That list of players even without Tom Hawkins! Who, if my memory serves me correctly, would have been considered top5 if Geelong wasn't allowed to pick him up with pick 41.Selwood was never in the discussion.
In fact, the main discussion at the time was very much Gumby vs Hansen vs Leuenberger
With quite a bit of discussion surrounding Hansen vs Leuenberger
I think James Sellar had more discussion than Joel Selwood leading into 2006.
Then there was discussion around Thorp, Jack Riewoldt, Brown twins, Reid, Hampson, Dawes, Garland, Jesse White.
It was a massive year for talls and Hansen and Gumby were considered the rolled gold prospects that performed well above a huge group of great prospects.