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Bulldogs hope Fiji will prove a recruiter's paradise
Re: Bulldogs hope Fiji will prove a recruiter's paradise
Originally posted by soupaman
That is disgusting. Up there for top 5 worst haircuts ever.
In drafts recently there have been a few good mature age pick ups late in the draft. Guys like Fisher, Lake, Davey, Morris and Taylor have all proven themselves as good players at AFL level after missing out when they were first eligible. I think the club should really look at recruiting these mature age players with their last pick in drafts, or at the very least as rookies. Priddis is another I believe, and these guys are already physically developed. You would think the players who are consistently in the VFL bests should be looked at, because if they had of been on an AFL list they probably would have been given a chance by now.
I understand that we probably have had a god look at these guys, and have probably passed on them for a number of reasons, but surely there are a few capable players running around in the state leagues.
Also should the Bulldogs work on getting local players who have the potential to be drafted to play for Williamstown if overlooked? For instance, say there are two 18 year olds from the Western Jets who have the right attributes, but just haven't done enough yet to warrant getting drafted. Could the club get these guys down to Williamstown for the season, where they can learn from VFL staff and occasionally Bulldogs staff as well, and thus develop them without being on our list. Then if they improve like we hope we can draft them, and we have one or two players who we have developed without taking up a spot on our list. Effectively it would mean instead of just developing the 44 players on our list, we could potentially be developing 50 players at a time with little risk with the 6 or so players not officially on our list.
I've long been an advocate of using the rookie list for 20yos.
Western Jets players that don't get drafted go to Willi as it is. Werribee used to get Geelong Falcons.
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