Review Ex Giants player watch

[Giant Strides]

Jono had some decent games, though. It was just his body let him down.

That happens, and it's often difficult to foretell.

No issue with selecting him, nor that being #1.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Him and Boyd were both consensus first picks.

Whitfield too to an extent but he was the next one along the line after O'Meara.

 

[GWS Goose]

Whitfield too to an extent but he was the next one along the line after O'Meara.

Definitely.
The Whitfield pick never cops criticism, the other 2 are often viewed as poor picks.
They were both just unlucky.

 

[Giant Pete]

Whitfield, Patton and Boyd were all consensus number 1 picks.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

The website is continuing with its series of the top 10 draft picks over previous years. As with others here in this thread, it is very positive about our pick of Whitfield in the 2012 draft. We had the top 3 picks in that draft (and Bulldogs took Stringer as a 5th pick), although maybe the pick of O’Rourke wasn’t the best in hindsight.

1 - Lachie Whitfield

6

Lachie Whitfield

Age

30

Ht

185cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

13.4

5star

HB

9.3

5star

M

6.3

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

411.8

5star

D

21.4

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.8

3star

MG

350.6

5star

D

17.6

5star

K

8.2

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

(GWS)​

The prized pick in the 2012 draft, Whitfield, unlike some, has lived up to the hype.

Still a one-club player, the utility is a two-time All-Australian and two-time Kevin Sheedy medallist.

Whitfield has been a pillar of durability, rarely missing a game since debuting in 2013 and playing at an impressively high level.

Where are they now? The top 10 picks of the 2012 AFL Draft

Several clubs failed to find lasting talent with their early picks in 2012.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[Giant Strides]

Lachie looks like he'd break in a strong breeze, but he's been pretty durable as noted. With 2 x AA and 2 x KSM, he's the second most decorated Giant behind Toby Greene

4

Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

. One of the few #1 picks who comes close to being the best player in his draft.

 

[Giant Pete]

Lachie looks like he'd break in a strong breeze, but he's been pretty durable as noted. With 2 x AA and 2 x KSM, he's the second most decorated Giant behind Toby Greene. One of the few #1 picks who comes close to being the best player in his draft.

Could play at a high level for another 5 years imo.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Could play at a high level for another 5 years imo.

Yes, and also his contract with us expires at the end of 2027.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

AFL website has an interesting article on the biggest draft success and failures for the last 10 years

Biggest hit: Sam Taylor

15

Sam Taylor

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

130.5

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

60.8

1star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.8

5star

MG

110.8

2star

, pick 28, 2017
Biggest miss: Jarrod Pickett

Jarrod Pickett

Age

28

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.8

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

3.1

3star

M

1.9

2star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.4

3star

, pick 4, 2014

After six wins in its third season in the League, the Giants had a healthy hand going to the 2014 draft and used it on Jarrod Pickett, Caleb Marchbank (No.6) and Paul Ahern

15

Paul Ahern

Age

28

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.7

4star

MG

296.8

4star

D

4.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.0

1star

D

20.4

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

MG

334.4

5star

(No.7). The trio would all be traded out just two years later with a collective total of seven senior games – all to Marchbank. Rubbing salt in for the Giants was the fact Jordan De Goey

2

Jordan De Goey

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.7

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.1

5star

CL

2.3

4star

D

15.8

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.7

3star

CL

2.3

4star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

went to Collingwood with pick No.5. Peter Wright (No.8), Lachie Weller (No.13) and Jake Lever

8

Jake Lever

Age

28

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

4.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

242.0

4star

D

9.6

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

3.1

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

2star

MG

145.4

3star

D

16.0

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

6.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

189.8

4star

(No.14) were also options that would have fitted nicely into an emerging GWS outfit. They absolutely nailed it with Sam Taylor three years later though, with the Swan Districts recruit arguably one of the game's best defenders over the past three years. – Michael Whiting

Hits and misses: Your club's best draft steal, biggest regret

Who's been a success story? Who's been a bust? We look back over the past decade of drafts to find your club's hits and misses

www.afl.com.au

 

[Mors]

AFL website has an interesting article on the biggest draft success and failures for the last 10 years

Biggest hit: Sam Taylor, pick 28, 2017
Biggest miss: Jarrod Pickett, pick 4, 2014

After six wins in its third season in the League, the Giants had a healthy hand going to the 2014 draft and used it on Jarrod Pickett, Caleb Marchbank (No.6) and Paul Ahern (No.7). The trio would all be traded out just two years later with a collective total of seven senior games – all to Marchbank. Rubbing salt in for the Giants was the fact Jordan De Goey went to Collingwood with pick No.5. Peter Wright (No.8), Lachie Weller (No.13) and Jake Lever (No.14) were also options that would have fitted nicely into an emerging GWS outfit. They absolutely nailed it with Sam Taylor three years later though, with the Swan Districts recruit arguably one of the game's best defenders over the past three years. – Michael Whiting

Hits and misses: Your club's best draft steal, biggest regret

Who's been a success story? Who's been a bust? We look back over the past decade of drafts to find your club's hits and misses

www.afl.com.au

Very fair call for us. Our 2014 draft was shocking.

 

[Giant Strides]

Very fair call for us. Our 2014 draft was shocking.

Yep, SOS at his worst. Reaching rather than consolidating.

 

[GWS Goose]

Very fair call for us. Our 2014 draft was shocking.

