I'm not talking about drafting inferior SA kids over better interstate ones.
I'm talking about finally getting the opportunity to get a haul of talented SA kids into the club and the difference it makes to the culture.
We have RT, a fanatic Crows fan who is rapt to be able to play for the club and feels he is making his grand mother proud.
Luke Pedler said to Hamish after we drafted him, that all he wanted to do was play for us, even though he wasn't a Crows fan.
Brayden Cook also a lifelong Crows fan who is over joyed he can play for us.
We all saw how emotional James Rowe was by being drafted to the club loved and who his dad played for.
Then we look at our best SA draft pick the year before in Harry, and after one great year he re-signs for another two years.
Add to that Hatley wanting to come back and play for us, and we have a situation where we won't have to worry too much about will they stay or will they go.
Compare Harry re-signing with the two Vic kids we took in Fisher and Worrell. Both haven't re-signed yet, Fisher has met with St Kilda already, Worrell was thinking of leaving end of last year, and so it goes in.
I hope the club continues trying to get their hands on the best local kids, and trying to get other home like Rankine and Jack.
It's a much better feeling.
I'm talking about finally getting the opportunity to get a haul of talented SA kids into the club and the difference it makes to the culture.
We have RT, a fanatic Crows fan who is rapt to be able to play for the club and feels he is making his grand mother proud.
Luke Pedler said to Hamish after we drafted him, that all he wanted to do was play for us, even though he wasn't a Crows fan.
Brayden Cook also a lifelong Crows fan who is over joyed he can play for us.
We all saw how emotional James Rowe was by being drafted to the club loved and who his dad played for.
Then we look at our best SA draft pick the year before in Harry, and after one great year he re-signs for another two years.
Add to that Hatley wanting to come back and play for us, and we have a situation where we won't have to worry too much about will they stay or will they go.
Compare Harry re-signing with the two Vic kids we took in Fisher and Worrell. Both haven't re-signed yet, Fisher has met with St Kilda already, Worrell was thinking of leaving end of last year, and so it goes in.
I hope the club continues trying to get their hands on the best local kids, and trying to get other home like Rankine and Jack.
It's a much better feeling.