I think our club squarely have their sites on getting Blakey for the best value possible in the draft. It appears the lauded depth of this draft is on the money and clubs will be pretty divided on who the best top 10 are. More than ever clubs will be in a position to get a quality pick/s to satisfy their needs. Will North or Brisbane be at all interested in bidding for him to force our hand.
Does anyone here know how many points we need and where, when it comes to our first pick, where the ideal spot in the draft he will be for it to be in our favour. Sure it would be nice if he was still not bid on by our first pick but that seems unrealistic to me. Which club will be the one that forces our hand?
Interesting piece by Nick Bowen contrasting the Hawks rebuild with the Saints - one via trade the other via the draft. What I take from it is that people vastly overestimate the value of picks compared to players. The pick 14 we got for Mitchell has the potential to be a good player, but unlikely to be a Brownlow medallist. Ditto the picks Saints received indirectly as part of the Jaeger Omeara trade - 7 will probably never make it to the same level. I get where Paul Roos is coming from. A player is a known quantity, a draftee is not. Given the likelihood of failure, I reckon players should be swapped for 2 picks not one.
COMMENT: How to rebuild a list: Hawks v Saints - AFL.com.au
Swap head coaches and probably swap ladder positions as well.
Richmond have often gotten things wrong in both the draft and trading, but a good 3 drafts has formed the core of the current premiership team. So if you get it right, it can bring success. I'm hoping we're on a similar path.
2006: Riewoldt and Edwards
2007: Cotchin and Rance
2009: Martin, Asbury and Grimes
Last edited by Ludwig; 17th August 2018 at 08:12 PM.
Two gun NSW boys that are very gettable - Todd Marshall and Will Setterfield - as well as Nick Blakey.
Not sure how to get all 3 but would be a coup.
Then there is Darcy Moore...
Last edited by Muttley; 19th August 2018 at 07:07 PM.
I reckon Blakey won’t be in top 15
I don’t see the certainty at all and there are a stack of good players in this draft at a lower risk / higher probability
Asa very very very lean 194cm like jack watts it is very difficult to have certainty re his path of development
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