2021 Mid season draft (June 2nd)

[bigman]

When is the NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft?
The evening of Wednesday, June 2, in the week following round 11. Nominations for eligible players opens at 9am AEST on Monday, May 10 and close at 5pm AEST on Tuesday, May 25.

Watch all the NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft picks LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App from 6.30pm AEST on Wednesday, June 2

Nicks today saying if the right player is there we may have up to 3 picks
In the mid season draft

he mentioned small forward role and quick midfielder as options they were focusing on

no mention of ruck

 

[Danger in Texas]

hare

****, that's that 2:30am (barely working) brain for you

 

[DJ75]

When is the NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft?
The evening of Wednesday, June 2, in the week following round 11. Nominations for eligible players opens at 9am AEST on Monday, May 10 and close at 5pm AEST on Tuesday, May 25.

Watch all the NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft picks LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App from 6.30pm AEST on Wednesday, June 2

Nicks today saying if the right player is there we may have up to 3 picks
In the mid season draft

he mentioned small forward role and quick midfielder as options they were focusing on

no mention of ruck

This aged badly. Disconnect between the coach and the list management??

 

[Vader]

This aged badly. Disconnect between the coach and the list management??

He did qualify it with "if the right player is there". Presumably, they have decided that "the right player" isn't there.

 

[MRB37]

Apparently if you draft a guy and don't extend their contract past 2021 there's still a $30K hit on your salary cap the next year.

 

[Deaneus!]

Its not really a free hit.. it's 100k+ and having 1 less list spot come national draft

true, it’ll cost a bit of $, but surely we can cover it

 

[DJ75]

Apparently if you draft a guy and don't extend their contract past 2021 there's still a $30K hit on your salary cap the next year.

Which in our position will have no influence at all. Zero. We should be struggling to reach the minimum spend of the salary cap.

 

[MRB37]

Which in our position will have no influence at all. Zero. We should be struggling to reach the minimum spend of the salary cap.

Depends on how we've structured contracts.

 

[Vader]

true, it’ll cost a bit of $, but surely we can cover it

Depends... What if they're planning on delisting Frampton this year, and paying out his 2022 contract - and grabbing 1-2 extra players at the MSD robs us of the flexibility to do this?

 

[WeedsMullet84]

Could the Hawks be “spooked” in mid-season draft?

It will be an intriguing watch.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Anzacpaul]

Apparently if you draft a guy and don't extend their contract past 2021 there's still a $30K hit on your salary cap the next year.

That's .0002% of the salary cap, so not really an issue for us i'd hope.

 

[Golumless]

true, it’ll cost a bit of $, but surely we can cover it

We could rather easily cover it. It could just be a time issue - another 2-3 players does mean it is less time for coaching per player, and really it's not like we are short on kids at the moment.

We really don't need raw players at this point in time. Outside of rucks but sorting that out here or in the national/rookie draft really doesn't change much.

 

[MRB37]

That's .0002% of the salary cap, so not really an issue for us i'd hope.

Depends on if it hits soft or salary cap. $100K off the soft cap could be a decent hit.

 

[BrissyCrow]

Whatever the case, the club needs to explain to its members/supporters why we passed up the opportunity to draft (try out) 2-3 players, instead of 1. I think we deserve to know. I'm quietly frustrated.

Absolutely. Communicating to the members needs to happen. Understand that it should wait till after the draft but the club owes this to its members

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Which in our position will have no influence at all. Zero. We should be struggling to reach the minimum spend of the salary cap.

We're lucky we're still paying players at other clubs this year

 

[FR0GGY]

He did qualify it with "if the right player is there". Presumably, they have decided that "the right player" isn't there.

It’s such an obvious statement that doesn’t even need to be said. So why say the first part then?
It’s certainly confusing.

 

[StonesThrow]

Absolutely. Communicating to the members needs to happen. Understand that it should wait till after the draft but the club owes this to its members

Just because some big footy posters constantly jump at shadows, doesn't mean the club has to bend over backwards to appease them.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Just because some big footy posters constantly jump at shadows, doesn't mean the club has to bend over backwards to appease them.

A club with a wooden spoon list needs to be turning over every stone

Hopefully we do here

 

[1970crow]

You actually want us to trust a process led by Roo and Reid?? Are you delirious?

I figured that was Roo or Reid.

 

[1970crow]

And it helps our current non best 22 by allowing them to play with better players - not so many tops ups. What are we averaging? 8 or 9 top ups per week?

So typically AFC.

We Know What We Are Doing.

'Trust the process' is the new mantra. We'll be seeing it used to excuse Dmac's selection in the selection thread soon.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Could the Hawks be “spooked” in mid-season draft?

It will be an intriguing watch.

www.sen.com.au

If we think newcombe is the best player at our pick and we dont grab him then its an absolute joke..

**** the Hawks.. they are clearly trying to have their cake and eat it too..

They are attempting to slide a player they know is a first rounder into their second round so they can get 2 first round rated players.

Can you imagine the hysterics the victorian media would be carrying on with right now if the AFC were trying to pull a swifty like that. They’d be screaming “draft tampering” over and over and over again..

 

[crows dude]

Nicks says we can use 3 picks. Looks like weve only go the one. Pick 4.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Nicks says we can use 3 picks. Looks like weve only go the one. Pick 4.

When did he say that?

 

[1970crow]

Its not really a free hit.. it's 100k+ and having 1 less list spot come national draft

Wouldn’t we just delist as many players as needed to free up the spots required to draft as deep as we want? Why would the MSD be any different to any other draft?

 

[Vader]

It’s such an obvious statement that doesn’t even need to be said. So why say the first part then?
It’s certainly confusing.

Probably covering all bases given that:
A - They were still probably figuring out what the best MSD strategy would be, in terms of
- players available in the draft
- their assessment of those players
- wargaming the draft, to determine what players would still be available at our later picks
B - They didn't want to give away our strategy, by committing to something early, allowing other clubs to gazump us.

 

[1990crow]

Nicks says we can use 3 picks. Looks like weve only go the one. Pick 4.

I don't comprehende.