You mean a pick 21 that we couldn't "develop" was also a dud at Richmond ? A club that has developed Cotchin, Martin, Riewoldt, etc ?

Or maybe he was just another [censored] pick. Nah, too simple. Must be the development.

Whilst I am not referring to Maric in particular - the problem is that most draft picks are selected at about the "right" pick (and yes, you can healthily debate that Cook, Gysbert, Maric and I think Strauss were taken too early). Problem is that the right pick is based on TAC form and there are some that just dont kick on.

I just find it hard to fathom that we have failed in nearly every one of our high draft picks. I agree that some of our selections have been poor but I also believe that our setting of the bar has been low in terms of expectation and demands and thus our development has been a fail also.

I've done some extensive research into drafting over the last 5 minutes. Some say drafting is not an exact science, well I think I've come up with a formula to guaran-damn-tee us drafting success.

Throw some decent coin at Craig Cameron and Big Bad Bazza Prendagast to return to the club and lead up the recruiting department.

Come draft day, draft anyone that these two bozo's don't have on their list.

Watch our hit rate suddenly sky rocket.

The funniest part is that Craig Cameron has stuffed up with Addam Maric, twice!

Seven players axed at Tigerland (including Daniel Connors) and two others recently retired.

Has the sky fallen in over Punt Road Oval?

Well done to Maric on being totally rubbish from go to whoa, and still managing to stretch his career out for five years across two clubs. Far better players than Maric have been given less time to show themselves for some reason (Shane Valenti anyone?). A breathtakingly bad selection, whichever way you look at it.

I've done some extensive research into drafting over the last 5 minutes. Some say drafting is not an exact science, well I think I've come up with a formula to guaran-damn-tee us drafting success.

Throw some decent coin at Craig Cameron and Big Bad Bazza Prendagast to return to the club and lead up the recruiting department.

Come draft day, draft anyone that these two bozo's don't have on their list.

Watch our hit rate suddenly sky rocket.

Gold.

Seriously, what a [censored] piece of recruiting. A monkey picking names out of a top hat could've done a better job than BP/CC.

Yet another wasted high pick. That's Scully, Cook, Gysberts, Maric to go with Morton, Bate and Dunn

I'd hate to see a list of players who were picked after this bunch of spuds

To be entirely fair about from 22... (list from here http://en.wikipedia..../2007_AFL_Draft

EDIT - Click the link - the table looked perfect in the editor then fell to pieces when I clicked submit.

I dont think clubs stuffed up in picking up Mazza........Mazza stuffed up ....If this makes sense

The funniest part is that Craig Cameron has stuffed up with Addam Maric, twice!

You have made my day CB

Funny is probably not the right word

Try Tragic.

I still remember Craig Cameron posting on here as he was leaving the club after the 2007 draft and crapping on about how he had left us with this great group of draftees headed by Cale Morton. Bastard.

I still remember Craig Cameron posting on here as he was leaving the club after the 2007 draft and crapping on about how he had left us with this great group of draftees headed by Cale Morton. Bastard.

That's not his style and I'd remember if he did.

From memory he posted goodbye and said he hoped he'd left us in a good position, but that we'd know in the fullness of time. Nasher will remember.

That's not his style and I'd remember if he did.

From memory he posted goodbye and said he hoped he'd left us in a good position, but that we'd know in the fullness of time. Nasher will remember.

Would love to see the post. It wasn't anything over the top, just the usual stuff you hear from recruiters after a draft. I was more just saying with tongue in cheek, how after these drafts we are always told how lucky we were to get certain players etc, but then when you look back years later it rarely pans out as planned...well for us anyway.

I dont think clubs stuffed up in picking up Mazza........Mazza stuffed up ....If this makes sense

Aye. Uncoachable kept getting thrown around while he was on our list. I guess Richmond couldn't find the magic button either.

While CAC was an absolute disaster, Rob Hyde (Calder Cannon's great former coach) described Maric (at 16) as the best small forward he'd seen since Peter Daicos. Unfortunately he had plenty of talent and nothing else. I saw him kick 11 goals in an U18's game once when he was 16.

When we drafted him, I was rapt.

My bad.

Boy wasted his talent, never really grew.

While CAC was an absolute disaster, Rob Hyde (Calder Cannon's great former coach) described Maric (at 16) as the best small forward he'd seen since Peter Daicos. Unfortunately he had plenty of talent and nothing else. I saw him kick 11 goals in an U18's game once when he was 16.

When we drafted him, I was rapt.

My bad.

Just a very outside player. The type I call flashy in pan types.

For Maric it may well have been the game changing from a spacious game, to the flood, to the Contested footy style of today without space. Not for Maric.

Sometimes you're surprised when players don't make it. Nick Heyne has just been delisted by his second club. I saw him on the wing at the G as a junior and I thought he looked like he had all of the tools. I only saw him once, so he obviously had issues with his game. Or he didn't want it badly enough.