hurley in the top 6 if his 20m sprint time was 3sec or less

ANT555 has been very consistent in expressing the view that EFC should select the best available player at Selection 5.

We can deduce that ANT555 doesn't rate Hurley in his TOP 5 players.

And if all of my predictions are even 60% right i will be more than happy

As far as Hurls goes chances are he could well make it as a super CHF and his 20 meter sprint time will improve in an AFL system with focus on that area.
The clubs will work it out. I still think he will go first round. There are plenty of rumours around suggesting that either Port, us or Carlton will take him.
The only thing that has changed is he has slipped down a few postions in my rankings and i was always in favour of picking a midfielder first before draft camp.

 

[TheDon35]

two words.. one name.. one future SUPERSTAR

HAMISH HARTLETT!!

Agree with that 100%.

I hate the though of drafting a bloke as key defender with a top 5 selection. Drafting tall defenders is just so speculative. Even more so than drafting tall forwards or Ruckmen.

Hartlett has all the goods and with another early pick and late pick in the nat draft and early pick in the pre-season draft we can still add some tall timber to the list.

Go for Hartlett!!!!!!!!!

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Hartlett or Swift, and if Swift is not chosen (he is the one I want) then I'd pick Hartlett as he has a bit of X Factor about him and apart from Reimers we don't have many midfielders that break lines.

 

[AndyLesPaul]

Hartlett or Swift, and if Swift is not chosen (he is the one I want) then I'd pick Hartlett as he has a bit of X Factor about him and apart from Reimers we don't have many midfielders that break lines.

honestly, swift iis not a top 5 pick.

hes a last first rounder/early second rounder.

Sidebottom all the way.

 

[jetta2davey]

apparently we spent longer than the average interview time at the draft camp talking to Yarran, hopefully we don't let him slip.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

honestly, swift iis not a top 5 pick.

hes a last first rounder/early second rounder.

Sidebottom all the way.

How many times have you seen either of them play?

 

[AndyLesPaul]

How many times have you seen either of them play?

*changes subject*

never, but from what i've read from quite a reliable source
is that sidebottoms good
and swift is almost definately not top 5

 

[Burzum]

I was worried about his sprint time, but after a couple of discussions with some people I've decided I'm back on the bandwagon.

Hurley has always been my favourite player in the draft (after Rich ) but that speed time was a worry. Maybe that wasn't the test for him because he doesn't look that slow out on the field. IIRC Rioli only ran around the 2.97 mark and he's one of the quickest out there.

I believe he beat Watts in a game earlier this year and Watts ran around the low 2.8.

There's so much talent that will be available with our pick you can't really go wrong.

 

[Smyth94]

I was worried about his sprint time, but after a couple of discussions with some people I've decided I'm back on the bandwagon.

Hurley has always been my favourite player in the draft (after Rich ) but that speed time was a worry. Maybe that wasn't the test for him because he doesn't look that slow out on the field. IIRC Rioli only ran around the 2.97 mark and he's one of the quickest out there.

I believe he beat Watts in a game earlier this year and Watts ran around the low 2.8.

There's so much talent that will be available with our pick you can't really go wrong.

I agree and I've been guilty of fixating on his sprint result far too much.

This guy's left boot is better than most of the draftee's right peg and that isn't an understatement.

Also his ferocity at the contest and will to win is something that I love about him.

 

[Sigmund]

I was worried about his sprint time, but after a couple of discussions with some people I've decided I'm back on the bandwagon.

Hurley has always been my favourite player in the draft (after Rich ) but that speed time was a worry. Maybe that wasn't the test for him because he doesn't look that slow out on the field. IIRC Rioli only ran around the 2.97 mark and he's one of the quickest out there.

I believe he beat Watts in a game earlier this year and Watts ran around the low 2.8.

There's so much talent that will be available with our pick you can't really go wrong.

Ahh RIG --- you are killing me here.... your confusion is making mine much worse