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Re: Elite or just above average?

Reply #30 –
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Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
The Franklin, Roughead, Lewis draft was where they cleaned up....three A graders in the one draft is like winning tattslotto..

Priority Picks; Hodge, Ellis and Roughead.

2001: Five picks in the first two rounds.
2002: Four picks in first two rounds(Traded three away for Everitt and Hunter)
2003: Four picks first two rounds (Three traded)
2004: Six picks in the first two rounds, three under 10.
2005: Six picks first two rounds.

Not draft genius, almost draft tampering thanks to Kennett crying poor while rolling in Tasmanian and Waverley cash!

How the feck did they qualify for priority picks as well???

You need to maximise your opportunities. We weren't willing to trade our better players like Hawthorn were.

Re: Elite or just above average?

Reply #31 –
They weren't crippled like us though, trading away our best players back then may have destroyed the club. They had leaders like Crawford and Vandenburg at the club, we had Whitnall and Stevens. Big difference.
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Re: Elite or just above average?

Reply #32 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
The Franklin, Roughead, Lewis draft was where they cleaned up....three A graders in the one draft is like winning tattslotto..

Priority Picks; Hodge, Ellis and Roughead.

2001: Five picks in the first two rounds.
2002: Four picks in first two rounds(Traded three away for Everitt and Hunter)
2003: Four picks first two rounds (Three traded)
2004: Six picks in the first two rounds, three under 10.
2005: Six picks first two rounds.

Not draft genius, almost draft tampering thanks to Kennett crying poor while rolling in Tasmanian and Waverley cash!

Almost unprecedented for an established club with access to F&S picks as well.

How the feck did they qualify for priority picks as well???

The AFL community was stooged by the Angry Ant and "The Leader."

This is why you never hear the Dawks come out too strongly about draft concessions, if they did their heads would explode from the hypocrisy!

Yet I still don't hate them as much as EFC!!!

Go back to 2000, we had 5 decent picks and couldnt nail one player of note.......another poor recruiting club in Richmond picked Tambling over Franklin...Clarkson said he wanted a Brisbane team, bigger stronger etc etc..
I'd have money on the fact we would have done a Richmond and taken Tambling......I mentioned Jordan Lewis on TC to the resident Carlton recruiter and was told he was just an U18 bully boy who was slow unathletic and had no upside being already developed....in other words we wouldnt be interested.

In short even if we had the benefit of Hawthorns early picks we would have stuffed them up anyway...Clarkson and crew had a plan and chose the right players.

Re: Elite or just above average?

Reply #33 –
Quote from: ItsOurTime – on
You need to maximise your opportunities. We weren't willing to trade our better players like Hawthorn were.

They didn't trade the good stuff away, Chick, McPharlin and Croad went home. Hay, Harford and Lonie were past it, Thompson had a break down and Johnston went nowhere.

If not for the priority picks giving them some leverage they would not have been half as active.

They turned over nearly a full list in the period we were not open to trade in!

Their trade genius is a myth.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Elite or just above average?

Reply #34 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Go back to 2000, we had 5 decent picks and couldnt nail one player of note..

We only had 4 inside the first two rounds, Dawks had 4, 5 or 6 picks to use or trade within the first two rounds in the 5 consecutive years.

If not for the penalites we may have been in a much better position, but that is a separate issue.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"