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2014 Rookie Draft

Roger Mellie
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Mitchell White (MFC) - 188cm, 85kg, Medium-Tall Defender.
Mitchell White (WCE) - 190cm. 85kg. Meidum-Tall Defender/Forward.

Would be pretty happy if our Mitchell White turned out as good as the last one!

Side note - can anyone explain the GWS strategy.
By my count they passed on 8 Rookie picks and 2 PSD picks.
Why would you go in 10 players short on your list? Surely your just wasting opportunities to find potential guns?

Note: I understand their list size reduces over time. But surely that only justifies going 2-4 list spots short. Not 10!

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    Mitchell White (MFC) - 188cm, 85kg, Medium-Tall Defender.

    Mitchell White (WCE) - 190cm. 85kg. Meidum-Tall Defender/Forward.

    Would be pretty happy if our Mitchell White turned out as good as the last one!

    Side note - can anyone explain the GWS strategy.

    By my count they passed on 8 Rookie picks and 2 PSD picks.

    Why would you go in 10 players short on your list? Surely your just wasting opportunities to find potential guns?

    Note: I understand their list size reduces over time. But surely that only justifies going 2-4 list spots short. Not 10!

    They have a normal list of 46 and one rookie now so they still have more players than anybody else even after all of today's passing. Not taking players is going to make list management easier going forward plus they probably not that interested in filling their list with off cuts and lowly ranked players

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    They have a normal list of 46 and one rookie now so they still have more players than anybody else even after all of today's passing. Not taking players is going to make list management easier going forward plus they probably not that interested in filling their list with off cuts and lowly ranked players

    Interesting - does this imply they could have had 56 players on their list? Doesn't seem to add up.

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    Mitchell White (MFC) - 188cm, 85kg, Medium-Tall Defender.

    Mitchell White (WCE) - 190cm. 85kg. Meidum-Tall Defender/Forward.

    Would be pretty happy if our Mitchell White turned out as good as the last one!

    Side note - can anyone explain the GWS strategy.

    By my count they passed on 8 Rookie picks and 2 PSD picks.

    Why would you go in 10 players short on your list? Surely your just wasting opportunities to find potential guns?

    Note: I understand their list size reduces over time. But surely that only justifies going 2-4 list spots short. Not 10!

    - Development resources

    - Salary cap

    - Footy department costs (they are on a short leash from the AFL)

    - Low yield - how are these late picks or rookies going to get a game ahead of their gun pick ups?

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    I get the not filling the list angle, but why did they pass for 7 rounds in a row then use their last pick? Isn't that just giving all the other clubs up to 7 chances to take the player you want?

    Finlayson was part of the Giants academy and because no other teams bid on him they automatically get him with their final pick.

    Something close to that anyway, Shifter explained it but I was busy reading Demonland to fully take it in.

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    I get the not filling the list angle, but why did they pass for 7 rounds in a row then use their last pick? Isn't that just giving all the other clubs up to 7 chances to take the player you want?

    The academies. The gifts that keep on giving.

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    Mitchell White (MFC) - 188cm, 85kg, Medium-Tall Defender.

    Mitchell White (WCE) - 190cm. 85kg. Meidum-Tall Defender/Forward.

    Would be pretty happy if our Mitchell White turned out as good as the last one!

    Side note - can anyone explain the GWS strategy.

    By my count they passed on 8 Rookie picks and 2 PSD picks.

    Why would you go in 10 players short on your list? Surely your just wasting opportunities to find potential guns?

    Note: I understand their list size reduces over time. But surely that only justifies going 2-4 list spots short. Not 10!

    $CULLY

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