Lucas Cook back in the red and blue

[Whispering_Jack 28,451]

Signed at Port Melbourne.

Just thought you might be interested.

[Slartibartfast 16,320]

Good luck to him.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,005]

Wow. I know they like ex AFL players, but I'm not sure this is a great pick up for them.

[Dees2014 2,377]

They are also generally good judges of talent as can be seen by their results. If they can make him into a star, then it is just further evidence of our incompetence in the last 5 years.

I, for one, suspect they just might.....

[rjay 24,336]

I'm happy that he's having a go again. Seems like he was way out of his depth in his AFL shot with us but he did have some real talent.

[spirit of norm smith 14,011]

Development league ...

[Coup Cooper 610]

Signed as a waterboy or physio?

[Demon trucker 1,800]

The guy did kick one or two bags at Casey the guy can play, he did not make it because he lacks work ethic not talent, how many teenagers lack work ethic, most do but everyone matures differently.

[dazzledavey36 50,760]

I thought he was noted for his work ethic during his under 18s champs?

Anyways he exactly didn't set the world on fire for North Ballarat for the last couple of year. Personally I think you will see him more in the development league then seniors.

[Ted Lasso 17,485]

I can't how a first round pick has gone on to show as little as he has. An all Australian centre half forward as a junior

[Pink Freud 350]

You can talk till youre blue in the face, this was the biggest selection gaffe in the draft history of the club.

Other recruiters will tell you that if you spoke to the kid before the draft you would have known that he didn't have the temperament for AFL.

It was obvious from his first training session that he was going to struggle.

How did we not pick it?

[old dee 23,351]

You can talk till youre blue in the face, this was the biggest selection gaffe in the draft history of the club.

Other recruiters will tell you that if you spoke to the kid before the draft you would have known that he didn't have the temperament for AFL.

It was obvious from his first training session that he was going to struggle.

How did we not pick it?

That may well be the question of the decade PF

[Deemotivated 550]

A young fragile mind in a fragile toxic culture was more than likely his undoing.

Hope he goes well at Port.

[Redleg 39,083]

A young fragile mind in a fragile toxic culture was more than likely his undoing.

Hope he goes well at Port.

Don't think our culture had anything to do with his taking his eyes off the ball at his first training session with us and then fumbling every time.

[Deemotivated 550]

Don't think our culture had anything to do with his taking his eyes off the ball at his first training session with us and then fumbling every time.

No but it certainly didn't help.

[Coup Cooper 610]

Whoever selected this muppet at pick 12 ought to be castrated.. And I'll never forget Lyon pumping him up on the footy show..

Awww the horror!

Edited November 18, 2014 by Coup Cooper

[btdemon 475]

You can talk till youre blue in the face, this was the biggest selection gaffe in the draft history of the club.

Other recruiters will tell you that if you spoke to the kid before the draft you would have known that he didn't have the temperament for AFL.

It was obvious from his first training session that he was going to struggle.

How did we not pick it?

No. Picking Cale morton before Paddy Dangerfield and Cyril Rioli is the biggest selection Gaffe in the history of MFC drafting.

[old dee 23,351]

No. Picking Cale morton before Paddy Dangerfield and Cyril Rioli is the biggest selection Gaffe in the history of MFC drafting.

Sorry do not agree

[TheoX 1,218]

No. Picking Cale morton before Paddy Dangerfield and Cyril Rioli is the biggest selection Gaffe in the history of MFC drafting.

Don't think so, Morton was at least rated around the pick we took him at, Cook was a big reach at 12.

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

No. Picking Cale morton before Paddy Dangerfield and Cyril Rioli is the biggest selection Gaffe in the history of MFC drafting.

and every single other club would have done the same

there was no way of knowing his influence would be completely stifled in the big league by a complete lack of ticker

[Qwerty30 196]

I would have thought our drafting in the rich and deeply talented 2008 draft was our greatest blunder. To have only had Watts and Jetta come through at least regular AFL players ( yeah I know they have limitations) was a blunder of catastrophic proportions.

Morton was indeed a bad miss and a Cook was too.

In respect of the 2011 draft we took Howe at 33 and McDonald at 53. It's not a bad dividend for that year. And if we reversed the order of who we drafted then there would be no complaints about the Cook selection. Nevertheless it could have been a stellar year if we have got it right.

I wish Lucas Cook all the best with the VFL.

[WERRIDEE 5,293]

No. Picking Cale morton before Paddy Dangerfield and Cyril Rioli is the biggest selection Gaffe in the history of MFC drafting.

Does anybody know why Dangerfield was taken so low in the draft when he had all the tools to make it as an AFL footballer while Morton was a gutless receiver?

[FarNorthernD 5,848]

Does anybody know why Dangerfield was taken so low in the draft when he had all the tools to make it as an AFL footballer while Morton was a gutless receiver?

That was a fair question until the last two words

[RalphiusMaximus 6,005]

You can talk till youre blue in the face, this was the biggest selection gaffe in the draft history of the club.

Other recruiters will tell you that if you spoke to the kid before the draft you would have known that he didn't have the temperament for AFL.

It was obvious from his first training session that he was going to struggle.

How did we not pick it?

I kind of always thought that this was a bit of a panic pick because we missed out on Lynch. They had decided they were getting a tall with the pick and when Lynch went right before us they just grabbed the next in line despite him not being anywhere near the player and certainly not worth a first round pick.

No. Picking Cale morton before Paddy Dangerfield and Cyril Rioli is the biggest selection Gaffe in the history of MFC drafting.

Morton played 73 games for Melbourne. How many did Cook get to again?

[rjay 24,336]

Does anybody know why Dangerfield was taken so low in the draft when he had all the tools to make it as an AFL footballer while Morton was a gutless receiver?

Because only that maligned (by the AFL) recruiter Matt Rendell seemed to think he could play a bit when others didn't.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/new-crow-had-better-be-good/story-e6frf34u-1111114962312

The article is well worth a read, particularly with us having picks 2 & 3 this year and shows how a really good recruiter will back himself in despite what the conventional wisdom is. Ebert who is discussed at length has all the traits that are now being mentioned with Brayshaw and that concerned me a bit when reading.

I hope everyone reads this...

Edited November 18, 2014 by rjay