49 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

This aged well.

Still butchers the ball alot, happy with our midfield mix.

Nothing to see here.

Not losing any sleep about what I said 3, yes 3 years ago. 

This whole ‘you should have known the future’ routine is getting a bit trite. 

Edited September 19, 20213 yr by layzie

9 hours ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Am I being hasty here or might we have stuffed our early draft pick up in 2013? 😄

Stuffed it up is an understatement! Totally obliterated it is more on the mark! Contratulations at any rate, he had a great year, BUT.. Oliver is a better player IMO

Edited September 19, 20213 yr by picket fence

9 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Oh deer 😅😅

Doe!

4 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Doe!

A female deer

8 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

Still butchers the ball alot, happy with our midfield mix.

Nothing to see here.

But the best butchers always deliver the choicest cuts!

9 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

If we take Wines we may not get Petracca or Oliver.

Things turned out ok in the end.

Que sera, sera 😇

Picking Toumpas over Wines will always go down in history as one of the bigger drafting stuff ups by the club, but as many have said here it's a sliding doors moment for the club. If he comes to us maybe we're better in the short term but don't get the opportunity to have the mix we have now.

Well done to him, he's had an excellent year.

I wish I had access to Rexie to find out things...

Wouldn’t have got 3 votes in big hometown Prelim. 
Other than GF - only thing that matters in footy and all I care about

23 minutes ago, Pates said:

Picking Toumpas over Wines will always go down in history as one of the bigger drafting stuff ups by the club, but as many have said here it's a sliding doors moment for the club. If he comes to us maybe we're better in the short term but don't get the opportunity to have the mix we have now.

Well done to him, he's had an excellent year.

I see an alternate reality where we nailed some of those picks, even taking Martin over one of Trengove/Scully. But we fail to develop these players to the point that they're at (or have been) and end up a mid-tier side for the next twenty years... making finals every second or third year but failing to have any kind of impact. That would suck too.

4 minutes ago, Luther said:

I see an alternate reality where we nailed some of those picks, even taking Martin over one of Trengove/Scully. But we fail to develop these players to the point that they're at (or have been) and end up a mid-tier side for the next twenty years... making finals every second or third year but failing to have any kind of impact. That would suck too.

Dustin Martin at our club at that time...

He probably went to the right place at the right time.

My Radio 📻 was never the same after we failed to recruit Wines. 
I almost walked away at that stage. It showed that the Club, at that stage had no idea what it was doing 

34 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

My Radio 📻 was never the same after we failed to recruit Wines. 
I almost walked away at that stage. It showed that the Club, at that stage had no idea what it was doing 

…and the Saints review McCartin over Trac

35 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

My Radio 📻 was never the same after we failed to recruit Wines. 
I almost walked away at that stage. It showed that the Club, at that stage had no idea what it was doing 

Yet you're on record here as believing that Toumpas was going to be a top player

So which story are we meant to believe?

You're in the same category as many others here though.  We even had a poll here where nearly 70% favoured Toumpas

Mind you, we also had a poll here once where 97% of people wanted Neeld to continue on and see out his contract (after his first year)

 

Toumpas was widely viewed across AFL as top prospect 

3 minutes ago, Macca said:

Yet you're on record here as believing that Toumpas was going to be a top player

So which story are we meant to believe?

You're in the same category as many others here though.  We even had a poll here where nearly 70% favoured Toumpas

Mind you, we also had a poll here once where 97% of people wanted Neeld to continue on and see out his contract (after his first year)

 

And you are on record (ad Nauseum) that the draft means nothing 

3 minutes ago, radar said:

Toumpas was widely viewed across AFL as top prospect 

There is no question about that and never was (apart from the mutterings of the harry hindsight types)

But the AFL sorts out a lot of draftees.  I'd class it as a completely different sport to under 18 footy where the threat of real violence is quite diminished as compared to the big league. 

And the pace of the AFL is something else as well.  If you're not quick, you need to be a very talented player or very clever

It's a tough sport, not for everyone

8 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

And you are on record (ad Nauseum) that the draft means nothing 

Ha ha ha!

