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Preview 2022 draft prospects
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I'm a fan of Gruzewski & love this:
There were confronting scenes towards the end of the 2km time trial when exhausted Eastern Ranges key defender Lewis Hayes collapsed just before the finish line.
But Sandringham Dragons utility Max Gruzewski, who was just behind Hayes, stopped his run to help Hayes to his feet and carry him across the finish line in a beautiful act of sportsmanship.
Speaking to the Herald Sun, Gruzewski said he didn’t help Hayes purely to impress recruiters, revealing he’d roomed with Hayes during the combine and had gotten to know him well.
“‘Hayesy’ was struggling at the end and I think my mate’s health and how he was feeling was more important than a running race, so I thought I should help him out,”
There were confronting scenes towards the end of the 2km time trial when exhausted Eastern Ranges key defender Lewis Hayes collapsed just before the finish line.
But Sandringham Dragons utility Max Gruzewski, who was just behind Hayes, stopped his run to help Hayes to his feet and carry him across the finish line in a beautiful act of sportsmanship.
Speaking to the Herald Sun, Gruzewski said he didn’t help Hayes purely to impress recruiters, revealing he’d roomed with Hayes during the combine and had gotten to know him well.
“‘Hayesy’ was struggling at the end and I think my mate’s health and how he was feeling was more important than a running race, so I thought I should help him out,”
be brave. Exactly right, could skip Lemmey and grab Cowan or Hotton, after reading posts on Lemmey, he might be a lemon.
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Floreat Pica, Bitch!
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sr36
TheBrownDog
Pharrell Williams.
I smiled when I heard his name and watching him smile on the footy field has made me happy ever since.
This is his song.
- Sep 30, 2009
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- Collingwood
Rank Time (seconds) Name
1 7.702 Darcy Jones
2 8.182 Jaxon Binns
3 8.217 Elijah Hewett
4 8.247 Steely Green
5 8.255 Edward Allan
6 8.267 Luke Teal
7 8.285 Toby McMullin
8 8.292 Jacob Konstanty
9 8.325 Harry Rowston
10 8.343 Noah Long
The publicly available 10th at the National combine (which included no key position players) was 8.343.
On the face of if 8.73 doesn’t seem too bad.
Bloody annoying that this information isn’t easily available and the AFL doesn’t just have a proper repository for all things draft prospects (Links to any televised games, testing results etc).
Is there a reason you guys don’t post them PmBangers?
Zhoung, we are all armchair warriors, post away
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TradeDraft
Post-Human
jmac70
On the porch
jmac70
On the porch
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@Headless approved!
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Not allowed to due to AFL restrictions, RMC dont even get access to them through RookieMe, we rely on the generosity of contacts within recruiting circles to gibe us some of interest
It's pretty good for a tall, looks like only Cadman, Jefferson, Northem, Van Es and Verrell did better of the KPPs that tested
sr36
TheBrownDog
That photo does encapsulate his 2020. Hung over and wearing not much other than a strange blanket given to him by the cops - and a baby at the end of it all.
sr36
TheBrownDog
That photo doesn't make me happy. "Say cheese, and then look like a serial killer."
I believe it is partly an attitude change (we lacked a spine but had good smalls and mids) on how he views thier importance and also the strike rate with them vs mids and flankers.
This draft at the end of last year was also viewed as a heavy KPP rich draft.
But they either haven't come on or have questions still lingering around most of them.
Just look.
Cadman, Jefferson, Busslinger, Burnett, Keeler, Lemmey, Scully, Hayes, etc.
All of them at stages have been talked up over the last 24 months.
Will be interesting to see how he picks.
sr36
TheBrownDog
Yes, but that group doesn't run anywhere near as deep as 2006. 12 out of the first 17 drafted were talls - we'll probably never see anything like it again. Hine supposedly rated the talls in 2020, but couldn't get up into the top 10 where they went.
I'm hoping for a couple of Busslinger, Barnett, Keeler and Hayes. With Barnett and Hayes sounding the two most likely for us. But who am I to say, if we go for different types again.
sr36
TheBrownDog
Van Es is an interesting one - footage and athleticism both appear stronger than Lemmey's.
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Well that’s pretty sh!tty by the AFL. Especially if they aren’t using them for their own commercial purposes.
The thing is it doesn't have to be Lemmey.
People just very familiar with Lemmey as he was talked up as a top prospect in 2021.
That's up to our recruiting team. I think it's more there is a feel that a couple of good prospects should be available at our last 3 picks and that we could load up tall and see what comes of it.
The prospect of hitting it at those picks are low anyway might as well try go for broke.
Get best available with our first rounder then go tall for long term list development. As someone else said a 3 kpp/ruck and even if only 1 comes on that is a success if more come on you look genius.
If none come on then we just need to point to most drafts where 80% are delisted after pick 30 anyway.
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TheBrownDog
I'd normally disagree with you. Later picks are less chance of being a hit, so I don't think you want to be crossing off a huge section of the field because they're the wrong player type. But this year seems like talls in that range are more likely than they usually are, so I'd be all for it.
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ABZ
Not Keeler then?
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In the ones where he had no impact.
AFL is an unforgiving game, and especially so in finals. If you don’t hunt with aggression you don’t get rewarded, unless you’re an elite outside uncontested type that knows where to run and when!
