Dogs recruiter looking to the future

[Throughandthrough]

This article was in a local paper a couple of days ago.

I'm not sure why we need to say that the Crows would have selected him at 28. Surely we should be saying that Howard was, by our assessment, clearly the best player still available when it was our turn in the first round.

We will need to be patent with Howard but I think he will get a few senior games this year.

...and Richmond was gonna pick him early as well. I guess it's the clubs way of saying we really wanted him and we couldn't afford to wait for a later pick.

[GVGjr]

...and Richmond was gonna pick him early as well. I guess it's the clubs way of saying we really wanted him and we couldn't afford to wait for a later pick.

I don't see any value in Dalrymple's comment about what the Crows might have done.
The fact is that we supposedly rated him in the top bracket and we regarded him as the best player available at our pick. Saying the Crows were poised to take him at 28 sort of implies it forced our hand.

By the way, I don't believe Richmond would have taken Howard before their 3rd round pick. They were pretty much locked in to Martin in the 1st round and Griffiths in the 2nd.

[chef]

I don't see any value in Dalrymple's comment about what the Crows might have done.
The fact is that we supposedly rated him in the top bracket and we regarded him as the best player available at our pick. Saying the Crows were poised to take him at 28 sort of implies it forced our hand.

By the way, I don't believe Richmond would have taken Howard before their 3rd round pick. They were pretty much locked in to Martin in the 1st round and Griffiths in the 2nd.

The Tigers would have taken Howard(if we didn't take him) if Griffiths wasn't available, or so I've heard.

[KT31]

...and Richmond was gonna pick him early as well. I guess it's the clubs way of saying we really wanted him and we couldn't afford to wait for a later pick.

With the Tigers recent history if they wanted him , we possibly should have past.
With our windoa open and needing pace plus needing a tall to replace lake, IMO his was arsh recruitment if the club was looking so far forward.