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Quigley's 2009 Mock (Warning: longer than ever)

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Wouldn't be too worried about the draft order. Congratulations should be given for your great write ups and information provided on most players! For what it's worth I don't actually read phantom drafts on bigfooty for the order but instead for the profiles from the people in the know like yourself and also for a general range a player will go in. Emma Q and Matt Burgan are good for order due to their inside knowledge.

TOP WORK!!!
 
Quigley said:
Pick 67 – RICHMOND

I am going with Kerr as much for attitude as anything and think Richmond could definitely use someone who will do all the little things that teams need to win. He is a nice hard at it kind of player who will start up forward but should eventually play in the midfield. He is a footballer and Richmond need a few of those.

Rohan Kerr
Height: 184cm, Weight: 80kg, DOB: 18

As with a lot of prospects in this draft it is hard to judge where he might go. He could go in the third round or not at all. He was overlooked for a Draft Camp invite which is not a great sign but not fatal. I like Kerr because he is a tough nut that can play up front as a small forward and go into the middle and win the ball and do each equally well. In the AFL he should start his career as a small forward. He has reasonable, but not great pace and is a good contested mark on the lead. He reads the ball extremely well off hands both in the ruck and crumbing up forward. He is good below the knees, very clean and retains an innate sense of where the goals are. Having crumbed the ball he will quickly swing around and kick the goal across the body. He has good balance, a low centre of gravity, is strong and holds his feet well in contests. He also recovers very quickly and is never out of a contest. Delivering into 50 he can laser it in there which again teams and big forwards love to see. He is a hard worker and does a lot of 1%ers that helps teams win. He will smother, shepherd and tackle with the best of them. He has reasonable height for a small medium. What is going to hurt him is that his agility test at State screening was abysmal and as bad as you will ever see from a small / medium. In games he tends to show reasonable agility in tight situations so I am not sure how much weight teams will give to this result. He did not make the Vic Country side.
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Damn it Carlton!

Why didn't you draft a KPP with pick 59? :mad:

We didn't need a great kick after losing Stevens. :thumbsdown:
 

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good grief this is unbelievable work. First time I've come across this - great work Quigley. As others have said don't be to harsh on yourself. No one saw Howard coming and I haven't seen a mock draft come close to the analysis you have done. Emma Quayle could take some tips from you
 
Quigley said:
I think Griffiths is the most talented KP available this year so I selected him first of the key positions. Injuries are obviously the issue but they have tended to be different injuries as far as I am aware. I don't have access to him medical records but teams will do and if he checks out okay I would have no trouble taking him there notwithstanding that he has struggled to get on the park.

I remind you of Selwood who had been out for a year and who knees were shot. Bone on bone etc. Geelong took a chance on an injured guy with huge talent and they are being rewarded for it.

Same in this case I think. Big guys are often a little prone to injury when they are growing. Griffiths certainly has be but if he gets his body right watch out. I take him every time over Butcher.

I respect people disagree with me and that is fine but this is a guy I really like and think he could be the next 1000 goal forward.
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Music to a Richmond supporter's ears.:)

Plenty of us were keen on Griffiths but there are still plenty of doubters. Next time I'll send 'em your way Quigs.:thumbsu:
 
Funny how wrong he was on several players (with the benefit of hindsight of course). Not wanting to criticise, it's an enormous effort and he was more right on several players than the various club selectors were.
 
My mocks are sort of like what recruiting was 25 years ago. I only get to see small bits of the kids a couple of times in the year and try and rank them based on that small sample. There are a lot of misses against what the guys who have film of every game these kids play.

Still I think I have a fair eye and would be happy to go to the mat with the professionals on certain players each year. Cyril was definately one a few years ago. Rich I didn't understand why he dropped. Darling's fall astounded me. In all three cases the teams overemphasized character concerns and underestimated football ability.

This year I think Wingard will be an outstanding player and GWS are going to rue not picking him up. Kersten is another this year that I think the professionals got wrong. There is every chance I think that he could be a better forward than Patton and I do not understand why he fell so far. Grigg is one of those character fallers this year and it will be interesting to see if he comes good like the others above did.
 

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Quigley said:
1st Round

PICK 1 – MELBOURNE

It’s a foregone conclusion that Scully and Trengove will go 1 and 2 in this draft. Scully has been the top rated prospect all year and has only enhanced his reputation with his play this year. Trengove came in with more modest (but still good) credentials and just kept getting better and better the further the year went culminating in a dominant performance in the SANFL semi against senior company. Both are very worthy number 1 selections but for pure money reasons I am very confident they will go with Scully number 1. If you are a Victorian club you go with the Victorian boy as he is going to be worth more to you in the publicity stakes. You also don’t want to take the chance on the go home factor hitting (not saying it would but theoretically it could) and Trengove demanding a trade after you have invested a number 1 pick on him and made him the centre piece of your marketing.
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Bloody hilarious in retrospect.
 
Scully was the number 1 draft pick at the time, in fact I didn't see or here anyone that said anything other than he'd go top 2.
 
Andy_Mac said:
Scully was the number 1 draft pick at the time, in fact I didn't see or here anyone that said anything other than he'd go top 2.
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Richmond recruiters would have taken him 3rd. Had Trengove then Martin then Scully/Cunnington on a par.
 
tigs2010 said:
Richmond recruiters would have taken him 3rd. Had Trengove then Martin then Scully/Cunnington on a par.
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Geez wish we had 1 and 2 that year. Cotchin, Trengove, Martin and Deledio is a fantastic midfield and trenners would not be struggling under the weight of captaincy
 

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Calcium Man said:
Geez wish we had 1 and 2 that year. Cotchin, Trengove, Martin and Deledio is a fantastic midfield and trenners would not be struggling under the weight of captaincy
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He may not be gaining any more disposals this season although still gets on average close to 20, but trust me he is leading the club in most other aspects, including leadership, tackles he is second, pressure acts ect. I think he could surprise a few again next year tbh.
 
Quiggers rated Cunnington and Bastinac both in the top 10 and Black within the top 20.

We got them all with picks 5, 21 and 25.

Josh Gibson is playing great footy at Hawthorn and should win a flag this year but that trade set us up beautifully for the next decade.
 
Really looking forward to the 2012 addition. This is a fantastic phantom draft, you can tell he has seen a lot of these kids play. Very knowledgeable posts and made some good predictions. :thumbsu:
 
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