Quote Originally Posted by azabob View Post
So, I'll ask for the 1,047th time should we be sacrificing further draft picks for Croft? Or should our draft capital be used on the open market?
Ill state some obvious Aza - 200+ cm athletic key positions players can be very valuable when they pan out - but yes, you are right, its a risk (i.e Ayce Cordy who we paid a very high price for). In draft capital Croft seems to be rated as to what he might be (projected), rather than what he is currently - he is big, a bit raw, but athletic and improving rapidly this season. But in terms of stock, his father applied himself beautifully and turned himself into a great full back after being drafted as a wingman before growing.

We should look to draft him but IMO Croft is closer to a pick 20 prospect than a pick 5 - hes going to take quite a few years. For kids playing key positions it just takes a bit of time to get strong enough to compete with guys like Sam Collins, Liam Jones etc and they cant work their way into it in outside roles where they run and accumulate.

We need to counterbalance the talls by making sure we take 3 other kids.