No Priority Picks in 2012.

[philthy05]

Gee I would've thought anyone capable of basic reading comprehension would figure out that Slatts was saying that you're assuming that they were going to revert to their pre-'06 format. Not that the picks had gone and are returning.

There is no criteria any more. The AFL have said that they will be allocated on a case by case basis. *Melbourne sucking for two or three years in a row may get one. West Coast, plummeting to the bottom for one year, would not.

and since you can obviously read i have to assume you havent bothered to read the thread where slatts has twice said he is glad the picks are gone.

and i was asking where he gets the assumption i assume they are returning in their 06 format? please show me.

lol, and then you make this * statement to finish? the whole thread was started after an article stated they are wiping the slate clean, ie melb sucking the last few years is completely irrelevant if you take the reporters interpretation of it as correct.

 

[philthy05]

I don't they should be in. In any way, shape or form. Early or late. The end. Glad they're gone.

my reading comprehension seems pretty sound dlanod.

 

[philthy05]

my main rage was if you take this reporter at how he has interpreted keanes comments is that next year if essendon finish with 3 wins and port with 5 wins that essendon would be first considered for a pp because the last few years dont count, slate wiped clean. which would be *****d to put it mildly.

this is where i think slatts has got the 06 format thing from.

ive only said that if the bombers have 3 wins and port 5 wins they would be first considered for a pp if the last few years are wiped as per the article.

i dont say they would get one, just would likely be considered first, i dont say where the pick would be. just on that one season they would very likely get considered first. that is in no way me assuming that pp's would be in an 06 format??

 

[.Shotties.]

, and can have first dibs at anyone in their state,who they can keep as rookies.

If by first dibs you mean 'if no one picks them up in the national draft', then youre correct.

 

[Slattery_20]

this is where i think slatts has got the 06 format thing from.

It was.

ive only said that if the bombers have 3 wins and port 5 wins they would be first considered for a pp if the last few years are wiped as per the article.

i dont say they would get one, just would likely be considered first, i dont say where the pick would be. just on that one season they would very likely get considered first. that is in no way me assuming that pp's would be in an 06 format??

If that were to happen, it would be a disgrace.
Would basically be a repeat of Collingwood's season that got them Pendles/Thomas, half the list was off getting surgery by about round 15, after a top 8 finish the year before. IMHO that was the biggest single reason it was changed from the '1 bad year' to '2 bad years' rule; and IMHO your fears about it being brought back, in any way shape or form, are unfounded.

 

[Slattery_20]

and since you can obviously read i have to assume you havent bothered to read the thread where slatts has twice said he is glad the picks are gone.

I'm assuming the AFL will be very, very conservative with them.
Not hand them out to clubs that have made a conscious decision to go all out after youth, and are struggling with a lot of young bodies (so Dees, GC, GWS).
And not hand them out to clubs that've just had a bunch of old successful guys retire (eg Dogs, or Port 2-3 years ago) either.
Which would not leave many.

And I'm assuming there will be certain criteria, whether that's publicised or not. Whether that's 5 wins, or 60%, or whatever.


In short, I doubt we'll see them often.
Maybe once a decade.
Good as gone.

 

[dlanod]

I'm only expecting them for sustained badness. So in the last ten years probably only Carlton and Melbourne would have qualified for one, and the AFL would be doling them out very infrequently (get one one year, don't improve... still not getting two in a row for continued shitness).

 

[Slattery_20]

Why on earth would they give picks to Carlton - after putting them into that mess in the first place, by taking a whole draft off them?

 

[dlanod]

Why on earth would they give picks to Carlton - after putting them into that mess in the first place, by taking a whole draft off them?

Well they still let them keep their 2003 priority pick, but aside from that I was more referring to Carlton's run of '05-'07 at the bottom of the table. They received two priority picks in that period, one in '05 and one in '07. My guess would be that if the current rules were in place, the AFL might still have granted them one in either '06 or '07 (but probably only one).

 

[Slattery_20]

I think you're right.

 

[Kickpuncher]

After whats gone on with us in the past week surely we'd be in contention for a priority pick.

 

[IanW]

After whats gone on with us in the past week surely we'd be in contention for a priority pick.

Get Buddha to phone Choco, and ask if Chad or Broges is ready to be an assistant. Then offer your second for our third, fourth, fifth and any players we're going to cut.

Then try and trade down in the first for another second.

And send someone over to the AFL Combine in Los Angeles, ideally Brogan, and see if you can find a couple of International Rookie with two of height, leap and pace.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I for one hope the AFL Commission don't bring back priority picks.

 

[Sunny_]

Can the AFL go back on what they said?

Didn't they state categorically that no club would receive a PP at the end of this year? Port clearly need one, so it would be interesting to see what happens there.

 

[IanW]

Can the AFL go back on what they said?

Didn't they state categorically that no club would receive a PP at the end of this year? Port clearly need one, so it would be interesting to see what happens there.

They dont need a priority pick. They need what got done to the Swans - to be taken under the administration of the AFL for a while, have their front and back office rebuilt, and then be sold to their membership.

 

[philthy05]

lol i reckon we need what just about every other club already has,

which is our own reserves team and not to spend our money bank-rolling the state competition.

of course thats not gonna happen. we will continue on shackled as always.

 

[philthy05]

ild take our own reserves team over ten priority picks to be honest. i think it means that much to have your team actually playing and training together.