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Players by draft number
- Thread starter Tigerfan
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Skip the National and go straight to the rookie draft. I’m taking the day off next rookie draft.
Looking at this list just emphasises how poor our 1st round drafting has been lately with picks 10-20
Rcd , Dow , Ellis , Lennon , CCj , Higgins (last 2 leaving)
I think it's fairer to show all the picks in any given year, the aim for any recruiter is to identify 3 core players each draft, anything beyond that is a bonus. The job is made infinitely harder when you do butcher early picks but it's not a doomsday scenario as was illustrated in the Corey Ellis draft. The big difference I'm seeing is Matthew Clarke is more of a risk taker than Francis Jackson, he lacks a certain amount of conservatism that has seen him overlook players such as Sam Taylor in favour of Coleman-Jones, or Tom Brown instead of going tall or bolstering the midfield. At least he got pick 19 back but that decision has already cost an AA backman & all that capital has now gone on Taranto. It may turn out in the end, let's wait and see, the proof will be in the 2023 pudding.
- RCD was take pick 20 and the two players taken immediately after him both failed to play a game and the player taken before him has been delisted too.
- Dow similar to RCD. Was taken with the last pick the first round in the 2019 draft and there wasn’t much talent available at that pick.
- CCJ was not a first round pick.
- Higgins a failed pick? He chose to leave, not sure how you can blame Clarke and co. for that. His subsequent form has vindicated his selection somewhat.
- Ellis and Lennon were both failures but why pick those two and not include Rioli, Vlastuin and B Ellis? All first rounders and all extremely successful picks.
Very easy to cherry pick draft picks and craft a narrative of poor performance when you don’t look at the whole picture. Remember, we did win 3 premierships in that time so we clearly did something right.
