irel
Norm Smith Medallist
Overlooking Leunberger (if available) with pick 4 because he is a ruckman is like the Eagles passing on Judd with pick 3 because they have too many midfielders.
Rd 1 pick 4 will be used on the "BEST AVAILABLE" because that has been the drafting philosophy of Brisbane Lions in the past and it's the philosophy of all top sides. I do not anticipate that our philosophy will change under the new recruiting regime.
A perfect example of a club getting it wrong is Richmond when they opted to select Fiora because they did not select the best available but opted to select according to need.
The measure of a quality recruiter is their ability to pick the "best available" with their early picks. Every club points to how well they've done with pick 55, 66 or 77 etc... Recruiters live or die with their early picks. Why is Collingwood and Carlton accused of drafting badly. Because their early picks tended to be average at best. When a club's early selections prove to be duds, well, the latter selections are given a chance to play because there is no other option. Someone has to take the field. A few may even take the opportunity and perform well. However one must remember that the player lists consists of mostly later drafted players. You only have one or two first rounders each year. If the list consists 3/4 later round selections all you need is four of them to succeed and the naive supporter will argue how well the club's done at recruiting. When in reality the club has wasted the opportunity with their first rounders. It's the FIRST round where the majority of "A" grade players come from. I know just about every draft throws a gem in the latter rounds and players like Black and Goodes do emerge from time to time. So if our recruiters get their top picks correct and strike gold with one or two later picks than a quality lists is developed.
If the club listened to the "GET LUCY WITH PICK 9" hysteria and selected him ahead of Mitch Clark, I'd suspect just about now, this forum would have been scathing of our club's recruiting effort. I see the "I LOVE LUCY" mob still has a voice. How glad are we the club went with the 'best available" last year.
IN conclusion: If Leunberger is available to us at pick 4 and the club has him assessed as the "best available" his name will be called out on the 25th November. However, if Mitch Thorp turns out to be the best thing since slice bread and we did not select him, beware of irel's wrath.
Rd 1 pick 4 will be used on the "BEST AVAILABLE" because that has been the drafting philosophy of Brisbane Lions in the past and it's the philosophy of all top sides. I do not anticipate that our philosophy will change under the new recruiting regime.
A perfect example of a club getting it wrong is Richmond when they opted to select Fiora because they did not select the best available but opted to select according to need.
The measure of a quality recruiter is their ability to pick the "best available" with their early picks. Every club points to how well they've done with pick 55, 66 or 77 etc... Recruiters live or die with their early picks. Why is Collingwood and Carlton accused of drafting badly. Because their early picks tended to be average at best. When a club's early selections prove to be duds, well, the latter selections are given a chance to play because there is no other option. Someone has to take the field. A few may even take the opportunity and perform well. However one must remember that the player lists consists of mostly later drafted players. You only have one or two first rounders each year. If the list consists 3/4 later round selections all you need is four of them to succeed and the naive supporter will argue how well the club's done at recruiting. When in reality the club has wasted the opportunity with their first rounders. It's the FIRST round where the majority of "A" grade players come from. I know just about every draft throws a gem in the latter rounds and players like Black and Goodes do emerge from time to time. So if our recruiters get their top picks correct and strike gold with one or two later picks than a quality lists is developed.
If the club listened to the "GET LUCY WITH PICK 9" hysteria and selected him ahead of Mitch Clark, I'd suspect just about now, this forum would have been scathing of our club's recruiting effort. I see the "I LOVE LUCY" mob still has a voice. How glad are we the club went with the 'best available" last year.
IN conclusion: If Leunberger is available to us at pick 4 and the club has him assessed as the "best available" his name will be called out on the 25th November. However, if Mitch Thorp turns out to be the best thing since slice bread and we did not select him, beware of irel's wrath.
