List Mgmt. Most annoying drafting/trading decisions by your club

[Chaisa]

Yeah but that includes the top 3 picks that year. No one would have picked Grundy in the top 3 that year. It would be unreasonable to complain about that.

I know they're mostly armchair experts, but reading through the Draft Watcher threads at the time suggests it isn't true. He was seen by most as an A-grade talent, just slid because of club needs and a perception of poorly interviewing.

 

[Boristown]

Not my club, but surprised no one has mentioned Billings over Bont.

Saints basically handed the Dogs a flag with that decision.

 

[Yojimbo]

Not my club, but surprised no one has mentioned Billings over Bont.

Saints basically handed the Dogs a flag with that decision.

Bontempelli was astute drafting, pretty sure he was ranked 10-15 by most watchers.

 

[CarnTheSAINTERS]

Not my club, but surprised no one has mentioned Billings over Bont.

Saints basically handed the Dogs a flag with that decision.

Billings is still a quality player, and botempelli was a 50/50 option. We‘ve had some much worse drafting decisions made recently....

 

[PAFC_1870]

Il

I'll raise that. Melbourne overlooked Fyfe 4 times! None of those four are on our list and only one (Scully) is still in the league.

Fair

All ours aren't on the list, only 1 is playing, Pittard

 

[Falcon27]

If the cost is minimal, why is it annoying?

Essendon got involved in a trade using pick 16 that it didn’t need to. Williams was a sh!t down hill skier at Hawthorn, and he was even sh!tter at Essendon.
What relevance is cost anyway when drafting and trading is been compared? Drafting doesn’t cost anything either, only damage to reputation.

 

[_Mike_]

Going back a bit

- Allen Jackovich - Good in his day but when drafted was spent and unfit with a long time out of footy. Did very little upon his return
- Jordan McMahon in the 2000 draft @ #10, could have gone for Burgoyne or D Kerr instead

 

[Sweet Jesus]

What relevance is cost anyway when drafting and trading is been compared? Drafting doesn’t cost anything either, only damage to reputation.

Seriously? The earlier the pick, the higher the cost. Getting it wrong with pick 1 is way worse than getting it wrong with pick 70. Likewise, coughing up big time in a bad trade is worse than a cheap trade that didn't deliver.

Not sure what "reputation" you're worried about. People laughing about it on the internet?

 

[Tbonefreo]

Jayden Pitt over Jack Darling probably cost us a flag.

Jack Darling would of cost us a flag

 

[Tbonefreo]

Trading Paul Medhurst and pick 8 for Tarrant has to be the worst.

Not only was Medhurst a favourite player of mine, and the coach mid year said he wouldn't be traded, absolutley stung.

I was happy he played well at Collingwood, got AA and an Anzac medal. I just have no idea why we traded him. Tarrant was a flog and left back to Collingwood anyway

 

[jesterwester]

Jayden Pitt over Jack Darling probably cost us a flag.

I remember tracking that draft on my phone, couldn’t believe Darling was still on the board for you to pick him up; then was so shocked when you chose Pitt over him.

Although to be fair, he was a good pick, it’s a shame that he wasn’t able to continue. He was a classy player. And would have been a useful player off the wing in that 2013 side.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Nup, can’t think of any.

 

[WillHayward]

Jackson Hately >>>>>> Nick Blakey

 

[RonnieRaven]

Anthony morabito with pick 4 in 2009.
We got Fyfe at 20 but Gunston went at 29 would of been very handy 2012-2015.

 

[Falcon27]

Anthony morabito with pick 4 in 2009.
We got Fyfe at 20 but Gunston went at 29 would of been very handy 2012-2015.

Gunstan would have done a runner just like he did from Adelaide

 

[RonnieRaven]

Gunstan would have done a runner just like he did from Adelaide

Very true

 

[Magma]

our trade with collective minds hasnt worked out

 

[My Tilly]

Going back a bit

- Allen Jackovich - Good in his day but when drafted was spent and unfit with a long time out of footy. Did very little upon his return
- Jordan McMahon in the 2000 draft @ #10, could have gone for Burgoyne or D Kerr instead

Never realized he went to Footscray until you mentioned it.

What a prodigious talent he was.
Just looking at his stats, he was also listed at 187cm tall. He always looked much shorter than that but was very stocky in build.
208 goals from only 54 games and close to 6 marks per game. Shame he never had the desire to be as good as what he could have been.

 

[HeHateMe]

Accepting Pick 23 for Brad Hill, was livid at the time. Even more so now.

 

[JohnZ]

Mumford. Cost of '13, probably '16 and '19

 

[NakedDeadGuy]

2000 traded pick 11 for Justin Murphy. Absolute dog of a bloke, who was then traded away the year after.
With that pick 11 we “could” have taken Shaun Burgoyne who went at 12.
Got him away from the club the year after for pick 23 who we used to take Charlie Gardiner. It’s hard to knock the cats haul that year (Bartel, Johnson, Ablett, Kelly), but theoretically that pick 23 could have been Sam Mitchell/Leigh Montagna.

 

[TheBigLeftBoot]

2000 traded pick 11 for Justin Murphy. Absolute dog of a bloke, who was then traded away the year after.
With that pick 11 we “could” have taken Shaun Burgoyne who went at 12.
Got him away from the club the year after for pick 23 who we used to take Charlie Gardiner. It’s hard to knock the cats haul that year (Bartel, Johnson, Ablett, Kelly), but theoretically that pick 23 could have been Sam Mitchell/Leigh Montagna.

Geelong were taking Gardiner at Pick 24 anyway. Murphy was effectively traded for Johnson as the second of back to back picks. Even if we did take Burgoyne at 11 in the previous draft, Johnson was a better player than Burgoyne when Geelong were in contention between 2007-2013

 

[Dark Avenger]

Never realized he went to Footscray until you mentioned it.

What a prodigious talent he was.
Just looking at his stats, he was also listed at 187cm tall. He always looked much shorter than that but was very stocky in build.
208 goals from only 54 games and close to 6 marks per game. Shame he never had the desire to be as good as what he could have been.

Stats look even better if you only include the games for Melbourne. 47 games for 201 goals. Was never really a great overhead mark but was a typical full forward who was good at leading.

 

[Ricmel]

Where do I start. Easier to name the one draft choice that wasn't annoying in the last 20 years - Nick Reiwoldt.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

2 x first rounders for a bloke that now thinks he’s Pro Hart would be up there

*, this made me snort booze through my nose. * you.

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