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Snuffaluphagus
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It is a furphy, we don't actually pick at 17 because some of those ahead of us are not 'picks', they are pre-determined in the first round.Agreed, and the approach Snuff has taken for the draft list makes complete sense.
It was probably the comment that it is a "big furphy" that the pick number drops that triggered me a little.
Ah but that's where I disagree.It is a furphy, we don't actually pick at 17 because some of those ahead of us are not 'picks', they are pre-determined in the first round.
Nah, I get this. People arguing it doesnt matter in trades are flat out wrong IMO and like you, I've had this discussion ad nauseum. To prove mine (and your) point, David Walls literally said on radio they wanted a future pick knowing how far the Pies pick will fall for Schultz. So that's from a list managers mouth (after a trade is done, so less bullshit).Agreed, and the approach Snuff has taken for the draft list makes complete sense.
It was probably the comment that it is a "big furphy" that the pick number drops that triggered me a little.
Sam TonerWhat sort of player is Toner? Small forward?
What sort of player is Toner? Small forward?
malpaso was arguing the oppositePeople who disregard the draft positions sliding back due to FS and NGA academies are taking a very simplistic and flawed view. Snuffaluphagus and malpaso are absolutely correct. The free agency compensation also plays a role in this.
If a team slides from pick 15 to pick 25, in simple terms they are getting the 25th best player in the overall talent pool instead of the 15th. I know that’s an extreme example but it’s not impossible.
One of the things that actually wrong to say is that teams like gold coast and Brisbane are getting free hits. Or Collingwood with their father sons in the first round.
They are not free hits!!!
Somebody has to pay for them - that somebody is the rest of the competition that each gives up a little bit of draft capital. That point is always lost in these debates.
The problem is other aspects of the AFL system remain constant whilst the relative level of talent you obtain via the draft is diluted.
- there is still only one premiership that can be won each year
- there is still only 22 players each year selected for AA honours
- there are still only 18 clubs B&F awards handed out each year.
Therefore us only getting the 17th most talented player on draft night instead of the 14th is a genuine price that we have to pay in the overall scheme of things.
Brizzy get first dibs at Ashcroft, so no! Brizzy just won a flag.1st round picks are being massively downgraded with all these compensation picks, father-sons, academies. From next it’ll be even worse.
The first round last year went to pick 29 (?). This year will be similar. From next year a late first round pick will likely be in the 30s.
It’s disgusting and will stop clubs from rebuilding successfully.
It will become near impossible for clubs outside of Victoria or the northern academies to win a flag.
Sorry I meant to tag you instead!malpaso was arguing the opposite