Why draft picks don't really mean much...

[Chief Ten Beers]

Scott Burns. 1992. No. 90!

 

[anti.]

obviously back then the recruiters didnt have much idea.

pretty irrelevant really.

 

[chappo52]

Scott Burns. 1992. No. 90!

16 years ago, these days alot of time and money is spent on recruiting and identifying young talent. the draft back then really was a lottery.

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

It's relative.

 

[240volt]

Essendon pick 79.....long Andrew pause , James Hird

 

[shawthing09]

Yeh old draft selections seriously need an astrix next to them. The amount of time and effort etc put into recruiting now days means it's completely different. Sure there will always be a late bloomer or a smokey that makes a decent player from a late pick. And players drafted with great expectations that fail but you won't (many) out and out stars drafted with late picks.

 

[sirlothie]

There wasn't any TAC Cup in those days either... only Under 19's so you could literally hide away a talent and nobody would know. Scott Burns was just a 17 year old playing Norwood reserves, he wouldn't have registered on anyone's radar back then except Collingwood who had some Norwood contacts due to our previous acquisitions of Craig Kelly and Tony Francis from the Redlegs in recent years before then.

 

[Pie eyed]

Essendon pick 79.....long Andrew pause , James Hird

Hirdy was hidden away in Canberra. It's a wonder anyone even new where to look...lol

 

[Thommo 42]

Scott Burns. 1992. No. 90!

didn't debut until 1995....

 

[Skade]

We will see how the Gold Coast's players turn out shall we.

 

[MagpieGirl_13]

Goldsack = pick 63 =

 

[shawthing09]

Goldsack is a good honest battler who will have a good career by getting the most out of himself. Of course it's not an exact sceince it is however simple logic the early the pick, the more players to pick out of the more chance of getting a good one. I can garuntee if you look over the last 10 or so years more out and out stars come early in the draft then late. There are always going to be exceptions and a lot of it comes down to development aswell but it is silly to think draft pecking order does not matter.

 

[DThomas]

Dane Swan - Pick 58.
GUN!!!

 

[DThomas]

How about Danny Roach?
Pick 7, and his only career stat is 1 tackle... that's right ONE TACKLE!

 

[Kirby]

How about Danny Roach?
Pick 7, and his only career stat is 1 tackle... that's right ONE TACKLE!

Bloody Danny Roach.....good god

 

[DThomas]

Bloody Danny Roach.....good god

According to Wikipedia

Roach was unsuccessful in his AFL Debut, having only 1 tackle for the entire match, in what would be his first and last AFL game. He actually had an unofficial handball (which was out of bounds).

 

[Skade]

I'm sure all teams have their Bo Nixons. Some guy's just can't take the next step to AFL, be it skill wise or mentally.

But I'm sure with the strict scrutiny the players come under nowadays, you'll find on average the top 10 draft picks turn out way better than the next 10. And them better than the next 10 etc.

Your always going to have exceptions, late bloomers, players slipping down the order because of injuries ect.

 

[DarkStorm]

Dean Cox.. rookie list.. not even good enough to pick up in the National

 

[Dave The Man]

I'm sure all teams have their Bo Nixons. Some guy's just can't take the next step to AFL, be it skill wise or mentally.

But I'm sure with the strict scrutiny the players come under nowadays, you'll find on average the top 10 draft picks turn out way better than the next 10. And them better than the next 10 etc.

Your always going to have exceptions, late bloomers, players slipping down the order because of injuries ect.

Bit Like Dawes and His Knee - Could of gone Quite a Bit Higher then where we got him in 2006 with Pick 28

 

[DThomas]

Kruezer went for Pick 1 and he has been shit in his first year!

 

[JOELY]

No he hasn't. Silly thread. For all the people suggesting good players coming from high picks, lets see you build a team with pick 79, or Pick 90 every year.

 

[DThomas]

No he hasn't. Silly thread. For all the people suggesting good players coming from high picks, lets see you build a team with pick 79, or Pick 90 every year.

He has only had one good game. That was the one where he kicked 3 in the last. That's the only good match from him.

 

[beez]

Kruezer went for Pick 1 and he has been shit in his first year!

Meh, you clearly know nothing. How I would've loved to have had Kreuzer playing for us this year

 

[DThomas]

Meh, you clearly know nothing. How I would've loved to have had Kreuzer playing for us this year

I haven't seen anything good from Kruezer yet. Next year he will be better.

 

[Skade]

Kruezer went for Pick 1 and he has been shit in his first year!

I'd take him in a heart beat.