Hi Guys, Who do you think has been the best recruitment officer for us? NO sarcasm pepes!

This is a major failure obviously of late...but who would we have back or go for?

Thoughts..

Jim Cardwell. Unfortunately passed away more than a decade and a half ago.

Hi Guys, Who do you think has been the best recruitment officer for us? NO sarcasm pepes!

This is a major failure obviously of late...but who would we have back or go for?

Thoughts..

Just hire the best. It is irrelevant as to whether they have worked for us before.

I would highly doubt it anyway.

The bloke that recruited Craig Turley would be a giant improvement.

The late Jim Cardwell aside, I reckon I know the answer to this and it would certainly set the cat amongnst the pigeons. Or squab.

The late Jim Cardwell aside, I reckon I know the answer to this and it would certainly set the cat amongnst the pigeons. Or squab.

Craig Cameron > Barry Prendergast if that's where you were going.

But for the uninformed we replaced Prendergast last year with Jason Taylor from Collingwood who was still contracted so Viney headed up recruiting for the year (possibly with Taylor involvement I suppose).

At this stage Kent, Matt Jones and Terlich all look nice finds to go with Viney and Toumpas. There's a lot of debate about Toumpas but we all realise he'll be a player if he gets developed right we just have to not panic. Clisby from the rookie list goes ok as well and we gave away a pick for Hogan. Now that's 7 names, 3 of which are best 22 (M. Jones, Terlich, Viney), 2 of which should be next year (Hogan, Toumpas) and 2 (Clisby and Kent) look pretty good. Not to mention Dawes who we traded for.

Hope springs eternal but we have to hope we've got some improved recruiting.

Let the kids all play for Casey this year. Do not expose them to this oppression.

... Or better yet, maybe take a leaf out of Geelong & Collingwood's book and learn how to develop players.

agree. Keep them in a "winning culture".

Let the kids all play for Casey this year. Do not expose them to this oppression.

Edited June 2, 201312 yr by spirit of norm smith

The failures stem from the prendergast years. Last year our recruiting team was depleted, however their late selections of Kent, jones and terlich were first class. The addition of Jason Taylor (Collingwood valued him highly and refused to let him go until the completion of the most recent draft period) gives me plenty of hope. This is one area the club has right.

You might laugh, but I reckon the best recruiter we had was C. Schwab. Got Viney, Warren Dean, Spalding, Steven Stretch amongst others over a two year period from interstate, and they made a massive difference for us in '87. Perhaps he should have stuck to a career in recruiting!