Pre-1990 Drafting

[Dave The Man]

1986
Round
Pick
Player
Recruited from
CFC games

1
8
Grantley Fielke
West Adelaide
16

2
21
David Robertson
North Adelaide
17

3
34
Craig Kelly
Norwood
122

4
47
Brendan Hogan
Assumption College
0

5
60
Wayne Tanner
Norwood
0


1987
Round
Pick
Player
Recruited from
CFC games
1
3
Graham Wright
East Devonport
201
2
16
Chris Grumley
Sale
0
3
29
Andrew Pascoe
Norwood
0
4
42
Tim Wilson
North Launceston
0
5
55
Brendan Tranter
Maryborough
8

1988
Round Pick Player Recruited from CFC games 1 11 Mark Bayliss South Fremantle 4 2 25 Colin Alexander Clarence 24 3 39 Scott Russell Sturt 182 4 53 Michael Smith Devonport 0 5 67 Peter Divenuto Sandy Bay 0 6 81 Nick Probert Burnie Hawks 0 7 95 Tony Francis Norwood 142 8 109 Heath Shephard (F/S) Robinvale 11
1989
Draft Round Pick Player Recruited from CFC games Pre-season 11 Murray Wrensted West Coast 10 Pre-season 25 James Pyke Norwood 0 Pre-season 39 John McKay Old Xaverians 0 Pre-season 53 Nick Foley Narrandera 0 National 10 Daryl Groves Maryborough 0 National 22 Matthew Hanrahan Lake Bolac 0 National 24 Michael Styles Glenorchy 0 National 38 Gavin Rose East Perth 0 National 56 Shayne Bennett North Adelaide 0 National 70 Paul M. Williams North Hobart 189 National 82 Troy Lehmann North Adelaide 31 National 84 Mathew Kelly Norwood 0 National 98 Kym Russell Sturt 3 National 106 Ernie Hug (F/S) Sale 0* Draft choices 22 & 82 traded by Sydney for Matthew Ryan
F/S denotes father/son selection

Intresting to see our Drafting was not Terrible we got some Player who played in the 1990 Flag team in:

• Craig Kelly
• Scott Russel
• Tony Francis
• Grahem Wright

So the drafting for the 80's for us was at least better then the 90's


Source Here

 

[Optimax]

Dave we got four out of how many picks?


Anyway drafting in the 80s wasnt an exact science and you will find most of those players were tied to collingwood before we read their names out

 

[Dave The Man]

Anyway drafting in the 80s wasnt an exact science and you will find most of those players were tied to collingwood before we read their names out

Really how where they Tied to the Pies?

 

[Optimax]

Really how where they Tied to the Pies?

Well francis for instance only nominated on teh proviso we drafted him, he had already signed basically

Just like north initially signed buckley before he was drafted, every club basically tampered so everyone got who everyone went after if you had the money ofcourse

 

[Pie eyed]

Dave, didn't you already start this thread or very similar a few weeks ago?
And get the same answers?
Or am I somehow having reverse de ja vu?

 

[Optimax]

Dave, didn't you already start this thread or very similar a few weeks ago?
And get the same answers?
Or am I somehow having reverse de ja vu?

Yeah i remember either posting something similar or reading similar info only recently to pie eyed

 

[Bigness]

Don't know who was in charge of recruiting at the time, but there was a huge obsession with Tasmanian players in '88.

 

[Optimax]

Don't know who was in charge of recruiting at the time, but there was a huge obsession with Tasmanian players in '88.

And south australia before that especially norwood

 

[Pie eyed]

And south australia before that especially norwood

Graeme "I can handpass accurately 50 meters in any direction while being tackled" Wright would be one of our pickups around that time no?

From Tassie I mean.

 

[kevind]

Dave , I think OPti hit the nail on the head. They were very compromised drafts in those days. I had heard that Tony Francis told every other club that if drafted he would not leave South Australia.

I remember a Collingwood official told me they were going to draft Paul Williams in the uipcoming draft and that at the age of 17 would be a walk up start the following season(IIRC,Williams won the U17 National Championships medal from no less than Gavin Wanganeen).

