18 hours ago, Adam The God said:

Wasn't sure where to put this, but it seems appropriate enough here. Mods, please feel free to move if need be.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1932890/inside-the-draft-room-access

Some great access. I'd prefer it was visual, but I'd suggest this is coming at some point down the track.

The most interesting thing of note is this bit:

"8:04pm  

Lamb’s phone rings, it’s a short call. A pick trade is floated by another club, which Lamb shuts down. That’s not part of the Dees’ plan tonight.    

The draft rolls on. "

I wonder which club it was and what they offered.

It was Adelaide who were desperate to get Sharp, they apparently went back to Essendon after us

B-

That's also what we got last time we drafted a Pickett.

I'm not even kidding. Our 2019 Jackson, Pickett, Rivers was rated a 'B-' draft.

To get an 'A' you need to pull of amazing hauls like Carlton's 2019 of Kemp, Philip and Ramsay.

It is all lining up for a 2028 peak, just as the gypsy woman said.

Maybe I'm the only one thinking this, but the feel I got with all our selections (except maybe White jnr) is that our draftees are no choir boys. There's a hard edge to them with a determined resolve. If this is the new dawn under Kingy, then I like what I see... I'm getting a 'Sydney bloods culture' vibe with this new crop coming through. Very exciting times ahead.

23 minutes ago, Where Demons Dare said:

Maybe I'm the only one thinking this, but the feel I got with all our selections (except maybe White jnr) is that our draftees are no choir boys. There's a hard edge to them with a determined resolve. If this is the new dawn under Kingy, then I like what I see... I'm getting a 'Sydney bloods culture' vibe with this new crop coming through. Very exciting times ahead.

I think King wants players who express themselves with playing. That’s been the Geelong way. And the Hawks way. And there’s certainly been some Swans (more recently than the Roos era) who fit that bill too.

I also think the cultural clean out might’ve been to make sure we’re bringing young guys with a bit of spunk in to the right place. Room for them to make their own mistakes but not be led astray.

4 hours ago, Willmoy1947 said:

One would think the blokes who do have a reasonable idea of who can play are the blokes week in and week out who go to the main games for the leagues. Do the films do the editing. Check each one for quality and continuity, and do it every week, all week.

Yes, but an article about the draft would just one of many a journo would write each year. Recruiters just have to spend probably hundreds of hours doing their research and establishing relationships with potential draftees. No journo would spend more than a few hours doing their research, and no family would spend extra hours also meeting with random journos.

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

B-

That's also what we got last time we drafted a Pickett.

I'm not even kidding. Our 2019 Jackson, Pickett, Rivers was rated a 'B-' draft.

To get an 'A' you need to pull of amazing hauls like Carlton's 2019 of Kemp, Philip and Ramsay.

It is all lining up for a 2028 peak, just as the gypsy woman said.

Never forget the news cycle is 24/7 now. These days I even seem to hear when some dude who was in a set of ads decades ago has died (or maybe for some okay racehorse dying .) It's a new world.