It was poor use of language, but GWS reached for him at 6. Looking back over that draft and what their list was lacking post Davis' injury (serious internal damage can't remember exactly though) and with Corr not really coming on it was justifiable.
For instance would you argue that O'Rouke, Plowman or Stewart in earlier drafts weren't reaches? Because it seems to me most got them right over SOS.
My point was really more that most posters probably have not even seen or barely heard of this Logue fellow to compare him to marchbank and that any many cases bigfooty posters think they know where players are rated when infact most of us have very little idea other than what is feed from the media.
In the case of GWS they could definately afford to take players more on a need basis and speculate more due to the massive amount of high end picks but thats not to say another club did not rate him as a top 10. So the words "where he was supposed to go" I find amusing.
I always have a good laugh after a draft when posters crack it because player x was taken with pick 15 when someone who did a phantom draft had him rated at pick 28.
On the other points- Stewart no idea, as I did not know much about him
As for O'Rourke and Plowman , I knew a fair bit about them and was surprised they went at 2 and 3. One of my best mates coached plowman at Macedon(when not on calder duties) and was staggered he went that high.
He also had a bit to do with O'Rourke as a junior. He rated him as maybe a first rounder but was very surprised to see him go so early. He did however think he would definately be a good player, a ripping kid who for some reason has not really developed.
There in lies the unknown with drafting. These kids get picked up as 18 yos and it is very difficult to predict how much improvement They have in them. Good systems are required but some kids like Orourke who has a great attitude, works hard but has just not come on as expected despite being in 2 good systems and having the right attitude.