List Mgmt. 2024 Young Talent Time (Drafting)

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[MakeshiftMartyr]

I also assume Richmond will move up to 2 and/or trade a pick into next year. It's just too many picks and kids at once

I'm not sure it is. I've always felt our run through 13-15 was built off the back of the huge Draft hauls we took in 08-09.

2008:
Stephen Hill - win.
Hayden Ballantyne - win.
Nic Suban - decent role player, win.
Zac Clarke - not the best ruckman, but had a career, win.
Ben Bucovaz - first dud, slow and from memory injury prone.
Michael Walters - took a minute, but became a star, win.
Tim Ruffles - looked good, but made of glass.
Chris Hall - small and didn't last long, dud.
Casey Sibasado - the man, the myth, the legend.
Matt De Boer - good soldier, win.
Hamish Shepheard - longshot KPF, dud.
Clancee Pearce - in the white shorts, if you don't mind.
Jay Van Berlo - looked alright for a bit but ultimately didn't cut it.
Greg Broughton - supercoach stud, probably a win tbf.

2009:
Anthony Morabito - still hurts.
Nat Fyfe - modest win.
Joel Houghton - didn't have the drive for AFL footy, we were tossing up him and Sam Reid and went local. Sliding doors moment.
Jesse Chrichton - had a mullet before they were cool, didn't have a tank though.
Dylan Roberton - was a good player, we just couldn't hold onto him.
Justin Bollenhagen - could play but apparently an unbearable flog.
Michael Barlow - huge win.
Alex Silvagni - very solid roleplayer.

22 players drafter over two years.

Obviously not all of them can make it, but you get a core group coming up at the same time. 2008 in particular, we walked out with 7 AFL quality players, and that's being conservative and not including the likes of Broughton. If Richmond can do the same thing without going past the second or third round? That's a huge foundation to build on, especially if the draft is even enough for them to pick and choose based on position.