Originally Posted by
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Reckon the jury is out on SOS as a recruiter.
GWS accumulated their list by sheer weight of numbers, I know at one stage they could have fielded a full team of top 10 picks if you include the no brainer dozen 17yo's they were handed.
There were a significant number of high draft picks that failed to live up to their draft position, more I reckon than an average fail rate of same draft positions.
As for his work at Carlton, here's the ones I can think of that came from GWS and whilst I don't have the deals at hand, I know Carlton handed over very good picks to get some of these which perpetuated the draft largesse that GWS enjoyed up to the 2016 ND. I doubt the ones that do make it with Carlton would be worth what they gave GWS in high picks. In 2017 Carlton had 17 out of 40 players who had come via another club ....
Marchbank is a win
Kennedy may be a win
Plowman is just an average player, wouldn't get a game with us IMO
Jarrod Pickett may make the grade or will fade away, shows glimpses
The rest are either already gone or won't be best 22
Whiley
Lamb
Sumner
Phillips
Jaksch
Palmer
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