Drafting Presti!

[The Dawes]

1995 was a pretty ordinary draft;

Player Recruited By Recruited From Games
1. Clive Waterhouse Fremantle` Port Adelaide 11+
2. Matthew Primus Fitzroy Norwood 20
3. Brendon Fewster West Coast West Perth 3+
4. Scott Bamford Fitzroy North Adelaide 22
5. Brendan Krummel Hawthorn Fremantle 11+
6. Daniel Healy St. Kilda Central Districts 1+
7. Ben Edwards Fremantle Claremont 0
8. Jared Crouch Sydney Norwood 0+
9. Allen Jakovich Footscray Melbourne 7
10. Simon Prestigiacomo Collingwood Northern (U18) 12+
11. Don Cockatoo-Collins Melbourne Port Adelaide 2+
12. Andrew Gowling Brisbane South Adelaide 0+
13. Brad Rowe Fremantle Collingwood 8
14. Luke Trew West Coast Murray (U18) 0
15. Darren Wheildon Essendon West Adelaide 0
16. Shane Clayton Fitzroy Bendigo (U18) 13
17. Scott Welsh Nth Melbourne West Adelaide 1+
18. Brent Williams Adelaide Prahran (U18) 0+
19. Barry Hall St. Kilda Murray (U18) 4+
20. Nick Carter Fitzroy Bendigo (U18) 17
21. Clinton King Sydney Eastern (U18) 5+
22. Joe McLaren St. Kilda Geelong (U18) 11+
23. Jay Burton Fremantle Fremantle 0
24. Paul Licuria Sydney Northern (U18) 0+
25. Daniel Chick Hawthorn East Fremantle 22+
26. Chris Groom Nth Melbourne Fremantle 0+
27. Kane Johnson Adelaide Eastern (U18) 2+
28. Nicholas Trask Brisbane Eastern (U18) 0
29. Todd Curley Footscray East Perth 18+
30. Craig Smoker West Coast West Perth 0+
31. Andrew Ukovic Essendon Geelong (U18) 0+
32. Sam McFarlane Nth Melbourne Subiaco 2+
33. Jason Snell Geelong Eastern (U18) 3+
34. Brad Smith Richmond Claremont 0+
35. Andrew Lamb St. Kilda Murray (U18) 0+
36. Scott Grainger Hawthorn Northern (U18) 0+
37. Jason Cripps St. Kilda Central (U18) 11+
38. Glenn Kilpatrick Geelong West Adelaide 11+
39. Luke Godden Collingwood Northern (U18) 0+
40. Ryan Grinter St. Kilda Geelong (U18) 0+
41. Troy Johnson Brisbane South Fremantle 2
42. Mark West Footscray South Adelaide 4+
43. Jonson Clifton West Coast Swan Districts 0+
44. Scott Hodges Adelaide Port Adelaide 2
45. Ben Moore Richmond Glenelg 4+
46. Brent Harvey Nth Melbourne Northern (U18) 1+
47. Darren Milburn Geelong Calder (U18) 0+
48. Ronald Burns Geelong St. Marys, NT 21+
49. Brad Cassidy Fitzroy Fremantle 14+
50. Kane Fraser Hawthorn Eastern (U18) 2+
51. Tony Campbell Footscray Footscray 8
52. Adam Ugrinic Adelaide SA Eagles 0+
53. Adam Ansell Hawthorn West Adelaide 0+
54. Mark Bradly Melbourne East Fremantle 0+
55. Daniel Bradshaw Brisbane Wodonga 3+
56. Paul Whitelaw West Coast West Perth 0+
57. Peter Berbakov Essendon Glenelg 17+
58. Ewan Thompson Richmond Northern (U18) 0+
59. Darren O'Brien Melbourne West Perth 13+
60. Daniel Lowther Geelong Northen (U18) 0+
61. Adrian Burdon Carlton Tasmania (U18) 0
62. Jacob Anstey Carlton Tuggeranong (ACT) 0+
63. Matthew Carr Collingwood East Fremantle 0
64. Eric Lissenden Nth Melbourne Warragul (VCFL) 2
65. Neil Marshall West Coast Claremont 0+
66. Michael Raidis Richmond Glenelg 0
67. Brady Anderson Geelong East Perth 0
68. Daniel Marshall Carlton Dandenong (U18) 0
69. Ashley Fernee Adelaide Calder (U18) 2+
70. Jason Bevan Collingwood South Adelaide 0+
71. Ashley Gehling Melbourne Dandenong (U18) 0
72. Stuart Lamond Geelong SA Eagles 0+
73. Mark Bradley Collingwood Gippsland (U18) 0
74. Clint Bizzell Geelong Kedron Grange (Qld) 4+
75. Ben Kemp Collingwood Norwood 0
76. Steven Pitt Collingwood Norwood 13

Been wanting to say this for 13 years...

What on earth were Collingwood thinking, taking 4 of the last 7 picks in that draft? Pitt played some handy games, but seriously FFS?

Even Hine would struggle to pick decent players at that stage of a draft.

No wonder our drafting record was a gloop of sloppy shit in those years, Presti notwithstanding.

And we still managed to miss Bizzell the only decent player in the last dozen picks.....

 

[4#Didak#4]

Looking at that line up we did pretty well in drafting Presti, he has been a valueable player. He is the best player out of the top 10 and probably only rate Harvey, Hall & Milburn as better than him in the entire draft.

Just becasue we drafted him as a forward doesn't mean anything. Ling was recruited as a full forward now he is the best tagger in the business.