Craig Cameron set to quit

[rpfc 27,630]

We need a memo leak, IF Schwab loses his job at the MFC, he is a hot favourite for the Tigs job.

Dont let the truth get in the way of a good lead

Then wait for the BANG!! The offices of the rage with go into meltdown by our friendly female reporter in there.

Cameron wasn't CEO - he was Head of Footy Ops.

[DeeVoted 582]

Cameron wasn't CEO - he was Head of Footy Ops.

That went through to the keeper.

Wilson hates Schwab, she would burn the joint down rather than have him anywhere near the place.

[rpfc 27,630]

That went through to the keeper.

No, I got it.

But I am a comedy snob.

[Carlos Danger 380]

Will always be known for taking Luke Molan at pick 9 in the superdraft ahead of 50 other blokes that had decent careers.

The Cale Morton one is just as bad...

He wasn't all bad.

Pick 12 of the 2006 draft was a masterstroke.

[FarNorthernD 5,848]

He wasn't all bad.

Pick 12 of the 2006 draft was a masterstroke.

True, and you could argue that pick 7 is the only one above him that was clearly better.

[Slartibartfast 16,007]

I note this from our website about our footy recruiting department

"You won't hear Taylor taking the credit though. The decision is, he says, a reflection on the approach of the recruiting team now at Melbourne and the confidence they have in the football department's ability to develop talent.

The beefed-up recruiting team now includes Taylor, Gary Burleigh, Tim Lamb and Darren Farrugia, with Kelly O'Donnell as pro scout, Tim Harrington as general manager of list development and Todd Viney supporting and guiding the decision making process. The group also reports to a list management committee."

Craig Cameron did all their jobs when he was at Melbourne. There was no list management committee.

[Hannibal 5,814]

I note this from our website about our footy recruiting department

Craig Cameron did all their jobs when he was at Melbourne. There was no list management committee.

Statistically only one club had a worse recruiting record than Melbourne since 2000.

Do you know the set-up at other clubs while Craig was in charge here ? I know Richmond's was no better. They recruited JON as a top 10 pick purely by hearsay and watching his video tapes.

The money spent on recruiting has drastically changed in recent times. It may not have been unusual in the AFL for clubs to have the type of set-up that Craig experienced. But I'm not certain of the benchmarks and you could well be right in that he was at a severe disadvantage when compared to most.

[Nasher 33,166]

The money spent on recruiting has drastically changed in recent times. It may not have been unusual in the AFL for clubs to have the type of set that Craig experienced. But I'm not certain of the benchmarks and you could well be right in that he was at a severe disadvantage when compared to most.

I wondered the same thing Ben. It's all well and good to plead that Craig was under-resourced at the time, and relative to the resourcing we're seeing now there's no doubt he was. But if his resourcing was comparable to other clubs at the time then his performance need to be scaled accordingly. Like you though, I have no idea how our resourcing compared to other clubs at the time (and I don't just mean the "rich" clubs, I mean all the clubs).

[Slartibartfast 16,007]

Statistically only one club had a worse recruiting record than Melbourne since 2000.

Do you know the set-up at other clubs while Craig was in charge here ? I know Richmond's was no better. They recruited JON as a top 10 pick purely by hearsay and watching his video tapes.

The money spent on recruiting has drastically changed in recent times. It may not have been unusual in the AFL for clubs to have the type of set-up that Craig experienced. But I'm not certain of the benchmarks and you could well be right in that he was at a severe disadvantage when compared to most.

I don't know the answer but it would have been hard to have less resources.

He was a paradox in a way. He was very ordinary with early picks but got a lot of good ones late. In the first RD he recruited Robbo, Junior, Nathan Bassett, Ward and Bishop. He picked up Woey, Rigoni,;Nathan Brown, Whelan, Bruce, Jolly and Jamar with late picks.

But he failed terribly with his early picks and that killed us. It's ironic that close to his best, Scotty Thompson, didn't get on with the coach and is/was exactly what we need.

[Hannibal 5,814]

I don't know the answer but it would have been hard to have less resources.

Probably, but I'd also be surprised if he had less than the Dogs, North, or Richmond for starters.