Our First Draft Choice

[Jack-Packenham]

If the cats decide not to trade any of our young list what can we expect to get with draft choice 16-19 (hopefully 19). Could we get a key forward that late in the first round that is highly rated.

Adam Prior maybe?

Any other ideas

 

[Fall Out Boy]

John Meesen.

If he's gone, simply take the best available player, regardless of position.

 

[GeeCat]

If the cats decide not to trade any of our young list what can we expect to get with draft choice 16-19 (hopefully 19). Could we get a key forward that late in the first round that is highly rated.

Adam Prior maybe?

Any other ideas

Prior isn't worth near our first pick, let alone a first rounder.

I'm with Phat on this one, best available player

 

[nananana catman]

id love to see Jordan Lewis still around at our pick, but I dont think he will be, Messen would be good, but wed have to probably delist a tall.

 

[Lacquer Head]

I agree

best player available

(as long as he is a forward)

 

[Tweak Talent]

i agree with nana that i would love jordan lewis to still be around but barring that i think we should go after a tall.
Thomas Murphy and Heath Grundy are likely to still be around by then.

 

[GeeCat]

best player available

(as long as he is a forward)

Don't both lines contradict each other?

 

[Turbocat]

BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE

It has become a draft day mantra but what does it mean?The best player or the worst player or any players "rating" is different from club to club, recruiter to recruiter.Every year sombody that was touted as a high pick slips to be picked up by others with a late pick or in some case's dont get drafted.The experts that know all these kids,spend years of study on them,interviews,tests,comparisons weighing up their plus's, their minus's and they can mostly agree on the top ten but once we get past the TT its seems to be raffle.In the end its opinion.

What made us go for Andrew Mackie instead of Jason Laycock or Byron Schammer.Why did we draft Tom Lonergan before Jared Rivers.What made us go for James Bartel before Nick DelSanto.Why James Kelly before Matt Maguire?Was it that they were the the best available? Was it,in our judgement that they will end up being the best?How do you try to compare different types of attributes,body shapes, positions anyway?

What factors effect opinion. Ive heard it said that Mick Malthouse likes fat bums, strong bodys, other might like speed , others want athletism, others footbal nous. How does anybody put a value on anything.The draft is like an auction how much are you willing to pay,and that differs from bidder to bidder and their needs. Thousands of kids list, probably a 100 or so think they are real chances to get picked and all clubs get a chance to draft about 80% of that talent.Just like us last year, we wanted Thurley and paid probably a heavy price.Was he the best avlialble?

It would not suprise that we we would rate a particular tall higher than West Coast as our needs would be greater than theirs in that area.Some clubs need youth now so I'd have to say that some players that might be rated as in the 20's or 30's by some clubs might be our first pick because we have no imediate need for youth.Maybe because they are bottom aged and are long termers, maybe because the "rating" has dropped because of injury we can get a player who will end up being the best although not thought of as the best of the rest now.

The obvious defecency in our side now is a strong power KEY forward and I doubt there any U18kids we can draft that can step in and play that role next year.So by all means lets go for OUR best available, whether other clubs ratings think he was the best avilable is another matter?