Drafts Gone By - I was Wrong

[Super Hans]

Wanted Mayes over Macrae, Sharenberg over Bontempelli.

 

[jacob17]

I wanted ollie wines over McRae and KK over the bont.

 

[Dry Rot]

Who was that tall forward flanker who had a great game (debut game) in that ripper draw vs the Bombers? 2002? McGuiness? I thought he would be good.

 

[dogwatch]

I wanted ollie wines over McRae and KK over the bont.

Yeah I wanted Wines ahead of Macrae.

 

[fred cook]

Yeah I wanted Wines ahead of Macrae.

I really really was happy when we drafted Gary Cowton thought he would be a star for us DOH

 

[Dry Rot]

Yeah I wanted Wines ahead of Macrae.

Why is that wrong?

 

[Aldo]

Mayes > Macrae and Aish/Kolodjashnij > Bont the two most recent ones for me.

I'm almost exactly the same. Not that those guys aren't going to be really good players, but I was not a fan of Macrae at all and thought that Kolodjashnij was everything Bontempelli was but better.

 

[dogwatch]

Why is that wrong?

Not wrong. Both are good. Do you think Wines will be the better player over his career? I'm starting to think it'll be Macrae.

 

[Dry Rot]

Not wrong. Both are good. Do you think Wines will be the better player over his career? I'm starting to think it'll be Macrae.

I'd favour Wines now, but it's a good question to revisit in 5+ years.

 

[ossie_21]

After reading through the draft profiles the year we took Howard, I was hoping Aaron Black would fall to our pick but it was expected he would be around the 10 mark.

I was at work but was watching the draft feed on my phone, I was stoked when he was still there. Then Christian Howard popped up, the first player picked that year that didn't have a draft profile you could click on to read up about. Some frantic googling & even then I was wondering wtf we were playing at

 

[Dry Rot]

I was wondering wtf we were playing at

Does anyone know to this day?

 

[#1 Dogs Fan]

Jono Marsh you mean?

Sorry yes.

 

[TempleKelvington]

I was very big on Scharenberg last year but I was also happy to get Bont so not sure I was wrong. It was a strong draft and with pick 4 it was hard to miss no matter what. I remember the year when we drafted Hooper and Panos and I was pretty excited as I liked both of them, especially Hooper who I had seen a bit of as junior.

I think these days with all the information, even we make better calls than we did say 5 years ago. I know more about more players this year than I think I ever have and that's because we have later picks and so the focus broadens. It's why I think the Saints should take McCartin, because they will get 2 quality mids at their picks anyway.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

This is Australia - couldn't

Awesome. Thanks for the correction.

 

[King Harold]

Does anyone know to this day?

One of us has to ask , Vital is our man.
Vital can you ask Dal for me and DR , what was going on in his head when he called out Howard on that fateful day ?

 

[dogwatch]

I was very big on Scharenberg last year but I was also happy to get Bont so not sure I was wrong. It was a strong draft and with pick 4 it was hard to miss no matter what. I remember the year when we drafted Hooper and Panos and I was pretty excited as I liked both of them, especially Hooper who I had seen a bit of as junior.

I think these days with all the information, even we make better calls than we did say 5 years ago. I know more about more players this year than I think I ever have and that's because we have later picks and so the focus broadens. It's why I think the Saints should take McCartin, because they will get 2 quality mids at their picks anyway.

Ahhh yes, now it's all coming back to me. I was beginning to think I had 20/20 foresight. I was stoked in Panos and Hooper. Thought we'd got a couple of steals as they were AAs at junior level IIRC. Especially a FF who could kick accurately from 50+m out. Of course Panos may yet return to AFL ranks in this year's ND but in a different role.

I also was hoping we'd draft Membrey and was surprised we passed him over for Hrovat. Admittedly Hrovat is not a proven winner yet but I'm very bullish about his prospects.

 

[Big Wilbur]

Last year when Tim O'Brien slipped through to our pick I was delirious....all based on some youtube highlights Was incredulous when we read out Hrovat's name. I'm such a numpty.

This year I want;
- D McKenzie
- Menadue
- McDonald
- V-Rainbow
- Keitel

So based on my previous efforts, we will get none of them.

 

[goodcop badcop]

I saw a lot of Tutt before he was drafted and thought he would be a good player.

 

[Dav1d]

I thought Jayden Schofield was going to be a good player for us...

 

[Royale]

I didn't want Bonti over Aish/Scharenberg.

I just thought it was too much of a stretch.

I can honestly say I wanted Macrae once I saw his highlights in the herald sun pick me video series. This is over O'Rourke, Toumpass or anyone else who was likely to be available at our pick.

 

[doggies ftw]

I liked Tuompas

You were a huge fan of Macrae weren't ya? And then on the Bonts wagon nice and early, you're in some good form mate, who do you want this year?

 

[Dav1d]

You were a huge fan of Macrae weren't ya? And then on the Bonts wagon nice and early, you're in some good form mate, who do you want this year?

I thought Bont was Chris Grant II for 2/3 years before he was drafted

but when we picked Macrae I was like, who is that? even though I had watched him before, but that was because I was watching Jaksch who I also really wanted at one of our picks

 

[Zgope1]

You were a huge fan of Macrae weren't ya? And then on the Bonts wagon nice and early, you're in some good form mate, who do you want this year?

Haha yeah I fought the good fight. This years tough- you never can know when it gets to our picks. I'd say Maynard fits the bill the best. Tough as nails, versatile and a big kick, like Webb too because he can do some dirty work but has the size and X factor to become something.

Cheers for remembering though- people can act really loopy at draft time on bf and it really is a struggle to try and get people on board with lesser bf rated players- look at the saints board! It's a fight worth having though because it should be a really optimistic time of year

 

[doggies ftw]

I thought Bont was Chris Grant II for 2/3 years before he was drafted

but when we picked Macrae I was like, who is that? even though I had watched him before, but that was because I was watching Jaksch who I also really wanted at one of our picks

Yeah I remember you wanted Bonts with our 2nd rounder real early in the year, great call!

 

[doggies ftw]

Haha yeah I fought the good fight. This years tough- you never can know when it gets to our picks. I'd say Maynard fits the bill the best. Tough as nails, versatile and a big kick, like Webb too because he can do some dirty work but has the size and X factor to become something.

Cheers for remembering though- people can act really loopy at draft time on bf and it really is a struggle to try and get people on board with lesser bf rated players- look at the saints board! It's a fight worth having though because it should be a really optimistic time of year

Yeah really like Webb, you can just never have too many guys with his skillset and he could easily settle in any part of the ground. Would love to hold out and get him with one of our later picks though. Don't mind Maynard and would be happy with him but there's probably a couple of others I'd prefer at 26/27.

Really like D. McKenzie and Menadue, have this feeling we will pass on Menadue though if he's available, he's really just everything I want to add to our midfield. Obviously has the skills and pace we all want but also the height and versatility we value so highly. When he puts on a bit of weight I see no reason he can't be more than competent enough on the inside to fit in with what we want. Being a dogs fan is a big tick too!

Would be so rapt if Keitel manages to fall to 39, gives us what we lack in either forward line or backline depending on which way we want him to go. McKenzie/Menadue/Keitel/Webb/Neilson would probably be my dream draft at this stage although it will probably change again by Thursday!

Yeah it's definitely a funny time of the year, we've all probably gone a bit over the top at some stage at the end of the day though these guys are paid big money to watch these kids and they'd have plenty of reasons for their decisions, we just have to back them in and hope we develop them right.