Player Watch 2022 AFL National Draft Discussion - read the pinned post

[Strapping Young Lad]

National AFL draft Monday November 28(first round only).
All other selections to be held on Tuesday November 29.
The pre-season and rookie drafts will then take place at 3pm (AEST) on Wednesday November 30.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Watched some highlights today..

Id love Humphrey.

Same. I think we will be able to have one of Phillipou, Mackenzie, Humphrey or Clark, which is a good result.

Hopefully we can move up the order, though it seems unlikely to me. But if we could then we may be able to snag George.

 

[The Chad and I]

This is a very boring, bland, and shallow draft.
We take the highest pick possible and stop with the minimum of 3.
Zero point in splitting our first to take 2 more less talented players.
I'd rather we save the spot for the mid-season draft.
Some of these guys might benefit from another 6 months in the system and we are likely to have a very early pick.

 

[toomanysquibs]

id say it’s more his hyper competitiveness which was a factor in his success but it’s not really a virtuous quality in someone’s personality, hence people saying he was an arseh*le. Lebron is proof you can be a nice guy and still dominate.

Absolutely agree here, people confuse athlete's confidence or doucheyness as being relative to their ability somehow. It's the competitive streak and drive to be better at all costs that makes a player great. Too much swag and being a dick doesn't need to be part of the toolkit, that stuff is optional.

 

[toomanysquibs]

The Pou (TM) testing out his new theme song.

It's all good, until you hit that chestnut tree!

 

[FB19]

Would we at all consider swapping #6
for #14 and #17 (with Sydney) who want an earlier pick?

I'm not totally against it to he honest.

It depends who you get that’s the hard bit. I’m confident at 17 we get a good player of need like hotton hollands or George. weirdly I think 14 is the problem I think it’s a few picks later than we need to secure Philippou Humphrey or Jefferson. If we got one of each of those 3 at those picks then I would do the deal.

 

[burner1]

id say it’s more his hyper competitiveness which was a factor in his success but it’s not really a virtuous quality in someone’s personality, hence people saying he was an arseh*le. Lebron is proof you can be a nice guy and still dominate.

It’s also different eras in terms of media training / profile / expectations / management.

Lots of guys today may be assholes off the field / court but trained to hide it in media. And people lap up the BS.

 

[daniel23]

This is a very boring, bland, and shallow draft.
We take the highest pick possible and stop with the minimum of 3.
Zero point in splitting our first to take 2 more less talented players.
I'd rather we save the spot for the mid-season draft.
Some of these guys might benefit from another 6 months in the system and we are likely to have a very early pick.

I'm starting to think the same as you about the draft being bland. Except The more I watch of the players around pick 6 the less excited I am. And I'd be open to trading 6 to slide back and try get back into the first round next year possibly with bulldogs or Carlton.

Still a chance of getting someone like Clarke or phillipou, if not hotton, Hollands, Hewitt, George are all options for us . Then we take 2 firsts and 2 seconds into next year.

 

[TazHawk15]

Watched some highlights today..

Id love Humphrey.

B Bear?

 

[Bardo State]

This is a very boring, bland, and shallow draft.
We take the highest pick possible and stop with the minimum of 3.
Zero point in splitting our first to take 2 more less talented players.
I'd rather we save the spot for the mid-season draft.
Some of these guys might benefit from another 6 months in the system and we are likely to have a very early pick.

Before the year started there was a lot of hype around the SA prospects. Ryan, D'Aloia, Lemmey, Keeler, Barnett, Ryan. They were all supposed to be filling out the first round and presumably dragging some of their class with them. Since they've had to test themselves against Vic and WA, that cohort has looked much weaker.

 

[burner1]

Before the year started there was a lot of hype around the SA prospects. Ryan, D'Aloia, Lemmey, Keeler, Barnett, Ryan. They were all supposed to be filling out the first round and presumably dragging some of their class with them. Since they've had to test themselves against Vic and WA, that cohort has looked much weaker.

I think this happens most years as the SA u/18 comp is very weak/patchy - so excitement of SA performances hits reality of playing against peers in better comps.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

We need elite talent. I'm against splitting any picks.

 

[TylerDurden]

Keep the high pick. No brainer.

 

[westhawk]

Keep the high pick. No brainer.

Spot on, the top 7 or 8 in this draft look really good and then after 10 it really evens out and becomes pretty speculative.

 

[Coathanger]

I'd really like us to get Jovan Petric with a late pick or rookie if he slips through.
Just has something about him, 196/89 and kicked 25 NAB goals.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

B Bear?

Better than Ronald Hitler Barassi, for sure.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

So given how shallow the draft is, we don't really want to be using many picks post our pick 24 ?

 

[TheFourPillars]

So given how shallow the draft is, we don't really want to be using many picks post our pick 24 ?

We are picking 4 players

 

[HODGEYROAD]

We are picking 4 players

Let's ****ing pray we can use all these later picks to somehow move up to a pick earlier in the 2nd round then.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Let's ******* pray we can use all these later picks to somehow move up to a pick earlier in the 2nd round then.

Hoping for pick 22 or even 19 depending on who is available

 

[WireHawk]

Better than Ronald Hitler Barassi, for sure.

My avatar disagrees!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

My avatar disagrees!

I knew I’d smoke out a fellow TISM fan.

 

[Faithful Hawk]

I think the bit I’ve bolded is more confidence. Arrogance would be more showing/telling everyone in the room you are the best player.

Confidence is internal, arrogance external.

If you want to know the difference to be being good and being great watch the Netflix Doco about the 2014 US Olympic Basketball Team. Especially the bit when the Team is coming home from partying all night at 5am and pass Kobe Heading to the gym instead, and how that example changes their mind set.

 

[SunshineHawkCal]

Anthony Munkara anyone?

 

[HawthornHawk]

Anthony Munkara anyone?

Think i've read on here that the Dons are doing their best to hide him, don't blame them either!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Anthony Munkara anyone?

Bombers have committed to him, but he’s got to get to Pick 40 first.

Have heard that there definitely is a belief among clubs that the Bombers have tried to hide him, as well as he had some family issues this year.