Whilst I'm not privvy to any inside information really re. this, Rendel did say he rated Ebert at #7 in the draft and Dangerfield at 3, don't know where he rated the others, but i would be suprised if both Rioli and Ward were rated higher than Ebert as well as the others who in fact went before all these.
As for your thoughts re Ebert, you're very much correct, he really wasn't the type of player we were desperate for, we've got plenty of the "vanilla" types who are good at everything but then masters of none. What we did need was someone with supreme pace and clearance winning ability at the same time, come in Dangerfield. As for the Ebert type, we picked up Andy Otten anyway, who is probably a very similar type player, but with the ability to play KP at a pinch.
The thing that has really annoyed me about the whole Ebert v Dangerfield and someone else said it is that it means nothing at this stage, players develop at different rates and you cannot say 2 rounds in that Adelaide have made the wrong choice. Ebert was always going to be AFL ready and play in his first year, Dangerfield was always going to stay in Victoria and play TAC cup, the Crows knew this and focused on who would benefit us/complement our side better in the long term. So I wish these comparisons would be forgetten at least until 2 years time, then things can be discussed.
