Why are No.1 draft picks mostly garbage?

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

Indeed, and Scully etc. was 13 years ago but point is the draft is a bit of a raffle.

Unless you have a gun like Stephen Wells.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Melbourne had four picks in the Top 20. Ended up with Scully, Trengove, Gysberts and Tapscott.

We nailed the following pick who would go on to be our next Premiership captain.
The magnificence of Gawn cancels out the shitness of those 4 and Fitzpatrick.

 

[Cookie]

Year	Player	Most famous for
1993	Darren Gaspar	couldn’t kick
1994	Jeff White	was slagged off by coach for admitting he would sit in his car after training and cry because he was homesick
1995	Clive Waterhouse	mullet
1996	Michael Gardiner	snorting coke off hookers’ arses
1997	Trav Johnstone	one of the worst haircuts in afl history
1998	Des Headland	having all the attributes but still being surprisingly mediocre
1999	Josh Fraser	only player in afl history with receding hairline on draft day
2000	Nick Riewoldt	posing for photo with shaved gooch with Nicky Dal
2001	Luke Hodge	drink driving
2002	Brendon Goddard	requested trade to team where every player was immediately suspended for 12 months
2003	Adam Cooney	went on to become surprisingly irritating media personality
2004	Brett Deledio	wanted nothing more than to win a grand final so demanded trade from soon to be triple premier to perennial bridesmaid, who suffered multiple finals losses to old team
2005	Marc Murphy	hot wife
2006	Bryce Gibbs	traded to adelaide and somehow made them a lot worse
2007	Matthew Kreuzer	had a cup named after him which was unique in that it was highly desirable to not win it
2008	Jack Watts	****
2009	Tom Scully	mercenary
2010	David Swallow	not as good as his brother who was pick 43
2011	Jono Patton	dick pics
2012	Lachie Whitfield	SuperCoach cheat code
2013	Tom Boyd	so disliked teammates put poo in his locker
2014	Paddy McCartin	went out with Billy Brownless’s daughter
2015	Jacob Weitering	nothing
2016	Andrew McGrath	chin like Roger Ramjet
2017	Cam Rayner	poor man’s Damien Cupido
2018	Sam Walsh	quite good at football
2019	Matt Rowell	writes notes constantly in little notebook like an aspiring poet from a Jane Austen novel
2020	JUH	went out with Fev’s daughter

Yeah, maybe No 1 pick is cursed..

I heard Fev's daughter has the nick name of Malvern Star.

 

[RichLeMonde]

Drew Banfield

265 games

2 Premierships 12 years apart

Last game played a good lockdown role in a flag win.



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And he looked a bit like Kevin Sorbo, aka Hercules

 

[Electronic_Renaissance]

It’s not the players, it’s the culture they get shackled with after being drafted to a shittruck.

That's a good point and one I never considered:

• The club is already a train wreck so they aren't going to make the most astute choice. (eg. Freo)
• Shit clubs aren't going to be able to develop talent, if they could they wouldn't be shit.
• The best young talent is going to a shit club, what a great reward for being a draft gun.
• If they are going to another state if makes it even worse, is the Jeff White crying story true? I've never heard it before.
• The added pressure of being the #1 pick. If you go at #8 you don't get that.

Top 10 picks are a lottery really. They all could go either way. I don't think there is much difference from pick 1 or pick 5.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Year	Player	Most famous for
1993	Darren Gaspar	couldn’t kick
1994	Jeff White	was slagged off by coach for admitting he would sit in his car after training and cry because he was homesick
1995	Clive Waterhouse	mullet
1996	Michael Gardiner	snorting coke off hookers’ arses
1997	Trav Johnstone	one of the worst haircuts in afl history
1998	Des Headland	having all the attributes but still being surprisingly mediocre
1999	Josh Fraser	only player in afl history with receding hairline on draft day
2000	Nick Riewoldt	posing for photo with shaved gooch with Nicky Dal
2001	Luke Hodge	drink driving
2002	Brendon Goddard	requested trade to team where every player was immediately suspended for 12 months
2003	Adam Cooney	went on to become surprisingly irritating media personality
2004	Brett Deledio	wanted nothing more than to win a grand final so demanded trade from soon to be triple premier to perennial bridesmaid, who suffered multiple finals losses to old team
2005	Marc Murphy	hot wife
2006	Bryce Gibbs	traded to adelaide and somehow made them a lot worse
2007	Matthew Kreuzer	had a cup named after him which was unique in that it was highly desirable to not win it
2008	Jack Watts	****
2009	Tom Scully	mercenary
2010	David Swallow	not as good as his brother who was pick 43
2011	Jono Patton	dick pics
2012	Lachie Whitfield	SuperCoach cheat code
2013	Tom Boyd	so disliked teammates put poo in his locker
2014	Paddy McCartin	went out with Billy Brownless’s daughter
2015	Jacob Weitering	nothing
2016	Andrew McGrath	chin like Roger Ramjet
2017	Cam Rayner	poor man’s Damien Cupido
2018	Sam Walsh	quite good at football
2019	Matt Rowell	writes notes constantly in little notebook like an aspiring poet from a Jane Austen novel
2020	JUH	went out with Fev’s daughter

Yeah, maybe No 1 pick is cursed..

Minor correction - Riewoldt posed with a shaved gooch next to Zac Dawson. Dal Santo was by himself in a separate photo, having a fap.

 

[Electronic_Renaissance]

Minor correction - Riewoldt posed with a shaved gooch next to Zac Dawson. Dal Santo was by himself in a separate photo, having a fap.

List is pretty tame. Nothing involving a dog...No idea what pick he was. But a dog? FFS.

 

[RichLeMonde]

Minor correction - Riewoldt posed with a shaved gooch next to Zac Dawson. Dal Santo was by himself in a separate photo, having a fap.

Ah good pickup. I think I had repressed that from my memory.

Good to bring that image back to mind

 

[HAPPY CHEFFY]

I heard Fev's daughter has the nick name of Malvern Star.

I hear Kev’s daughter is basically Ms Smith. Gotta say why not tho!

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

List is pretty tame. Nothing involving a dog...No idea what pick he was. But a dog? FFS.

That was an NRL player IIRC. The AFL boys have a long way to go to catch the NRL boys in the crazy stakes.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Ah good pickup. I think I had repressed that from my memory.

Good to bring that image back to mind

They were burned into my retinas and I can never unsee them.

 

[RichLeMonde]

They were burned into my retinas and I can never unseen them.

Thanks a lot, Nick Dal Fappo

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Thanks a lot, Nick Dal Fappo

To be fair on him, it was only a tiny image.

 

[Bluelegs]

Petracca could have been a great number 1 draft pick but the Saints decided to keep the tradition going and drafted Paddy McCartin

 

[Saveloy Rockstar]

 

[Mofra]

Indeed, and Scully etc. was 13 years ago but point is the draft is a bit of a raffle.

Not true.
Boomer Harvey doesn't "win" the draft every year.

 

[Jazny]

Bryce Gibbs was the best player in the AFL!

Sam Walsh

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Sam Walsh

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is very good at AFL!

Andrew McGrath

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? I have barely heard of him. What a spud. He probably takes drugs.