Worpel wasnt exactly a first rounder though..
James Worpel Draft Profile
DRAFT ANALYSIS: "James Worpel is a natural born leader who loves the contested side of football and fierce tackling. His kicking is an area that will need to improve, but his inside game is top notch."central.rookieme.com
Drafted James Worpel while Clarko was there.....
IMPROVEMENTS
Worpel has two glaring improvements which hinder him from going to the next level. The cause for concern with his game is his kicking which as previously mentioned is poor, even for an inside midfielder. But rather than just quote the stats, there are technical aspects to his low efficiency. Most of his kicks often come under pressure, or when he does win the ball, sometimes his kicking action sees him off balance and he puts too much of an emphasis on penetration rather than trying to hit up an easier target. But putting an emphasis on penetration, he leans back on his kick, forcing it to loop or float which enables opponents to have a greater chance of spoiling, or getting to the ball drop. If he can take an extra second or two to put more emphasis on placement rather than penetration I dare say his kicking will improve.
- Kicking
- Agility
yeah its always a risk...but i think with the amount of high end youth we have brought in recently, fearing we are trading out a high pick next year if we trade it in this year to get more 1st round talent this year needs to take a back seat as we shouldn't look to kick the can down the road on this rebuild imo. I suppose what I am proposing is load up now and make this is the last year we hit the draft hard and then after that, look to acquire the needs based through the trade period.
If you actually cared to look at Hawthorn's drafting throughout Clarkson's tenure you'll be very surprised how many times they didn't actually use a 1st round pick on a draftee especially in the latter years.
I wouldnt be..
That was after he had already built his team and continued to add to it to stay up the top
Nope, the bulk of the rebuild was done prior to Clarkson coming on board
What about this year? - Rachele looks like he will be a star of the comp in years to come
You sure about that? I’ve only had a quick look but Franklin, Roughead, Lewis and Birchall were all under Clarkson. Mitchell was there before that. Then throw in Breust etc and he was there for the recruitment of some key players
You honestly believe Clarko had input into those selections having been appointed a month earlier, that credit goes to Gary Bucenara not Clarko who'd been working as an assistant coach at Port at the time.
They all weren’t in Clarkos first year and you said the team was built before him which wasn’t true
www.sanflnow.com.au
Wouldn’t the development come after they are drafted?
And one lad you mentioned earlier, Nick Sadler, made his league debut for Sturt this week end - which is an excellent effort first up. 7 touches and a goal on debut.
Yep skills wise Nick is the pick of the SA boys just not sure where his best spot in the AFL will be yet.
You are doing it wrong, you’re not supposed to quote him, just do a random post and hope he gets it
