Worst AFL draft Ever

[Doss]

Well if it was so good and you got so many of them why is GWS bottom half of ladder?

A lot of those players are still very young.

 

[Magma]

The 2004 draft is a funny one.

It seems to be thought of as a "good draft" because Hawthorn absolutely gunned it (Roughead, Franklin, Lewis), and there were some very good/great other players (Griffen, Van Berlo, Lynden Dunn, Matt Rosa, Mark LeCras, Travis Cloke) in there as well. But it was pretty shallow in the top end.

Tambling #4, John Messen #8, Jordan Russel #9, Chris Egan #10,

Adam Thomson #11, Danny Meyer #12, Matthew Bate #13, Adam Pattison #16, Andrew McQualter #17, Cameron Wood #18, Ryan Willits (who?) #19,

Dean Polo #20, Jesse Wells (who??) #22, Sean Rusling #23, Adam Hartlett #25, and four guys I have never heard of at # 26, 27, 28, 30,

Jarred Moore #31, Brent Prismall #32, Cain Ackland #33, James Ezard (who?) #34, Fabian Deluca #35, Luke McGuane #36, Damien McCormack #38.


Now I am not saying all these guys were complete spuds. There were some players in there who gave good service, and some like Rusling that were destroyed by injury. But did blokes like Russell or Bate or McQualter live up to being top 20 picks? You'd probably say no.

By my count, only 16 of that entire draft are still playing (including Chris Knights), which I'd have thought is a fairly high "fail" rate.

james ezard won a magarey medal thank you very much. and adam harlett snotted a sturt fan. wins in my book.

 

[Seedsfan]

To the bloke who doesn't rate DeGoey, you are kidding your self if he went to your club he would be your third best mid

 

[gandaal]

To the bloke who doesn't rate DeGoey, you are kidding your self if he went to your club he would be your third best mid

Not even at Carlton. Murphy, Cripps and Gibbs. Gibbs has been injured or carrying an injury all year but last year was close to AA.

 

[HairyO]

Well if it was so good and you got so many of them why is GWS bottom half of ladder?

GWS have dozens of top 20 draftees running around NEAFL. Heaps of talent but they cant play them all at once.

The problem is they need development but by the time they are developed they are out of contract and ready for a trade.

 

[jjsmitty8]

Too early to call, but last year's draft is looking very ordinary.

Petrecca excused through injury, last year's top 10 haven't set the world on fire, aside from Brayshaw who is silk (De Goey is definitely overhyped)

The 2013 draft is definitely shaping up as perhaps the greatest ND since 1993, so much class and quantity in that group.

Was agreeing with you until you wrote "De Goey is definitely overhyped."

He's not going to have Patrick Cripps like numbers every week, but did you even see his game against Geelong? 25 disposals, 17 contested, 7 tackles, 10 clearances. I don't know what else you expect from a kid 15 games into his career.

 

[GFrost]

Ours would've been awesome if everything worked out. Menzel, Duncan, Christensen, Vardy and Cowan.

3 who have missed the vast majority of matches between now and then because of injuries, 1 having continual injury issues before leaving for 'personal reasons' and 1 actually working out but who nonetheless spent half this season injured

To have won the flag in 2009 and then picked up Menzel, Duncan, Christensen, and Vardy in the draft was great. And all four were weeks away from being premiership players in 2011, until Vardy and Menzel went down.
Duncan the only one to have made it to 100 games... Well so far hopefully.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

2009 would be viewed a lot better if two of it's more promising players taken in the first round didn't both have four knee recos.

Jack Trengove another that's had a shit time with injuries. Max Gawn with a couple of knee recos too.

 

[Bender571]

None of Hill, Sloane or Sidebottom have even made an All Australian 40 squad though and Motlop and Walters only did it once without making the team. I'm not saying they're bad players - they're all great players, and like I said, 2008 is craaaazy deep in terms of how many good players there are all the way through. But in terms of absolute top players in the comp, for a draft so deep, it doesn't have the top end of other drafts.

Edit: Walters did make a squad.

So what I'm hearing is you think All Australian Hayden Ballantyne is a star

I think there's still time for stars to emerge from the 2008 draft, it's only their 7th season plus there a few gems taken in the PSD and Rookie drafts with Rockliff, Breust and Jacobs.

 

[captain cotch 9]

2009 looks like it'll be worse than the 2003 draft - but they're both pretty bad.

The top 10 was pretty bad...(except Dusty )
Some stars where drafted further down though.

 

[WCE_phil]

Yeah maybe I'm probably too harsh on De Goey, but I am very bullish on Duggan, don't think he's been given a big enough rap by the media or footy community.

Seem glimpses of him that suggest he suggest he could be a potential future captain of West Coast.

Duggan is the player im most excited about on our list since seeing shuey come through. There is something special about this kid and nigh on a year younger than some of the top 10 drafted last year.

Last years draft will go down as one of the best in terms of depth.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

2002 was also a pretty crap draft.

Jason Laycock, Paul Johnson, Lochlan Veale, Bo Nixon, Cameron Cloke, Luke Brennan, Tim Walsh and Kris Shore to name some.

