Demons ask for priority pick - any other woofers outraged?

[josie]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-1...-priority-pick


Why should they get a priority pick and push us further back in the draft order?

They've stuffed up for years with their drafting, tanked, have the messiah as coach and paying oodles of money for him, will be helped with extra $ from AFL (granted we will too..) and they then ask for a handout in the form of a priority pick?

If they receive it I'll be livid. I am now just at the thought of it.

Hey, let's just underachieve, tank, play like we do not care for the jumper and then ask for a handout.

I feel sorry for their fans but really, this makes me want to throw up.

[Hotdog60]

I'm with you, Josie.
They should learn to manage themselves better. Give them an extra pick and they only trade it or select a dud.

[GVGjr]

It's not fair that they are asking for more access to the top end talent until they have demonstrated they can develop players the right way. Too many highly rated youngsters have simply gone backwards after arriving at Melbourne.

They need help but not in the form of a PP. The AFL should look to fund a development coach or two to assist the club improve the players they have. You don't put more petrol into a car you have neglected. Get the motor fixed first before filling up.

[bulldogtragic]

So pick 2, possibly pick 3 for Frawley if he leaves and pick 4. Why not gave them the top 10?

[josie]

It's not fair that they are asking for more access to the top end talent until they have demonstrated they can develop players the right way. Too many highly rated youngsters have simply gone backwards after arriving at Melbourne.

They need help but not in the form of a PP. The AFL should look to fund a development coach or two to assist the club improve the players they have. You don't put more petrol into a car you have neglected. Get the motor fixed first before filling up.

I like your analogy. Hopefully this is the type of help the AFL offers instead of another high pick.

[Remi Moses]

It's not fair that they are asking for more access to the top end talent until they have demonstrated they can develop players the right way. Too many highly rated youngsters have simply gone backwards after arriving at Melbourne.

They need help but not in the form of a PP. The AFL should look to fund a development coach or two to assist the club improve the players they have. You don't put more petrol into a car you have neglected. Get the motor fixed first before filling up.

Right on. How about getting coaching, development stuff right.

[Mofra]

They need help but not in the form of a PP. The AFL should look to fund a development coach or two to assist the club improve the players they have. You don't put more petrol into a car you have neglected. Get the motor fixed first before filling up.

Bingo - but I'm pretty sure they did get AFL money year before last to help their football department. They've had their assistance.

It's bullshit - if anything, we deserve more assistance than Melbourne for our efforts with migrant communities in the West/South West areas of Melbourne, the fastest growing area in the country and one with potentially a high % of soccer fans to be converted to AFL.

[azabob]

They need help but not in the form of a PP. The AFL should look to fund a development coach or two to assist the club improve the players they have. You don't put more petrol into a car you have neglected. Get the motor fixed first before filling up.

The AFL has funded their current senior coach, but he doesn't even want to take responsibility for this years poor performance, only good ones.

Still seems a very toxic and blame environment.

What person in their right mind would go their and destroy their career? Especially when the man in charge contines to blame everyone else.

[lemmon]

Ample priority picks, ample monetary assistance, the AFL has hand-picked and bankrolled their coach and CEO...it's time to remove the safety net if this club is going to be anything but pitiful...it's like breastfeeding a 6 year old.

[Hotdog60]

From the AFL site:
Its request will not be without controversy as the Demons have bungled several first-round draft picks since 2006 and were fined $500,000 after an investigation into tanking cleared the club of the offence in 2013.

The club has already used priority picks on Sam Blease (pick 17, 2008), Tom Scully (pick 1, 2009) and used first-round draft picks since 2007 on Cale Morton (pick 4, 2007), Jack Watts (pick 1, 2008), Scully and Jack Trengove (pick 1 and 2, 2009), Lucas Cook (pick 12, 2010), Jimmy Toumpas (pick 4, 2012) and Christian Salem (pick 9, 2013).

It also traded its first-round pick in 2011 to the Brisbane Lions for Mitch Clark and traded pick 3 to gain access to Jesse Hogan in the mini-draft in 2012.

It also traded pick 2 to Greater Western Sydney for Dom Tyson and pick 9 in 2013.

They really need help in the football department.

[Twodogs]

They want another low DP but they'll be hawking their last #1 pick at trade time.

[Greystache]

So pick 2, possibly pick 3 for Frawley if he leaves and pick 4. Why not gave them the top 10?

I don't think that AFL could in good conscious ruin that many young careers all in one year!

[bornadog]

We need to complain to the AFL and strongly appose it.

[The Underdog]

They can have all of the end of 4th round picks they want. Otherwise they can get knotted. They are surely taking the piss.

[Go_Dogs]

Bingo - but I'm pretty sure they did get AFL money year before last to help their football department. They've had their assistance.

Agreed, they have - but given the money the AFL has already invested if a persuasive case is put forward I'm sure they'll continue to get whatever they ask for. I just hope the pick is an end of first round selection, or with their second round pick - that's the counter argument that has the best case of succeeding (unfortunately) in my view.