Greg Miller...how do you feel??

[Sausage roll]

The man who oversaw the taking of tambling instead of buddy....how do you feel Greg?

Can't imagine Tambling ever doing that in a final!

Greg was also the man who thought JON was a no 8 draft pick.

Thank goodness he is gone .

 

[blxx]

YAWN............. sorry did you say something?

 

[Sausage roll]

YAWN............. sorry did you say something?

Yes and you replied!

 

[PHX]

Probably about the same as the Bulldogs do this morning given they passed on him too.

 

[froars]

Actually the Hawks did too
Your point?

 

[sprockets]

Franklin went at pick five, which means that there were four players picked ahead of him. Were Hawthorn stupid for not taking him with their first pick (pick two)? If they believed he was so good they'd have taken him at number two, but they didn't. They've been lucky.

 

[bloodiedtiger]

it is laughable how the rfc missed buddy at pick 1. no offence to deledio but buddy is by far the best, and when we had 1st pick , and a kid of buddys size and atheletic ability along with skill comes along and we by pass him not once but twice is laughable

rfc is and always will be a joke until they get rid of all the salesmen and put real quality footy ppl in place

miller is the 1st salesmen gone, terry and his ex bulldog gang better be next

 

[froars]

Franklin went at pick five, which means that there were four players picked ahead of him. Were Hawthorn stupid for not taking him with their first pick (pick two)? If they believed he was so good they'd have taken him at number two, but they didn't. They've been lucky.

Hawthorn apparently knew we wanted Roughead so they took the gamble with him and hoped no-one picked up Franklin in the meantime.
Very big gamble and they were stupid enough to be criticised as well.

 

[bloodiedtiger]

Franklin went at pick five, which means that there were four players picked ahead of him. Were Hawthorn stupid for not taking him with their first pick (pick two)? If they believed he was so good they'd have taken him at number two, but they didn't. They've been lucky.

hawks were not lucky, they knew we would get deledio and blingers and knew the dogs committed to griffen

the hawks played us all and the rfc and the bulldogs are just damn stupid

 

[hougie]

it is laughable how the rfc missed buddy at pick 1. no offence to deledio but buddy is by far the best, and when we had 1st pick , and a kid of buddys size and atheletic ability along with skill comes along and we by pass him not once but twice is laughable

rfc is and always will be a joke until they get rid of all the salesmen and put real quality footy ppl in place

miller is the 1st salesmen gone, terry and his ex bulldog gang better be next

It could also be considered laughable to identify the talent of players 5 years into the future.

Tambling was a better underage player than Franklin. Simple. Bling was meant to go at 2 and we were all stoked to get him at 4, I have never been able to buy into this Tambling/Franklin bullshit because we made the right call at the time.

Retrospect is a wonderful thing, but it can't be used in drafting. Tambling's attitude and potential ability were rated higher back in 04, and Franklin had concerns over his mental state but has managed to flourish at AFL level as some players do. You can't pinpoint which personalities will fit in at AFL.

Tambling it seems, is not one that does fit in all that well - bad luck, but not bad drafting.

 

[SolidTiger]

it is laughable how the rfc missed buddy at pick 1. no offence to deledio but buddy is by far the best, and when we had 1st pick , and a kid of buddys size and atheletic ability along with skill comes along and we by pass him not once but twice is laughable

rfc is and always will be a joke until they get rid of all the salesmen and put real quality footy ppl in place

miller is the 1st salesmen gone, terry and his ex bulldog gang better be next

Wow, with your 20/20 hindsight you should be Richmonds recruiter.

Us picking up Tambling does not bother me too much. If he wasn't compared to Franklin then he is a reasonable player. He is better than most other players picked after pick 7 in that draft.

The decision that Miller made which really peeves me off is selecting JON at pick 8.

 

[Heisenberg_]

hawks were not lucky, they knew we would get deledio and blingers and knew the dogs committed to griffen

the hawks played us all and the rfc and the bulldogs are just damn stupid

You do not know what you are talking about.
We would have been a laughing stock if we didn't take Brett Deledio at pick 1, he was a lock for that spot about a year before the draft took place
Hawthorn took Roughead at 2 hoping we would take Franklin at 4 because everybody knew the dogs were taking Griffen at three thus leaving Tambling at 5 for Hawthorn to take.
Nobody was to know that Franklin would turn out this good.
just STFU about things you clearly have no clue about.

