Draft Winners and Losers

[sabso]

Do any of the Richmond posters have any idea why the Tigs didn't take Reid with one of their first rounders? Vic Metro MVP who bled yellow and black. Also a skill set that would have helped to cover the loss of Bolton and/or Rioli.

Going to be requesting a trade back after a year JHF style

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Going to be requesting a trade back after a year JHF style

What you gonna give up to get him? We already took what we needed.

 

[sabso]

What you gonna give up to get him? We already took what we needed.

Do we still have pick 27 and a future 2nd?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Do we still have pick 27 and a future 2nd?

How about North's first?

 

[Newbie Real Talk]

Richmond are unsurprisingly the big winners of the draft. They had a lot of picks and did really well with them. Essentially, they have formed the nucleus of their next contending team. Then to add another top 8 pick to go with the pick 1 in 2025 and they are off and flying. Hopefully they get a fit Gibcus and some growth from the other kids on the list.
Jeez, their supporters are a bit punishing though!!
The other winners would be West Coast, Brisbane and Port.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Fair play to West Coast. They did very well out of pick 3 in the end.

 

[danster168]

really concerned when I heard that Langford had the 4th slowest sprint time at the draft combine. The games only getting quicker, not slower. And if you're the 4th slowest in a draft combine, then he'd be hands down the slowest starting mid in the afl.

 

[Rich01]

Yeah absolutely, their selection of talls makes sense from a list build perspective and it's what Carlton did to set themselves up - you take the talls first because they take longer to develop and then you supplement with mids and flankers because they come on quicker - giving you a tighter list profile when your team is all peaking at the same time for a longer period. However, this was not the year to do it. They reached for talls when this was a midfield draft and effectively wasted all their later first round picks on 2nd round talent. They really wasted their opportunity here.

I’m keen to hear more about how this was a midfield draft. Which of the pure mids did we miss around our picks that we should have picked?

 

[aussierulesrules]

really concerned when I heard that Langford had the 4th slowest sprint time at the draft combine. The games only getting quicker, not slower. And if you're the 4th slowest in a draft combine, then he'd be hands down the slowest starting mid in the afl.

Almost an identical 20m sprint time to Bont and a touch quicker than Cripps- although he recently admitted that he was very out of shape in his draft year. Living away from home and just eating any old thing that was in the fridge.

To be that lacking in speed you need to be really really good though, which he seems to be.

 

[tiger_tough]

Do any of the Richmond posters have any idea why the Tigs didn't take Reid with one of their first rounders? Vic Metro MVP who bled yellow and black. Also a skill set that would have helped to cover the loss of Bolton and/or Rioli.

Cos we rated Lalor, Smillie and Hotton higher I suppose? Then we targeted KPPs.

 

[tiger_tough]

really concerned when I heard that Langford had the 4th slowest sprint time at the draft combine. The games only getting quicker, not slower. And if you're the 4th slowest in a draft combine, then he'd be hands down the slowest starting mid in the afl.

Think he's still running.

Worst case he has the skill set to be an elite half forward or half back if he doesn't end up as a pure mid.

 

[Lsta062]

For its depth, but not its top end quality. Ask any draft expert, they’ll tell you at least 3 players last year would have gone #1 this year (Reid, Walter, McKercher). A few top 10 selections would not have gone top 10 in recent years.

Even if the top end was weaker than some other years, it’s still a great draft to load up on as A-Grade and B-Grade players are also important. Premiership sides don’t only consist of A+ Grade players. Richmond 2013-2015 failed because we had like five A+ grade players and little in that A-B range. Too many were C-grade and below.

For a rebuilding side like Richmond, loading up on many potential A-B grade players in a deep draft is sound strategy. We’re likely 18th again next year, and the 2025 draft crop already looks like it’ll have some A+ grade players at the top end.

Not to mention, quite a few of these players can still end up in that A+ range. Our first 3 picks in particular (Lalor, Smillie, and Hotton) could end up there.

Hence, Richmond are definitely the winners of this draft if we’re looking at strategy.

 

[sabso]

How about North's first?

No one would be that stupid.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

No one would be that stupid.

True... wait...

In seriousness though, the only poll that counts is the redraft in ten years.

 

[Sphynx]

I’m keen to hear more about how this was a midfield draft. Which of the pure mids did we miss around our picks that we should have picked?

It depends if you count Lalor and Smillie as pure mids at AFL level.

There's question marks for sure.

Jagga and Draper are are the obvious ones.

 

[Rob R]

The true winners were us, the viewers. Each and every time the cameras went into the Essendon war room.

And apparently Essendon has a lady on their recruiting staff but it certainly isn't the one that was in the telecast

On SM-A136B using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Sphynx]

Richmond probably missed a trick not taking our deal on the first night of night 2 based on Twomey's article.

Knocking back 2 x F2's for Sims seems crazy, particularly after taking Faull, Armstrong and Trainor.

Could have carried another mother load into 2025.

 

[tiger_tough]

Richmond probably missed a trick not taking our deal on the first night of night 2 based on Twomey's article.

Knocking back 2 x F2's for Sims seems crazy, particularly after taking Faull, Armstrong and Trainor.

Could have carried another mother load into 2025.

2 x future 2nds in a weak, super compromised draft? No thanks. Just having the F1 is fine

 

[DaTBird187]

And apparently Essendon has a lady on their recruiting staff but it certainly isn't the one that was in the telecast

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She wasn’t ‘TV qualified’

 

[Rich01]

Richmond probably missed a trick not taking our deal on the first night of night 2 based on Twomey's article.

Knocking back 2 x F2's for Sims seems crazy, particularly after taking Faull, Armstrong and Trainor.

Could have carried another mother load into 2025.

I would have been ok with that, but I also like the Sims pick.

North obv saw some players worth 2 future seconds in the early 2nd round this year. So too the clubs that held their picks after the Richmond pick.

One of Sims, Whitlock, Shanahan would have been great for the Roos.

But Port, Rich and West Coast reaped the benefit of holding.

 

[eth-dog]

Gotta love Richmond supporters. They're the greatest thing in everything they do.

 

[Rich01]

Gotta love Richmond supporters. They're the greatest thing in everything they do.

I missed Dodoros presence in trade and draft time this year. Just wasn’t the same.

 

[danster168]

Does anyone know where I can find the full draft combine results and not just the top performers? So frustrating.

 

[Satan]

Rioli mcl injury already for gold toast

 

[aussierulesrules]

Does anyone know where I can find the full draft combine results and not just the top performers? So frustrating.

They aren’t readily available to the public.