Swans Drafting and Trading History

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HAving excused the recruiting department, it is worth noting that Daniel O'Keefe is the ONLY player in the top 50 of 2006 to NOT have a wikipedia page. That's a monumental stuff up right there. Maybe he would have got a game at a crap club so bad luck for him getting drafted by the Swans.

Trivia question. DOK and one other player drafted in the top 50 have not played a senior game. Which player?

[liz]

Trivia question. DOK and one other player drafted in the top 50 have not played a senior game. Which player?

Vindaloo

[wolftone57]

Vindaloo

In other words Currie.

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I haven't checked this but he probably also holds the record for most years on an AFL list without playing a senior game

[Xie Shan]

I know a lot's been said/written about Moneyball and how our recruiting strategy is (in some ways) similar, but one thing that sometimes gets overlooked is that Billy Beane (manager of the Oakland A's) himself was a first round draft pick out of high school who didn't live up to expectations, because the major league wasn't for him. (I think he said it was the only decision he made in his life that was based on money and he'd never do it again.) What's between the ears is just as important in determining whether a player succeeds or fails.

[Triple B]

...What's between the ears is just as important in determining whether a player succeeds or fails.

Hence the origin of Ricky Barhams 'No Dickheads' policy.

Some see Buddy as a bit of a dickhead (I don't), but the alleged policy is not applicable for proven players as you know what you are getting and what they are capable of. If the club thinks they can safely deal with the personalities they should sign them.

Barham spoke of interviewing scores of draft aspirants where in most cases there was little to separate them. He said that when there is such a fine line, he just puts the pen thru the 'dickheads' because they are not worth the risk. Given players were not literally falling over themselves to get to Sydney back in those days, it was even more applicable.