Game Day The National Draft Day discussion thread 2016

[Anzacday]

It's probably one of the hardest things to do in sport is hold back under instructions.. daics must have a high IQ..

Not limited to sport.

 

[P1ET1ME]

Very happy with the night overall. Addressed some needs and got the two FS boys in. Well done Dekka and team. The only downside for mine is that none of the 4 boys probably look to be able to make an immediate impact at AFL level next year

 

[Saintly Viewed]

If he is really 96kgs then I think we might be!

Might be more?
If he gets fit we may have a gem running around.

I always have dreams of craztpy talent in the forwards driving opposition to distraction.

Moore with Elliot and Fasolo at full flight.
Then Hoskin-Elliot and Daicos and Kirby running around.
Be something.
Maybe Howe drops in to freak out defences.

Dreams give hope.
Hope springs eternal

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Very happy with the night overall. Addressed some needs and got the two FS boys in. Well done Dekka and team. The only downside for mine is that none of the 4 boys probably look to be able to make an immediate impact at AFL level next year

A fit Kirby?
Looks a beast type, or maybe it's a year away.
Imagine he becomes Byron Pickett like?

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Draft night to me is a welcome parade of future hope.

Ofcourse many won't make it. But some inevitably will.

I always look at what we bring in and project their upside. Maybe one or two will surprise and be better than expectations?

Till time tells the true tale:

Welcome to our new boys. You have made the Collingwood list, if nothing else that is something!

# I'm very partial to tall players, key position, rucks etc, so fingers crossed McLarty is very very very special..

I already have the feeling his upside is way better than Frost. So we've probably won on that alone.
And he's surely better than Gault.

# Kirby looks interesting and with Wells and Varcoe, I think he may have wonderful mentors there.
I'm really pleased our indigenous stocks are growing. It's very early days but he looks a beast in the making. I was there when Byron Picket won the Norm Smith so imagine he gets even around that level.

# Father sons. Wonderful. Now they have to do it. My own spies tell e, Callum is the one they really liked. And Josh is very silky. There's another Daicos waiting for us too. Very talented is the word.

So welcome one and all.

 

[PicaBoo]

Very happy with the night overall. Addressed some needs and got the two FS boys in. Well done Dekka and team. The only downside for mine is that none of the 4 boys probably look to be able to make an immediate impact at AFL level next year

We got so much youth in the team already, I doubt we have to worry about kids coming through. They could all do with a bit of development in an AFL environment anyway. If we are putting our hopes on some freshly drafted 18 yr old, then we are truly f*d. (Which coincidentally exactly what we did with Darcy but that episode is behind us )

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Ha, I love this urban myth stuff, that the club asked Josh to hold back over the last couple of years. The likelihood? Very low. The feel good factor amongst fans? Very high.

We didn't have Gubbiness then, so didn't happen

 

[BringouttheGimp]

Not limited to sport.

You got that right..

 

[BringouttheGimp]

I've got a funny feeling about the big man we picked up at 30.. I think he's a gem.. a quick thinking forward and back is what we lacked with brown and frost.. this guy has great awareness of his surroundings from what lil highlights i have seen of him. its something you simply cannot teach a player.. born with it. so i think he's gonna be great for us.

 

[BringouttheGimp]

Can't wait for the next coach to step in and give this list a red hot crack at it.. just get that tom boyd type we need.

 

[PicaBoo]

I've got a funny feeling about the big man we picked up at 30.. I think he's a gem.. a quick thinking forward and back is what we lacked with brown and frost.. this guy has great awareness of his surroundings from what lil highlights i have seen of him. its something you simply cannot teach a player.. born with it. so i think he's gonna be great for us.

And he won't be spooked by the sounds of footsteps behind him
In all seriousness Emma Q. was very praising about his character traits on the radio just now.
He will be one of the many feel good stories coming out of the Holden Centre this season.

 

[Kilmo]

"We're not committed to drafting these boys"

*sends a camera crew and Darcy Moore to their houses on draft nigh*

 

[unplugged]

"We're not committed to drafting these boys"

*sends a camera crew and Darcy Moore to their houses on draft nigh*

Haha it's funny isn't it. Although if a team went full stupid and bid pick 10, you'd stuff up your whole draft trying to match. So I guess there's that slight chance you won't take them. Enough not to give us false hope.

 

[Kilmo]

Haha it's funny isn't it. Although if a team went full stupid and bid pick 10, you'd stuff up your whole draft trying to match. So I guess there's that slight chance you won't take them. Enough not to give us false hope.

Yes it would have been awkward wouldn't it.

"See ya mate, good luck at North... Give us a hand packing up this camera stuff will ya Darcy"

 

[MyManLynch]

I've got a funny feeling about the big man we picked up at 30.. I think he's a gem.. a quick thinking forward and back is what we lacked with brown and frost.. this guy has great awareness of his surroundings from what lil highlights i have seen of him. its something you simply cannot teach a player.. born with it. so i think he's gonna be great for us.

Maybe he can play the Leigh Brown role (that this board has been searching for the past 5 years).
Swing back & forward, aggression, some relief ruck down back or forward...?

