Draft Day 2014: Closet to The Pin

[GVGjr]

Re: Draft Day 2014: Closet to The Pin

Surprised they didn't pick up a key back to be honest.
Talia and Roberts need to step up now

Hamling and maybe Redpath as well.

[boydogs]

Re: Draft Day 2014: Closet to The Pin

Surprised they didn't pick up a key back to be honest.
Talia and Roberts need to step up now

That would have made it 3 in the one off-season with Hamling & Cordy already onboard

Picking KP's at 18 is risky, I'm pretty happy with our approach

[Remi Moses]

Re: Draft Day 2014: Closet to The Pin

That would have made it 3 in the one off-season with Hamling & Cordy already onboard

Picking KP's at 18 is risky, I'm pretty happy with our approach

Clearly the key bigs we rated already had been taken .
People talking McDonald are forgetting he was taken at 53.
We need a quality rated young key back and not just one for the sake of it .

[KT31]

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Clearly the key bigs we rated already had been taken .
People talking McDonald are forgetting he was taken at 53.
We need a quality rated young key back and not just one for the sake of it .

I agree with you Remi that if we didn't rate Mcdonald as quality then we shouldn't have taken him, though 53 is 18 less selections than Brian Lake's.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Draft Day 2014: Closet to The Pin

I agree with you Remi that if we didn't rate Mcdonald as quality then we shouldn't have taken him, though 53 is 18 less selections than Brian Lake's.

True, but really Lake's issues were health wise more than ability.
I think the rookie draft should be looked at .

[F'scary]

Re: Draft Day 2014: Closet to The Pin

Just had a look through around 10 of the BF phantom drafts. This is purely impressionistic but first thing I noticed was that they all only had a few correct, even in the top 10. Second, with most, they weren't even close to the pick #. Third, our pick ups were consistently rated right down the back end of the draft with the exception in some cases of McLean or not selected at all (Caleb Daniel). Lastly, common choices in fact didn't get drafted at all.

Perhaps some of the surprise among many of we Woofers at our selections was that our perceptions had been influenced by the BF (et al) drafts? Oscar McDonald, e.g., was repeatedly seen as a sure fire 21-30 pick and often linked to our first two picks. Well he went in the 50's.

It would be interesting to make a more scientific study of the pundits' choices and the actual draft.

[boydogs]

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Oscar McDonald, e.g., was repeatedly seen as a sure fire 21-30 pick and often linked to our first two picks. Well he went in the 50's.

I think what sometimes happens is people look at what type of player that club needs, and pick the best one from what's left. If that's the way it worked there would be half a dozen ruckmen drafted.