Sam Power A Roo

[Go_Dogs]

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So, after a couple of years Power has gone, and IIRC we got Boumann with pick 48 who has had an impressive year of development and should be pushing for some senior game time next year. Seems like a good result for us.

[Remi Moses]

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Another justified decision by Rocket. Nice young bloke and good luck to him

[Missing Dog]

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Hargreaves got his first votes this year

[chef]

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Hargreaves got his first votes this year

Who does he play for?

[1eyedog]

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Hargrave (edited for accuracy).

[bulldogtragic]

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Another justified decision by Rocket. Nice young bloke and good luck to him

Fair point. When you look at the players he has decided aren't up to it, they haven't done anything. For anyone still questioning the GOK decision, look at Eade's record of cutting players at the dogs (remembering Ray left, he was traded or delisted).

[The Underdog]

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So, after a couple of years Power has gone, and IIRC we got Boumann with pick 48 who has had an impressive year of development and should be pushing for some senior game time next year. Seems like a good result for us.

Or it would if we hadn't have spent pick 10 on Power in the first place. That suddenly makes it seem much worse. Unless Boumann fulfil's Comrade's expectations of course.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Or it would if we hadn't have spent pick 10 on Power in the first place. That suddenly makes it seem much worse. Unless Boumann fulfil's Comrade's expectations of course.

We could have overlooked Power and taken the kid that went at pick 11 instead. Richie Cole.

[Happy Days]

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We could have overlooked Power and taken the kid that went at pick 11 instead. Richie Cole.

Or that spud who went at 13 - Dal Santo.

Seriously, all this is is another waste of a first round pick. McMahon, Power, Walsh, Ray; all seriously failed to deliver on expectations. Three of these four taken in the top ten, two in the top five. And the jury is still out on every first rounder from Williams onwards (Higgins excluded).

Who said Clayton was a good recruiter?

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Or that spud who went at 13 - Dal Santo.

Seriously, all this is is another waste of a first round pick. McMahon, Power, Walsh, Ray; all seriously failed to deliver on expectations. Three of these four taken in the top ten, two in the top five. And the jury is still out on every first rounder from Williams onwards (Higgins excluded).

Who said Clayton was a good recruiter?

I do.

It's pretty easy picking kids 8 years after the event.

[Happy Days]

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I do.

It's pretty easy picking kids 8 years after the event.

Was besides the point.

He had a blinder in '99, and has gotten some good gets very, very deep, but he misses alot of sitters. You can't possibly deny that we had a terrible strike rate with top picks under Clayton.

[jazzadogs]

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Was besides the point.

He had a blinder in '99, and has gotten some good gets very, very deep, but he misses alot of sitters. You can't possibly deny that we had a terrible strike rate with top picks under Clayton.

I don't know what the result of this would be, but it would be interesting to compare our top picks with other teams top picks over the time Clayton was in charge.

I don't think there is any one team, or recruiter, which has perfected the draft. I daresay that whilst we had some mistakes, there are plenty of other teams like us.

Clayton's recruiting, combined with Eade's coaching and player development, has led to us playing in two straight preliminary finals and looking to improve. You can't say he did a bad job.

[LostDoggy]

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You can't possibly deny that we had a terrible strike rate with top picks under Clayton.

Yep, fair call Happy Days. His return with the top picks hasn't been great.

[Happy Days]

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Clayton's recruiting, combined with Eade's coaching and player development, has led to us playing in two straight preliminary finals and looking to improve. You can't say he did a bad job.

Not a bad job, but geez is he overrated.

He is a good depth recruiter, which is why we have done so well through the rookie list and such, but he missed horribly, many times, on what are meant to be gimmies, and that, in my opinion, is his failing.

Imagine if we had of made full use of our early picks like St. Kilda, or Hawthorn have done?

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Stephen Wells has been Geelong's recruiter for ages and won two premierships but is his record really any better than Clayton's?

Let's have a look at Geelongs two premiership sides.

Half his premiership players have been either father/sons (2 x Abletts, Scarlett, Blake), trades (Harley, Mooney, Ottens), before Wells arrived (King, Milburn) or top 10 picks (Bartel, Corey, Mackie, Selwood).

Kelly (17), Johnson (24), Chapman (31), Ling (38), Enright (47) & Rooke (rookie) were good picks. Were they better selections than Giansiracusa (32), Hahn (37), Gilbee (47), Cross (56), Lake (71), Boyd (rookie), Morris (rookie)?

Clayton missed with Power (10), Wells missed with Spriggs (15).
Clayton missed with Faulkner (17), Wells missed with Bray (17).
Clayton missed with Jesse Wells (22), Wells missed with Foster (23).

Tim Walsh (4) was our big disaster, but this had as much to do with a broken leg, broken thumb and an ACL than anything to do with ability. Kane Tenace (7) is now gone too.

Even his top ten picks in this years grand final side can be compared to their closest draft pick - Selwood (7) or Griffen (3), Mackie (7) or Williams (6), Corey (8) or Higgins (10), Bartel (8) or Murphy (13).

Harry Taylor (17) or Cal Ward (19).
Varcoe (15) or Everitt (11)

I haven't included Cooney or Grant in the comparison because Geelong haven't had a no. 1 pick and it's a bit early to make a call on Grant (Geelong had no pick near him anyway).


Wells is generally accepted as the best in the business but Clayton's record sits comfortably alongside.