2008 Redrafted

9 hours ago, Deeko2 said:

These hindsight drafts really give me the craps.  We really were given some exceptional opportunities only to shank it on many occasions.  Still, I do believe nearly every pick at one stage or another showed they could potentially belong at AFL level however agree with most at our ordinary development. 

The biggest hindsight issue I picked up is how Gold Coast picked up bulk draft picks and surrounded them by a few mercenaries where as GWS picked up even more draft picks but surrounded them by elder statesman with more elite training habits.  

I'd love to know how some of the players we picked up during the dark years would have turned out if they started there careers with a West Coast, Sydney or Hawthorn.

There is some talent that we picked up from 2006, they can't have all been duds:

FB:      Morton (4)     Frawley (12)       Bennell (35)

HB:     Strauss (19)    Cook (12)     Grimes (14)

M:     Blease (17)    Gysberts (11)      Scully (1)

HF:     Petterd (30)   Hogan (mini)   Howe (33)

FF:     Maric (21)     Watts (1)     Tapscott (18)

R:     Gawn (34)     Trengove (2)   Toumpas (4)

Well a number were/are not duds, Frawley, Scully, Hogan, Howe, Watts, Gawn then Petterd, Trengove were cruelled by injury. Still I agree not the greatest return.