Williams was indeed a walk up start, in a premiership side no less, and announced his arrival with a brilliant goal in his first game. Given his brilliant form and the fact that we took him so late in the draft, I refer you back to Opti's post.

Intertesting that most of our really good draft picks came late in their respective drafts( aside from the superb Graham Wright who IMO never got the recognition he deserved)

 

[Kirby]

^yeah, Wrighty deserves more recognition for sure.

Many here may not realise that he started out as a small forward goal sneak. I remember in his first season or so it seemed that he was incapable of missing a set shot. However, it was when he was moved to the wing that he really shone. His run and carry through the middle, using his great pace, really opened things up and caused havoc with the opposition.

His career was relatively short lived, or shorter than it could have been, due to him getting a couple of freak rare diseases that cut him down. The most serious one (and i can't remember its name) effected his heart and layed him low for a while. He never regained his old form after coming back from this episode.

He was runner up in the Brownlow in 1990, our premiership year.That says it all really.

 

[Col Davies]

Wright running down his wing was a sight to behold, one of the best movers I have ever seen

 

[Seeks]

Wright, another fantastic cog in that great 1990 machine!

Was my very first favourite player.

Fast, skillful and a joy to watch.

Runner up to the worst Brownlow medal winner in the history of football.

1990 was a super year for him, with the exception of being baulked by Stephen Kolyniuk!

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Wright running down his wing was a sight to behold, one of the best movers I have ever seen

IIRC, he had a right foot kick but he bounced the ball with his left hand.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

1990 was a super year for him, with the exception of being baulked by Stephen Kolyniuk!

I thought that was Daicos?

 

[DWil6]

I thought that was Daicos?

Nah it was definitely Wright. The goal that cost us the match. Ah well.

 

[Optimax]

No it was wright

and i still remember my old man and brother calling him wright lighting (possibly was his nick i dont know)

He was definetly a smooth and blisteringly fast player and one of the fw after the early 90s that you knew would never miss a target

 

[Stifler's mom]

He should have won the 1990 Brownlow, but some little dog got 3 votes in a game where he wasn't considered in the sides best 6.
I'm sure he preferred the prise he got 5 days later.

Anyhow, Wrighty was a great player.

 

[RustyBeams]

There are some truely great names in that list. I hope our current crop of draftees can achieve similar results. No preasure though.

 

[kevind]

^yeah, Wrighty deserves more recognition for sure.

Many here may not realise that he started out as a small forward goal sneak. I remember in his first season or so it seemed that he was incapable of missing a set shot. However, it was when he was moved to the wing that he really shone. His run and carry through the middle, using his great pace, really opened things up and caused havoc with the opposition.

His career was relatively short lived, or shorter than it could have been, due to him getting a couple of freak rare diseases that cut him down. The most serious one (and i can't remember its name) effected his heart and layed him low for a while. He never regained his old form after coming back from this episode.

He was runner up in the Brownlow in 1990, our premiership year.That says it all really.

There was a game at VFL Park, I forget what year, in which GW was absolutely killing Hawthorn as a small forward, albeit a small forward with an amazing vertical leap. Hawthorn,as good as they were, could not find a way to stop him. He'd easily outmark their smaller backman and was far too mobile for their KPBs.

It was funny too as I was seated next to 2 Victorian cricketers and mad Pies fans in Rodney Hogg and Brendan McArdle. They were continually saying "How good is this guy", " God ,we've found a beauty", as they jumped around with rest of us. IIRC, we lost the game but it was one of the first sign posts on the way to a premiership.

Another Graham Wright would be mighty handy in '09.

 

[skeetz]

So the point of this thread is to tell us that our drafting in the years before our 1990 Flag was "Not Terrible"?

errr....thanks for the revelation....
At least now we FINALLY know! The reason we won a flag in 1990 is because our drafting was Not Terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!



Maybe we should Try to Not have Terrible Drafts Again? Maybe Then We could Win another flag Then?