https://www.afl.com.au/news/1250787/your-clubs-biggest-draft-hit-and-miss-since-2014
I thought the Sydney one was interesting. Particularly for those folks who like to say that the draft is a lottery. Pick 5 miss, pick 26 miss, pick 36 miss, pick 39 jackpot.
Back in the 2000s the players didn't like the guys who did the random drug testing. For some reason at training they were using tennis balls and a racquet. Anyway one of the players deliberately hit a tennis ball at one of these drug tester guys when he wasn't looking and it hit him in the face...
It's a long off season. The draft isn't even close. Here's some light reading material.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2024.2416821#abstract
Remember the old less than 8% bf or you can gtfo? Those were the times. Nowadays they don't even list the weights of players because of body shaming. Holy hell.
But the whole world hasn't gone crazy. Take this example from the subcontinent. Their standards might be slightly different to our old...
It's faulty logic but that doesn't necessarily stop it from working emotionally.
We got Lachie Neale with pick 58 but that doesn't make it hurt any less. Richmond picked Bolton at 29 but I don't think that's any comfort.
Very good.
I once took a stats class once where the lecturer was talking about car problems over the course of a cars lifespan. Relatively new cars sometimes have problems due to manufacturing errors. Then there is a golden period. Eventually problems due to wear and tear happen.
I give up...
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