Often the blame gets put on drafting, but player development is also a massive issue.
I find it hard to believe that the development of Dow, SPS, LOB etc. would've been the same if they were drafted to clubs that know how to develop talent
Clearly a failure for me.
They had four cracks for win or even draw a game l, but couldn't get it done.
Early in the season it looked like the mentality piece had improved (compared to under Teague) but as the season wore on, showed themselves to be very vulnerable when the heat was on.
I...
Thought I'd look at how our mid season draft compared to the final result.
1st round
1 Essendon select..............Jack Bowes (Pick 10)
2 West Coast select............Todd Marshall (Pick 16)
3 Hawthorn select..............Sam Petrevski-Seton (Pick 6)
4 Essendon select..............Will...
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