You need to learn how to read properly

The draft is flawed and most supporters know that ... except you it seems

So much so that the club was prepared to risk 3 x first round draft picks to acquire Lever & May

And you lambasted the club for doing so ... how do you feel now? 

Changed your mind?

 

from my memory it was more of a surprise that toumpas fell out of the top 3; he was regarded as an elite prospect, and was more highly regarded than o'rourke or plowman who went at 2 and 3

worth remembering that they are effectively finished as afl players as well

in fact, if you look at the 2012 top 20 it's a real miss more so than a hit:

1. lachie whitfield - hit
2. jonathan o'rourke - miss
3. lachie plowman - miss
4. jimmy toumpas - miss
5. jake stringer - hit
6. jack macrae - hit
7. ollie wines - hit
8. sam mayes - miss
9. nick vlastuin - hit
10. joe daniher - father-son (arguably a miss)
11. troy menzel - miss
12. kristian jaksch - miss
13. jesse lonergan - miss
14. aidan corr - hit
15. taylor garner - miss
16. jackson thurlow - miss
17. josh simpson - miss
18. brodie grundy - hit
19. ben kennedy - miss
20. tim broomhead - miss
21. nathan hrovat - miss
22. dean towers - miss
23. marco paparone - miss

Edited September 20, 20213 yr by whatwhat say what

20 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

from my memory it was more of a surprise that toumpas fell out of the top 3; he was regarded as an elite prospect, and was more highly regarded than o'rourke or plowman who went at 2 and 3

worth remembering that they are effectively finished as afl players as well

in fact, if you look at the 2012 top 20 it's a real miss more so than a hit:

1. lachie whitfield - hit
2. jonathan o'rourke - miss
3. lachie plowman - miss
4. jimmy toumpas - miss
5. jake stringer - hit
6. jack macrae - hit
7. ollie wines - hit
8. sam mayes - miss
9. nick vlastuin - hit
10. joe daniher - father-son (arguably a miss)
11. troy menzel - miss
12. kristian jaksch - miss
13. jesse lonergan - miss
14. aidan corr - hit
15. taylor garner - miss
16. jackson thurlow - miss
17. josh simpson - miss
18. brodie grundy - hit
19. ben kennedy - miss
20. tim broomhead - miss
21. nathan hrovat - miss
22. dean towers - miss
23. marco paparone - miss

Hell of a lot of missed opportunities there ... but most years are similar and sometimes the draft is an absolute gold mine

But as you've pointed out, 2012 was a stinker especially at the very top and in the 11-23 range

So either the recruiters are incompetant or the draft is flawed.  Logic will give you your answer if the same sort of pattern happens year by year

Development is a very big factor too

But I compare it all to 2yo prospects in horse racing.  All the great breeding in the world often doesn't matter if the horse can't run fast (or gets injured)

Who the heck is Aidan Corr?

Nothing against Jimmy T but even I said pick Wines.  I f we had though perhaps we would have not picked Oliver....

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Yet you're on record here as believing that Toumpas was going to be a top player

So which story are we meant to believe?

You're in the same category as many others here though.  We even had a poll here where nearly 70% favoured Toumpas

Mind you, we also had a poll here once where 97% of people wanted Neeld to continue on and see out his contract (after his first year)

 

Macca, I went on record when Toupas name was first being mentioned as NEVER wanting him at Dees. He ran like a duck and could hardly get contested ball. Similarly when Neeld got the coaching gig I almost walked away then. Many on this site disagreed and history has now proven that some terrible decisions were made by administration of the time

Edited September 20, 20213 yr by picket fence

3 hours ago, Pates said:

Picking Toumpas over Wines will always go down in history as one of the bigger drafting stuff ups by the club, but as many have said here it's a sliding doors moment for the club. If he comes to us maybe we're better in the short term but don't get the opportunity to have the mix we have now.

Well done to him, he's had an excellent year.

Still a long way distant to the EPIC catastrophe that was Richard Tambling over Buddy Franklin.

That was a blunder of historic proportions

 

If only we could see into the future, we would never get a draft pick wrong