Scodog10
Brownlow Medallist
i agree about 2014 although crows did well with Lever and McGovern with later picks.
Not sure how you can say our talent ID is above average when looking at the other drafts. The fact we wanted Aish as soon as we could get our hands on him shows that, injuries aside, that draft will haunt us when it could have made us.
By definition we only need to be in the top 8 clubs in talent ID in a given time frame to be above average. In terms of our ability to find value I would look at the bombs rather than the hits which it’s clear we’ve had.
Since 2012 we’ve bombed on Kennedy, Freeman, Aish, Mayne, Golds and Goodyear. Each other player we’ve selected has given us value or has been impacted by external issues which can’t have been factored in when scouting. That’s a touch over 1 bomb a year. It’s certainly not a perfect record given our poor development, coaching and declining resource investment, but it’s on par with 04-08. The key difference being others have caught us in the other areas and we’ve stagnated.
If we make strides in coaching and development I guarantee the mood will shift on our draft work.
FWIW Melbourne are the challenger out of the 14 draft with Petracca, Brayshaw, ANB, Stretch and McDonald. IMO, we’ll get 600-700 matches from our three barring injury and I can’t see another club matching that output.