 

[Crazy Tails]

We'll also know shortly after if we add another indigenous talent in Isiah Farrell-Nelson or one overlooked by another club as a Cat B rookie.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-05/tigers-eyeing-off-kayle-kirby-as-a-category-b-rookie

Nice. Had no idea about Isiah. Worth a punt with him being able to sit outside the main rookie list as Cat B.


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[wednesdaywarrior]

Theory: our number 1 available draft target at pick 30 was Shai Bolton who we intended to take expecting to have a good chance of picking up McLarty with a pick in the 40's. Richmond took Bolton the pick before us so we reverted to plan B which was to steal their category B rookie with our pick in the 40's.

 

[BringouttheGimp]

Maybe he can play the Leigh Brown role (that this board has been searching for the past 5 years).
Swing back & forward, aggression, some relief ruck down back or forward...?

I think so.. he just looks like he reads the game well.. does he have a left foot like Leigh Brown though. God Brown was uncanny.. you know those lazy looking footy players that seem to able to be anything.. and have the tendency to freak you out at times.. I'll never forget Browns 4 goals in the last qrt agst the dogs in 2010 i think it was.. the G shook man. Going nuts.

 

[TradeDraft]

Theory: our number 1 available draft target at pick 30 was Shai Bolton who we intended to take expecting to have a good chance of picking up McLarty with a pick in the 40's. Richmond took Bolton the pick before us so we reverted to plan B which was to steal their category B rookie with our pick in the 40's.

I have a Feeling we taken McLarty before Bolton as he feels a Bigger Need and is a Vic Boy

 

[MyManLynch]

I have a Feeling we taken McLarty before Bolton as he feels a Bigger Need and is a Vic Boy

I was thinking the same.
If tigers passed on Bolton.
One million Collingwood supporters, would have fist pumped & cried YES...he's ours !
Smiles all round, then...
Collingwood still drafts Sam McLarty...
One million Collingwood supporters would have WTF, who, what...ah come on...
Big Footy melt...
Sack Bucks...
I think we still would have drafted Sam.
I'm ok with it.

 

[MagpieJoel]

"We're not committed to drafting these boys"

*sends a camera crew and Darcy Moore to their houses on draft nigh*

... And records an interview about picking him up earlier in the day. Haha.

 

[wednesdaywarrior]

I was thinking the same.
If tigers passed on Bolton.
One million Collingwood supporters, would have fist pumped & cried YES...he's ours !
Smiles all round, then...
Collingwood still drafts Sam McLarty...
One million Collingwood supporters would have WTF, who, what...ah come on...
Big Footy melt...
Sack Bucks...
I think we still would have drafted Sam.
I'm ok with it.

I'm also fine with the selections. I think in both cases when you pick around 30 plus you have to look at risk - reward. Clearly McLarty has huge potential which we've scoped out and the predominant issue is whether his shoulder can come good. Shoulders are complex and delicate things (as I'm learning more in middle age!) some guys who pop them never get them back the way they should and it kills their career. Others it's not such a major issue. Obviously well be praying that the boy can stay fit and realise that massive potential which would be huge for us. Based on previous form and comments made - almost like picking up a top ten pick. No way wanting to jinx it, but my God, you would think we're due for some luck in this department after what we've gone through with Freeman, Scharenberg etc.

Also. I think Dekka definitely drafted for needs this year. We needed more indigenous guys and red heads. No list is complete without them.

 

[TradeDraft]

I'm also fine with the selections. I think in both cases when you pick around 30 plus you have to look at risk - reward. Clearly McLarty has huge potential which we've scoped out and the predominant issue is whether his shoulder can come good. Shoulders are complex and delicate things (as I'm learning more in middle age!) some guys who pop them never get them back the way they should and it kills their career. Others it's not such a major issue. Obviously well be praying that the boy can stay fit and realise that massive potential which would be huge for us. Based on previous form and comments made - almost like picking up a top ten pick. No way wanting to jinx it, but my God, you would think we're due for some luck in this department after what we've gone through with Freeman, Scharenberg etc.

Also. I think Dekka definitely drafted for needs this year. We needed more indigenous guys and red heads. No list is complete without them.

Just how UnLucky we been with Injuries last few seasons would make anyone feel a bit Nervous about Sam's Shoulder. Hope not another Rusling

 

[Mickaman]

Just how UnLucky we been with Injuries last few seasons would make anyone feel a bit Nervous about Sam's Shoulder. Hope not another Rusling

Jesus I had forgotten about Rusling.

I reckon that guy could have been anything poor bastard. Going to google him to see what he is up to.

 

[wednesdaywarrior]

Just how UnLucky we been with Injuries last few seasons would make anyone feel a bit Nervous about Sam's Shoulder. Hope not another Rusling

Just hope Dave they did proper due diligence with his medical/physio info. In the end I guess it's crystal ball whether his shoulder is going to be oK. But you trust our recruiting department with this stuff. Usually very professional. We've had a lot of bad luck with injuries to high draft picks but that's really what it is bad luck rather than bad choices!