 

[froars]

hawks were not lucky, they knew we would get deledio and blingers and knew the dogs committed to griffen

That's wrong X
I missed the beginning of the interview, so I don't know who they were talking to, but there was a Hawthorn bloke on SEN who said they knew we wanted Roughead because we had been wining and dining him, so they went for him first and gambled on Franklin still being there.
So at least three clubs effed up on Buddy, including his own club

 

[bloodiedtiger]

i have no idea? hahaha i must be greg miller

 

[acr2751]

are we going to spend 10 more years of crying over spilt milk, maybe its time to move on or go follow hawthorn.

 

[froars]

i have no idea? hahaha i must be greg miller

I didn't say I thought you had no idea, X, although sometimes I wonder
I'm just telling you what I heard.

 

[SolidTiger]

i have no idea? hahaha i must be greg miller

I agree with that.

 

[bloodiedtiger]

That's wrong X
I missed the beginning of the interview, so I don't know who they were talking to, but there was a Hawthorn bloke on SEN who said they knew we wanted Roughead because we had been wining and dining him, so they went for him first and gambled on Franklin still being there.
So at least three clubs effed up on Buddy, including his own club

thats true moi

heard that also, but the hawks rolled the dice, called the bluff and we fell for it. the tigers should have then gone for buddy once roughy was gone.

yes hindsight is a wonderful thing, and i do believe that tambling will be a star and i do belive our list is promising. but i am just being realistic, we botched up, but we move on and work with what we have. we just have to make sure we dont botch up again, bevqauae history shows we make massive mistakes at most drafts and trades. these stuff ups stall our progress, and i think march and the board have finally woken up thus have made changes

lets hope from now on we make no more mistakes as the next draft is very important to our future

 

[_RT_]

it is laughable how the rfc missed buddy at pick 1. no offence to deledio but buddy is by far the best, and when we had 1st pick , and a kid of buddys size and atheletic ability along with skill comes along and we by pass him not once but twice is laughable

rfc is and always will be a joke until they get rid of all the salesmen and put real quality footy ppl in place

miller is the 1st salesmen gone, terry and his ex bulldog gang better be next

Hindsight is great, I use it every Sunday morning, I tell myself why didn't I pick last nights Lotto numbers when I just knew they would come up.

Care to tell us now who we should have taken in this years draft that we wont take because they are not rated as highly as the kid we will take. At least that way I know which players to keep an eye out for come 2013.

As it has already been pointed out the Hawks overlooked Buddy the first time around as well and took a gamble that we would go with Tambling, who they were just as keen to get as we were. The fact they took Roughead first indicates that they had their doubts over Franklin. Fortunately for them it panned out, but could you imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and their gamble backfired.

 

[PHX]

hawks were not lucky, they knew we would get deledio and blingers and knew the dogs committed to griffen

the hawks played us all and the rfc and the bulldogs are just damn stupid

Hilarious X. Simply hilarious.

Dont talk about shit in hindsight you know nothing about. Biggest poser I've ever come across.

 

[bloodiedtiger]

I didn't say I thought you had no idea, X, although sometimes I wonder
I'm just telling you what I heard.

iknow you didnt say that , i was replying to another tool who said i had no idea, sorry moi , that reply was not towards you

 

[PHX]

thats true moi

heard that also, but the hawks rolled the dice, called the bluff and we fell for it. the tigers should have then gone for buddy once roughy was gone.

Well if you heard it, it must be true!

 

[froars]

iknow you didnt say that , i was replying to another tool who said i had no idea, sorry moi , that reply was not towards you

Apology accepted Mr G

 

[bloodiedtiger]

Hilarious X. Simply hilarious.

Dont talk about shit in hindsight you know nothing about. Biggest poser I've ever come across.

and you are fantastic, aero bar!

 

[bloodiedtiger]

Apology accepted Mr G

thankyou ms ? sh!