Who are the biggest busts in VFL/AFL history?

[Dangerousfield]

Jack Watts and bust in the same sentence makes me think of him snorting a line off the bust of that German lass

 

[My_Username]

There were no doubts whatsoever over Franklin and Roughead at that stage.

Franklin missed the first half of '06 with an injury but kicked 30 goals between Rounds 12-22, including 2 bags of 6, as a 19 year old. He looked a superstar already and came out the next season and kicked 73 goals.

Roughead was holding down CHB (as an 18 and 19 year old) and looked great in the role. So much so that (annoying) Hawthorn supporters were calling for him to play CHB every season for the rest of his career, even when he was winning Coleman's and AA's as a ruck/forward.

When it came to that draft, Hawthorn were simply interested in best available at the early part of the draft (and felt Thorp could be key forward and Roughie CHB if it worked out that way). The decision was down to Thorp vs Selwood with the room split as some felt Selwood was the slight better player but Thorp ended up being chosen as there were question marks over Selwood's injury (had badly hurt his shoulder) and Hawthorn had used the same high pick the year before to select Beau Dowler who had slid due to serious injury. Riewoldt was never in the mix at that pick - not for Hawthorn or anyone else (and everyone had Thorp a top 6-7 talent).

As it turned out, Selwood (whilst having it tightly strapped through most of his career) was never really hampered by his injury whilst Dowler's basically ended his career.

Sure.

BTW. I've got a bridge to sell you. Prime position, right on Sydney Harbor.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Sure.

BTW. I've got a bridge to sell you. Prime position, right on Sydney Harbor.

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This has nothing to do with gullibility. Thorp was an absolute bust, as was Dowler.

I'm not talking about a 'retrospective' rewriting of events, to sell a narrative (frankly it doesn't matter given we won a threepeat regardless).

As you can see from my join date, I've been on this website since well before this draft. I remember the events leading up to it. I remember the perception of Franklin and Roughead at the time (which is easily verifiable from either looking at their records or the articles written of them at the time). I also remember the phantom drafts and the thinking at the time. To be honest, most Hawthorn supporters wanted Thorp (most wanted Tambling too!).

It doesn't serve me in any way to believe my reflection of events at the time so unsure on why the inference of gullibility.

 

[Todman]

Drafting is often a probability equation.

In the Buddy draft...Buddy was a wildcard. Everyone knew he could be something special, but there was also a significant chance he'd flame out....so he dropped to 5. Deledio on the other hand was a 'sure thing' (95%+) to be a good (top 10 in the club) player, with a real chance of being significantly better than that...So he went #1.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing....but it's not available to those at the draft table.

The word was that Buddy was soft. This is why the opposition tried roughouse tactics against him to get him off his game.

 

[WillHayward]

Liam Jurrah has to be right up there. Played under 50 games but he was so memorable, and very talented.

Just a shame he was a shit human being.

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What. He was in the pre season draft. Not the actual draft!
Always speculative and came from a very alien culture.
He actually over achieved.
Ridiculous call.

What do people expect from the rookie draft?


Dylan Stephens way bigger bust than Liam.

 

[TheUnicorn]

That fella who use to play for Collingwood who just retired for North. I remember his early years at Collingwood being very impressive and then he went to North where his career seemingly died.



Edit: Jaidyn Stephenson

 

[Mofra]

Tim Walsh.
Pick 4, the great white hope for Bulldog fans who spent years trying to find a KPF.

Career stats: 1 game, 1 kick, 1 goal.