 

[Lefthanded]

Obviously doesn't tell the full story (quality of player) but as objective an assessment as probably possible:

Draft Year Games played Av games per year Comments
1993 5242 238
1994 6036 287
1995 4414 221
1996 5727 301
1997 6212 345 goodes still going
1998 6034 355 none still playing
1999 8576 536
2000 7482 499
2001 7195 514
2002 5423 417
2003 5060 422
2004 4830 439
2005 4888 489
2006 5735 637
2007 4275 534
2008 4275 611
2009 4178 696 bolstered by rookie promotions
2010 4350 870 bolstered by rookie promotions
2011 2602 651 bolstered by rookie promotions
2012 2093 698 bolstered by rookie promotions
2013 1434 717 bolstered by rookie promotions
2014 337 337 bolstered by rookie promotions

Suggests 2002 & 1995 are the worst years
Suggests 2006 & 2010 some of the best years

1998 and earlier probably just look at total games rather than games per year.
Eg of rookie promotions effect is 498 games have been played by rookies promoted in 2013

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Still surprises me that there's so much variation in talent between draft years.

 

[Big Bryza]

Too early to call, but last year's draft is looking very ordinary.

Petrecca excused through injury, last year's top 10 haven't set the world on fire, aside from Brayshaw who is silk (De Goey is definitely overhyped)

The 2013 draft is definitely shaping up as perhaps the greatest ND since 1993, so much class and quantity in that group.

Haha righto... Go and watch a replay of last Friday night. Great work champ.

 

[DrEvil_]

Crows drafted Talia (#13), Gunston (#29), Sam Shaw (#45) and then Luke Thompson (#17 rookie), Matthew Wright (#33 rookie) and Matt Jaensch (#46 rookie) and Aidan Riley (#58 rookie).

Don't know if you can do much better than that in a crap draft.

You can always trade Mark Williams to Essendon. That alone cannot be beaten for the absolute shafting of Essendon.

 

[E Shed]

Duggan is the player im most excited about on our list since seeing shuey come through. There is something special about this kid and nigh on a year younger than some of the top 10 drafted last year.

Last years draft will go down as one of the best in terms of depth.

Can't believe we got Blakely in the 2nd round and then Langdon who looks a player in the 3rd.
Weller is Rolls Royce for pick 13 or whatever is was. And Lever was still there at our pick!
And yes, Duggan looks special.

 

[Seedsfan]

Not even at Carlton. Murphy, Cripps and Gibbs. Gibbs has been injured or carrying an injury all year but last year was close to AA.

And he was terrible this year until he got injured, the team is better off without him

 

[gandaal]

And he was terrible this year until he got injured, the team is better off without him

He was already injured. Hard to play midfield when you can't run.

 

[pinot]

Happy with Boekhorst as an outside player. Two years older than bottom aged kids in the draft but that shouldnt matter. Averaging 13 disposals at 68% disposal efficiency is what we were after and got it. The likes of De Goey will turn 20 by the time new season begins anyway.

Boekhorst barely wastes a disposal...his first three games his efficiency was in the 40%..now its close to 70%....his last 7 games he has been hitting 85% effificiency... fairly impressive.

 

[Sirlemsip]

Happy with Boekhorst as an outside player. Two years older than bottom aged kids in the draft but that shouldnt matter. Averaging 13 disposals at 68% disposal efficiency is what we were after and got it. The likes of De Goey will turn 20 by the time new season begins anyway.

Boekhorst barely wastes a disposal...his first three games his efficiency was in the 40%..now its close to 70%....his last 7 games he has been hitting 85% effificiency... fairly impressive.

Such a nonsensical and self-contradicting post...

Given what he has shown so far, Boekhurst was a bad pick at #19. Which isn't to say that he won't be a 100+ game player, but he won't ever be a star. For a bloke with a couple of extra years on other players in his draft he doesn't show his experience...

 

[Hagla]

Happy with Boekhorst as an outside player. Two years older than bottom aged kids in the draft but that shouldnt matter. Averaging 13 disposals at 68% disposal efficiency is what we were after and got it. The likes of De Goey will turn 20 by the time new season begins anyway.

Boekhorst barely wastes a disposal...his first three games his efficiency was in the 40%..now its close to 70%....his last 7 games he has been hitting 85% effificiency... fairly impressive.

Yeah we're all after 13 disposal players.

 

[TGFC]

Happy with Boekhorst as an outside player. Two years older than bottom aged kids in the draft but that shouldnt matter. Averaging 13 disposals at 68% disposal efficiency is what we were after and got it. The likes of De Goey will turn 20 by the time new season begins anyway.

Boekhorst barely wastes a disposal...his first three games his efficiency was in the 40%..now its close to 70%....his last 7 games he has been hitting 85% effificiency... fairly impressive.

Sarcastic?

 

[Power Raid]

Since this year will be the 30th of the modern drafts I was thinking about what was the least talented draft crop ever.
I'd suggest that the 2003 draft is the worst of the uncompromised drafts that I can remember but I wonder were there worse ones?

port picked up the unforgettable luke peel and rob forster knight

 

[footyfan1978]

Was just looking at 2003 draft as just randomly come across an old post of someone saying the only thing they were annoyed about trading pick 6 of 2003 to get Nathan Brown was missing on Kane Tenance.

I looked back at the draft and it really looks slim pickings on the whole.

I tried to pick a team from the pool of that draft:

B Waters T Chaplin S Butler
J Adcock S Fisher H Shaw
as the back 6

Stanton Mundy Rischitelli the centreline

A Walker No CHF C Sylvia
Nobody K Bradley A Buchanon the barely there forward 6
I could not even find a decent enough option to even find a second key forward and forward pocket

B Hudson B McLean A Cooney the followers

Bench as Mark Blake, Daniel Jackson, Shane Tuck and Farren Ray

Emergencies Zac Dawson, Andrew Raines, and Brett Peake

Imagine if you were a club that not had early picks for many years and this was the draft pool you had 5 early picks in top 20.
Scary prospect.
If you were after a class tall of any description you were dead in the water from the start.