Demons told Harry Taylor 'We are going to pick you up'

[BAMF 4,353]

Anyone else read the Harry Taylor article in the paper today?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/harry-taylor-has-hands-on-double/story-e6frf9jf-1226155273308

HARRY Taylor cannot believe his luck. Four years ago he was overlooked by Melbourne and now he has won two premierships with Geelong.

"It's amazing what cards fate can deal you. Melbourne told me they were going to pick me up but didn't. Who knows where I would be now if they had," the centre half-back said as he savoured the club's remarkable 38-point victory over Collingwood. yesterday.

Anyone know anything about this?

I wonder if we were planning on using pick 21 (Maric)

Or if we were planning on using 14 and decided on Grimes instead.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

Would have been nice if we did pick him up.

He seems pretty stoked we didn't, however. And lets face it, unless your passionate about the dees like we are, we would all have been thinking we dodged a bullet there too

[Whispering_Jack 30,135]

My guess is that we were hoping to pick him up with pick # 21 but were beaten to it by Geelong at 17.

These things happen in drafting.

[BAMF 4,353]

My guess is that we were hoping to pick him up with pick # 21 but were beaten to it by Geelong at 17.

These things happen in drafting.

That would be my guess too. Taylor was a bolter if i remember correctly.

[Nascent 9,212]

I believe we thought grimes would have taken well before 14, I remember reading that we considered using pick 4 on Grimes if West Coast picked up Morton.

If that was the case I wouldn't be suprised if it we planned to draft Taylor with pick 14 but we couldn't pass up on Grimes when he was still available. Apparently we were keen on Tony Notte as a key position player who the Eagles had picked up at 20, one before Maric. He was delisted without playing a game. Now we just need Maric to cement that small forward pocket role (pending possible trade/delisting, lol).

[markc 975]

i am sure there is hundreds of players that have been told we will draft you .. and then another teams pick you up before then or someone else is still available

[Rogue 585]

My guess is that we were hoping to pick him up with pick # 21 but were beaten to it by Geelong at 17.

I read his comments as him feeling that Melbourne were going to take him when they could, had the opportunity to do so and then chose not to; not that they were just interested in taking him somewhere in the draft and got beaten to the punch.

[Lutz 76]

I'd say we intended to take him at 14, and might have told him so.

I seem to remember CAC saying that if Morton, Kreuzer & Cotchin were gone at 4, we'd have taken Grimes.

Obviously we thought a gem had slipped through the net & it changed our plans.

What we'd give to have acquired Taylor at 21 instead of Maric...

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,829]

I think the phrase 'dodging a bullet' applies here.

[JT9 104]

Well being selected as early as he was a surprise I remember so maybe we assumed he would make it to 21, and as said earlier we didnt expect Grimes to get this far, so things certainly change when the order changes, its anyones guess when we were planning on drafting him

[Nasher 33,616]

I read it the same way as Rogue. Perhaps it was the year before he was drafted that we overlooked him, as he was drafted as mature aged IIRC.

[titan_uranus 25,020]

I reckon people are right to assume we were going to take him at 14 but Grimes was available and that changed our plans, so Geelong took him at 17 before we could get to him at 21.

Isn't he a lucky bastard.

[Lutz 76]

I read it the same way as Rogue. Perhaps it was the year before he was drafted that we overlooked him, as he was drafted as mature aged IIRC.

This is correct (that he was mature age).

Makes a lot more sense too, why he'd refer to it as a silver lining.

Not getting drafted one year meant he was drafted later to the cats.

[Keepin up with the Joneses 48]

This is correct (that he was mature age).

Makes a lot more sense too, why he'd refer to it as a silver lining.

Not getting drafted one year meant he was drafted later to the cats.

I remember in an afl magazine around draft time that year, there was a phantom draft suggesting we'd take him at 4, and i was like wtf we have to draft Morton, he's going to be the next Adam Goodes!... ah hindsight you beautiful thing!

[Lutz 76]

Ah, right.

I just don't understand why he'd single us out.

Maybe if we said we'd take him a lot earlier than he was picked, then I could understand.

Pick 4 still doesn't seem right though.

We wouldn't tell him we'd take him there if we obviously rated at least 4 players above him (assuming we had Kruezer & Cotchin ahead of him too).

[Supermercado 2,797]

Apparently we were keen on Tony Notte as a key position player who the Eagles had picked up at 20, one before Maric. He was delisted without playing a game.

He did play because he debuted against us at the MCG. Sadly for him he was even thinner than Morton, did nothing and was presumably never seen again.

[Nascent 9,212]

He did play because he debuted against us at the MCG. Sadly for him he was even thinner than Morton, did nothing and was presumably never seen again.

Indeed, I stand corrected. Played the following game against Hawthorn for his 2nd and last game. Don't remember him playing against us that day, but I guess he was probably standing side on from where I was sitting for most of the game rendering him invisible to the naked eye... listed playing weight of 71kg at 194cm, sheesh. Can only imagine the outrage on here had we picked up Morton and Notte in the same draft.

[baysidedave 246]

I think the phrase 'dodging a bullet' applies here.

congrats to him because he's played in 2 flags but he's going to go down the ladder now with the Cats, they are very old and will be bottom 6 in 2-3 years

[Jordie_tackles 354]

Imagine our backline, that thought will wet your pants

Frawley Taylor Garland Rivers Grimes 6th guy

[monoccular 17,428]

I believe we thought grimes would have taken well before 14, I remember reading that we considered using pick 4 on Grimes if West Coast picked up Morton.

If that was the case I wouldn't be suprised if it we planned to draft Taylor with pick 14 but we couldn't pass up on Grimes when he was still available. Apparently we were keen on Tony Notte as a key position player who the Eagles had picked up at 20, one before Maric. He was delisted without playing a game. Now we just need Maric to cement that small forward pocket role (pending possible trade/delisting, lol).

So we could have had Grimrs and Taylor, and not Morton, then.........mmmmmmm!!

[McQueen 17,864]

congrats to him because he's played in 2 flags but he's going to go down the ladder now with the Cats, they are very old and will be bottom 6 in 2-3 years

Cats have been drafting very well during this period of dominance.

The culture at the club is spoken of in elite terms. Younger players are being groomed in this successful environment.

I would be very surprised if the Cats hit the bottom six within the next decade.