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Draft Behind The Scenes - First 15 Hours as a Draftee

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Great watch. One thing that stood out for me was how good it is for both of them to have mate/teammate to share the journey with. Makes thing a lot easier when it feels like there’s two of ye in it. 
Should make the transition to AFL that bit easier. Best of luck to both. 

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    Also enjoyed it.

    The stuff around the draft is about the most interesting stuff a club can put out I reckon.

    Loved after the 2019 draft when the club put out the behind the scenes video of conversations and deliberations the footy department had had before drafting Jackson, Pickett and Rivers, and also on the two draft nights, and wish they'd do it every year. 

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    1 hour ago, Dee Boys said:

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    Loved after the 2019 draft when the club put out the behind the scenes video of conversations and deliberations the footy department had had before drafting Jackson, Pickett and Rivers, and also on the two draft nights, and wish they'd do it every year. 

    I'd find that much more interesting than what was in the video this week (apologies to those who enjoyed it).

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    1 minute ago, sue said:

    I'd find that much more interesting than what was in the video this week (apologies to those who enjoyed it).

    Agree. I’d love to see that again every year

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    On 23/11/2024 at 17:21, adonski said:

     

    Great stuff. Well done MFC

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    4 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

    Loved after the 2019 draft when the club put out the behind the scenes video of conversations and deliberations the footy department had had before drafting Jackson, Pickett and Rivers, and also on the two draft nights, and wish they'd do it every year. 

    They could do a "Draft Rewind" with similar content. So, 2025, release some video of such discussions from 2020 or 2015 (whatever's available). Super interesting and even more so with a bit of hindsight - and more likely to include interesting aspects of that content if some time has passed.

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    1 hour ago, Dees_In_October said:

    They could do a "Draft Rewind" with similar content. So, 2025, release some video of such discussions from 2020 or 2015 (whatever's available). Super interesting and even more so with a bit of hindsight - and more likely to include interesting aspects of that content if some time has passed.

    This would be an amazing idea - obviously with the proviso that the draftees still at our club are OK with any frank discussion of them included in the content!

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