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We got the right Smith (Norm) but originally wanted to sign Len....phew!!

You'll never know what Len Smith could have done with at Melbourne, he worked with far inferior lists at Fitzroy than Norm at Melbourne. Oops, yes Norm was the better footballer!

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Healeys?

Greg certainly had the club loyalty, heart and toughness; Gerard, who started with us had the silk (and the Brownlow).

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I'm also confident that Jack will be the better Grimes brother, but I'm disappointed we passed on him when we had that chance. People who post about drafting players in hindsight really bother me (ie we should have taken Martin instead of Scully, NikNat instead of Watts, Darling instead of Cook, etc), but this is one drafting decision that has bothered me since the moment we didn't select him in the national draft.

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I'm also confident that Jack will be the better Grimes brother, but I'm disappointed we passed on him when we had that chance. People who post about drafting players in hindsight really bother me (ie we should have taken Martin instead of Scully, NikNat instead of Watts, Darling instead of Cook, etc), but this is one drafting decision that has bothered me since the moment we didn't select him in the national draft.

Cale v Cyril bothers me a whole lot more
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We do have a history of "dud brothers". Does the name Cockatoo-Collins ring a bell? I'm still confident about Jack Grimes though. As long as he can stay healthy and fit.

Healy ,Fidge ,Viney ,Cordner , MacDonald were ok.
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No one has mentioned the Mortons. It is quite likely they could be playing on each other this weekend. Mitch is now at the Swans and rumoured to be in the mix for this weekend. Out of the three of the brothers I still think we'll end up with the best one.

Woops didn't see the above post until I had posted.

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I'm also confident that Jack will be the better Grimes brother, but I'm disappointed we passed on him when we had that chance. People who post about drafting players in hindsight really bother me (ie we should have taken Martin instead of Scully, NikNat instead of Watts, Darling instead of Cook, etc), but this is one drafting decision that has bothered me since the moment we didn't select him in the national draft.

From memory he was gone before we could get him at the right pick

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Someone here mentioned a couple of other Grimes brothers younger than Dylan. Anyone know if they are any good?

Also, I believe there is another Viney a couple of years behind Jack.

Do we have any current players with siblings that are worth a look? (and yes, I know we'd all like a good look at Jess Trengove...)

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Dylan Grimes has been one of the best defenders in the league this year, however I think Jack still could be better, he played some really dominant games 2 years ago but has had 2-3 big injury setbacks.

I think it's fair to say the Morton's aren't a very good bunch

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Dylan Grimes has played well this season, but it's easy to do so when your getting support from the rest of your backline and, more importantly, have your midfielders putting pressure on the kick coming in. That's the difference.

Put Jack Grimes in a Richmond jumper and the critics would be raving...

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I hope we rated him as he has been playing some really good games of late. He went in the rookie draft in which I think we obviously rated Joel MacDonald higher

Dylan Grimes... in that draft we were out of it by the time the rookie draft came through.

We had already picked up Scully, Trengove, Gysberts, Tapscott, Gawn and Fitzpatrick.

Grimes was next on the list after Fitzpatrick.

Always remember on the night, Jordie McKenzie had agreed to stay on the rookie list and extra year so we had a better draft selection.

At the other end of the scale... guess who's seventh disappointing year at the club (a fifth second chance, via the rookie list) was given a priority over drafting Dylan Grimes...

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We got the right Smith (Norm) but originally wanted to sign Len....phew!!

Smith often stated Len was a better coach than him just he had a better side to compete with, barassi has backed this up to, to the point that Len invented the attacking handball style of play he used to win the blues a premiership. If we had both, that would have been amazing.

Picking the right brothers at footy, in the past you just grabbed them all and kept the good one's. The draft changed that and it takes a few years to sort out who's who. We got the right grimes. he just needs to string a ton of games together for consistency.

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Dylan Grimes... in that draft we were out of it by the time the rookie draft came through.

We had already picked up Scully, Trengove, Gysberts, Tapscott, Gawn and Fitzpatrick.

Grimes was next on the list after Fitzpatrick.

Always remember on the night, Jordie McKenzie had agreed to stay on the rookie list and extra year so we had a better draft selection.

At the other end of the scale... guess who's seventh disappointing year at the club (a fifth second chance, via the rookie list) was given a priority over drafting Dylan Grimes...

Newton stayed as a rookie.

Grimes was selected at pick 2 in the preseason draft before we even got our first rookie selection.

The real shame is that we selected bloody Joel Macdonald a pick before Grimes.

What a monumental waste.

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