FreddyFlintstone
Debutant
Hi all,
Bit of time on my hands and looking at other draft threads, thought I might do a bit of investigation on our history in the national draft.
Categorised into picks 1-29, 30-59, 60+, then looked at how many games we've got out of them, in groups of 0-25, 26-50, 50+
Why? I wanted to see how our drafting of lower picks stacks up against the higher picks, seeing that the next couple of years of drafting is essentially screwed (exceptions being Wally, Libba & maybe Hunter Jnr's)
The info I reckon is most important is highlighted, and some of it is very obvious. I think the most interesting info comes about when I remove the 3 picks in the 30-59 range from the 1999 "superdraft"(for us anyway), when we picked up Gia (32), Hahn(37) & Gilbee(43) and it clearly shows that over the journey, we have been better at getting more out of our later picks than we have of our mid range. When looking at the raw data, you must take into consideration we have had nearly double the amount of picks in the 30-59 range than we've had in the 60+ range. This is a distinct area which can be improved upon, and I'd dare say the footy department would already be all over this.
Remember this is national draft only. Preseason, rookie, midyear etc are not included.
You may find interesting, you may think rubbish, either way here it is
Picks 1-29
Total games 1959
No of players 28
Average games per player 70
Games breakdown
0 to 25 - 8(28.57%)
26 to 49 - 7(25%)
50+ - 13(46.43%)
No longer on list - 16(57.14%)
STILL PLAYING - (42.86%)
Picks 30-59, *Without 1999 group
Total Games 1218, *724
No of Players 42. *39
Avg games per player 29. *19
Games Breakdown
0 to 25 - 32(76.19%), *32(82.05%)
26 to 49 - 2(4.76%). *2(5.13%)
50+ - 8(19.05%), *5(12.82%)
No longer on list - 31(73.81%), *31(79.49%)
STILL PLAYING - 11(26.19%), *8(20.51%)
Picks 60+
Total Games 573
No of Players 22
Avg games per player 26
Games breakdown
0 to 25 - 16(72.73%)
26 to 49 - 3 (13.64)
50+ - 3(13.64)
No longer on list - 18(81.82%)
STILL PLAYING - 4(18.18%)
I suppose it would make more sense when compared to the rest of the competition, but really I couldn't give a shit about other teams, and I don't have a long attention span, so would probably give up pretty quickly. I just think it shows that we're really not too bad at picking the exceptions in the "left overs".
Couldn't find info from prior to 1991, but if I had, then a Mr Chris Grant would have been included and my argument would have been further justified.
Got info from Footy Wire - God I hope it's accurate
Hope I haven't bored you too much (well, not as much as I was in order to do this).
Feel free to comment
cheers
FF
Bit of time on my hands and looking at other draft threads, thought I might do a bit of investigation on our history in the national draft.
Categorised into picks 1-29, 30-59, 60+, then looked at how many games we've got out of them, in groups of 0-25, 26-50, 50+
Why? I wanted to see how our drafting of lower picks stacks up against the higher picks, seeing that the next couple of years of drafting is essentially screwed (exceptions being Wally, Libba & maybe Hunter Jnr's)
The info I reckon is most important is highlighted, and some of it is very obvious. I think the most interesting info comes about when I remove the 3 picks in the 30-59 range from the 1999 "superdraft"(for us anyway), when we picked up Gia (32), Hahn(37) & Gilbee(43) and it clearly shows that over the journey, we have been better at getting more out of our later picks than we have of our mid range. When looking at the raw data, you must take into consideration we have had nearly double the amount of picks in the 30-59 range than we've had in the 60+ range. This is a distinct area which can be improved upon, and I'd dare say the footy department would already be all over this.
Remember this is national draft only. Preseason, rookie, midyear etc are not included.
You may find interesting, you may think rubbish, either way here it is
Picks 1-29
Total games 1959
No of players 28
Average games per player 70
Games breakdown
0 to 25 - 8(28.57%)
26 to 49 - 7(25%)
50+ - 13(46.43%)
No longer on list - 16(57.14%)
STILL PLAYING - (42.86%)
Picks 30-59, *Without 1999 group
Total Games 1218, *724
No of Players 42. *39
Avg games per player 29. *19
Games Breakdown
0 to 25 - 32(76.19%), *32(82.05%)
26 to 49 - 2(4.76%). *2(5.13%)
50+ - 8(19.05%), *5(12.82%)
No longer on list - 31(73.81%), *31(79.49%)
STILL PLAYING - 11(26.19%), *8(20.51%)
Picks 60+
Total Games 573
No of Players 22
Avg games per player 26
Games breakdown
0 to 25 - 16(72.73%)
26 to 49 - 3 (13.64)
50+ - 3(13.64)
No longer on list - 18(81.82%)
STILL PLAYING - 4(18.18%)
I suppose it would make more sense when compared to the rest of the competition, but really I couldn't give a shit about other teams, and I don't have a long attention span, so would probably give up pretty quickly. I just think it shows that we're really not too bad at picking the exceptions in the "left overs".
Couldn't find info from prior to 1991, but if I had, then a Mr Chris Grant would have been included and my argument would have been further justified.
Got info from Footy Wire - God I hope it's accurate
Hope I haven't bored you too much (well, not as much as I was in order to do this).
Feel free to comment
cheers
FF