In the midst of a few bad ones in a row

 

[Colonial]

Yet Sos still has his defenders.

 

[GWS Goose]

Yet Sos still has his defenders.

Normally Carlton and Now St Kilda fans.
Not many Giants fans.

I must say, (and have many times before) I think he traded well.
He got excellent value for our departing players, poor judge of talent though.
Drafted very poorly. And not just the benefit of hindsight, even at the time Rourke, Pickitt and Ahearn felt like reaches and proved to be so.

 

[Giant Pete]

Very fair call for us. Our 2014 draft was shocking.

Peak SOS

 

[captainMyCaptain]

Oh yes 2014 SOS last draft with us and it was almost as if he was already on the blues payroll.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Tom Boyd, one of our number 1 draft picks, reflecting on leaving the game and forgoing $2 million of his contract

“Walking away from a couple of million dollars at the age of 23 when it seems like I basically got the greatest existence the world has ever given anyone. I mean that not in an arrogant way, but much more in an appreciative way," he said.

"When I look back at that period of time, on paper I was a premiership player in a club who hadn't won in 62 years, I have highlights from that day that will last forever. I was getting paid a million dollars a year to play football, which is the game that I grew up loving, wanting to play as a professional athlete.

"Even off the field, I had great family and friends, a beautiful partner who's now my wife and mother of my daughter. I literally had the most perfect, beyond your imagination life that could possibly ask.

"But I was using that exact circumstance as a reason why I wasn't dealing with the issues.

"The decision to walk away, and in particular the decision to give back that amount of money is a really foreign concept to people. And I understand that, absolutely. I understand how much money it was, I understand how many people wish they could play football for a living.

"But it was the right decision for me at that time, and it's been proven to be the right decision over the last five years."

Since retiring, Boyd has switched his focus to mental health advocacy and public speaking, and also runs performance measurement company Everperform in the private sector.

AFL news 2024 | Tom Boyd retirement reflections, former Western Bulldogs grand final star, Movember reflections | Exclusive

 

[GWS Goose]

Tom Boyd, one of our number 1 draft picks, reflecting on leaving the game and forgoing $2 million of his contract

“Walking away from a couple of million dollars at the age of 23 when it seems like I basically got the greatest existence the world has ever given anyone. I mean that not in an arrogant way, but much more in an appreciative way," he said.

"When I look back at that period of time, on paper I was a premiership player in a club who hadn't won in 62 years, I have highlights from that day that will last forever. I was getting paid a million dollars a year to play football, which is the game that I grew up loving, wanting to play as a professional athlete.

"Even off the field, I had great family and friends, a beautiful partner who's now my wife and mother of my daughter. I literally had the most perfect, beyond your imagination life that could possibly ask.

"But I was using that exact circumstance as a reason why I wasn't dealing with the issues.

"The decision to walk away, and in particular the decision to give back that amount of money is a really foreign concept to people. And I understand that, absolutely. I understand how much money it was, I understand how many people wish they could play football for a living.

"But it was the right decision for me at that time, and it's been proven to be the right decision over the last five years."

Since retiring, Boyd has switched his focus to mental health advocacy and public speaking, and also runs performance measurement company Everperform in the private sector.

AFL news 2024 | Tom Boyd retirement reflections, former Western Bulldogs grand final star, Movember reflections | Exclusive

His open Mike episode was amazing and he spoke about all this, was really interesting

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Cooper Hamilton is now playing in the Goulburn Valley League. Wishing him the best and hope he continues his social media antics

Delisted GWS midfielder Cooper Hamilton has landed with Victorian local club Rochester for the 2025 season in the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League

Local club lands signature of departed GWS midfielder

A fan favourite from the Giants has found his new footballing home.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[GWS Goose]

Cooper Hamilton is now playing in the Goulburn Valley League. Wishing him the best and hope he continues his social media antics

Delisted GWS midfielder Cooper Hamilton has landed with Victorian local club Rochester for the 2025 season in the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League

Local club lands signature of departed GWS midfielder

A fan favourite from the Giants has found his new footballing home.

www.zerohanger.com

looks like he is going to play with his brothers as well as some VFL, good luck to him.

Good guy IMO

 

[Giant Strides]

looks like he is going to play with his brothers as well as some VFL, good luck to him.

Good guy IMO

Fantastic guy. Wish him all the best in the world for his future.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Cooper Hamilton is now playing in the Goulburn Valley League. Wishing him the best and hope he continues his social media antics

Delisted GWS midfielder Cooper Hamilton has landed with Victorian local club Rochester for the 2025 season in the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League

Local club lands signature of departed GWS midfielder

A fan favourite from the Giants has found his new footballing home.

www.zerohanger.com

Saw a TikTok around draft night where he described himself as an “intern player manager” & mentioned a couple of boys they’re managing. Maybe he’s got got something cooking in that area too. But he also describes himself as unemployed, so who knows.

 

[Giant Strides]

Cooper Hamilton has joined Carlton's VFL team.

Departed GWS midfielder joins another team for 2025

It was recently announced he signed with local club Rochester.

www.zerohanger.com

Hamilton, who also played 21 VFL games for GWS, has been confirmed as the latest signing for the Carlton Blues VFL side and will join Ethan Phillips, Francis Evans and Cooper Vickery as the team's new arrivals.

His signing also comes after he agreed to play with Victorian local club Rochester, meaning he will balance his time between the two teams in 2025.