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...and go back and look at those same 'previous' drafts only a year or 2 after they occured, and all of those players were 100+ game players too.

We thought we'd never have to draft a KPP again after we got Watson, Mitchell and McCarthy in the same draft! 

Nope.  I disagree.  only our number one draft picks looked like 100+ gamers (and Mitch) the rest were all question marks and when we traded Kennedy I wasn't sold on him.  Hampson was never convincing.  Our rookies looked good but our draftees....

I thought Lucas would make it, but I was wrong.

The rest... Hampson, rohan Kerr, Watson, vjojo rainbow,  Temay,  Marcus davies, McCarthy,  Mitchell....  None of them showed even half the requisite ability to be an afl player.

Thats your opinion, and it differs from mine.

Kennedy, IMO, showed more than a lot of the blokes we have now.

Going back through the archives, i'm sure you'll find plenty of people extremely positive about most, if not all of those names.

We thought we'd never have to draft a KPP again after we got Watson, Mitchell and McCarthy in the same draft! 

Hand on your heart.  How many of our previous draftees look like they belong?

I was selective with the names I wrote.

I picked the blokes who look like they belong.

Not guys like o brien and Cunningham who have the tools but there are questions over.

#18 (Carlton) – Matt Watson (VIC)
Height: 195cm, Weight: 101kg, DOB: 16/07/1992
Recruited from: Calder Cannons
Style: Michael Hurley/ Brian Lake
Likely destinations: 18-31
Why: Reads the play well. Strong mark overhead, has a thumping left foot and is a big readymade key position defender who can also play forward. Good enough to contribute from season one. Might get a little exposed on the lead with his slight lack of leg speed but otherwise I like Watson allot. In style really reminds me of Brian Lake with the way he provides good rebound from defence though that is a very generous comparison and it will be allot harder to dominate players physically as he did at U18 level. He will get every opportunity to have the near immediate impact that Michael Hurley did for Essendon a couple of years ago. Might play a couple of games in season one but expect from probably season two for Watson to really push for a position in this side.

#23 (Geelong) – Patrick McCarthy (SA)
Height: 196cm, Weight: 84kg, DOB: 11/03/1992
Recruited from: Glenelg
Style: Grant Birchall/ Ben Reid
Range: 11-23
Why: Key position defender. Clean hands and feet. Provides some run out of defence. Displays real leadership and could later on be captain material. Hasn’t always played as a backman and was once a ruckman so I see allot of development still once he learns the position. Has a skinny frame but he should add to that with time. One criticism of McCarthy when I have seen him down back is that he has the feel of an oversized half back flanker in the way Grant Birchall does for Hawthorn. Maybe when he develops more physically hopefully he can turn into something more like Collingwood’s Ben Reid which would be the hope. With Scarlett surely nearing the end of his career McCarthy could be a good long term replacement.

#47 (Richmond) - Luke Mitchell (VIC)
Height: 198cm, Weight: 96kg, DOB: 28/2/1992
Recruited from: Calder Cannons
Style: Jonathan Brown
Range: 26-late[
Why: Very strong overhead as well as on the lead. Powerfully built so maybe some questions on upside. Kicking can be a little off but once he gets it going can kick allot of goals. Missed the start of the season due to injury and came back mid way through to have some very strong games including a very strong TAC Cup Grand Final for the second year in a row which I’m sure will reflect favourably! Some think he might still go 1st round or very close to it but I think his draft range is a little more open than that. /quote]
We got him at 42.

We got 3 potentially 1st round KPPs.

The year after missing out on Talia for Lucas.

We were over the moon.
 

FMD I was just getting over those shmucks, thanks guys

I reckon those recruiters must have really hated Ratten - almost seems like a plan to recruit so many failures. 2 KPF and KPD who came to nothing. Mitchell and McCarthy 1 game each. Watson 23 games.

Oh well............

Plus McInnes who went later in that draft who looked a gun before blowing his knee, and Nick Duigan who was a damn fine player. 

We were cursed in that period.

And later, Tom Farken Temay, Dillon Somewhere over the Rainbow. both 0 games. Its was a nightmare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKwwcCpa2Ag

I swore in front of my elderly mother when we drafted Temay,  but it was a dud draft.