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Probably not the best timing to chuck this in the mix with the rookie draft imminent but...
I just found this evaluation of our selections at the ND by Knightmare (aka Chris Doerre) posted on espn. What I like about it is that, relative to most of the other similar articles, he is willing to mark down clubs' overall performance and gives you the individual players' weaknesses and reasons they weren't taken earlier. Here' the link to the whole article: http://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/i...-pick-assessed.
Sydney
Selections: Oliver Florent (11), Will Hayward (21), Jack Maibaum (45), Darcy Cameron (48)
Draft overview: Overall a varied mix of types were chosen by Sydney with some pressing list needs addressed.
Player by player analysis:
Pick 11 Oliver Florent: Forward and midfielder who moves smoothly through traffic and came on during the TAC Cup finals series and the Under-18 All Stars exhibition match. Showed impressive resilience this season and while his play only in the latter portion was up to the standard of a first-round prospect, his improvement and performances in the last month of the season is why he was selected here.
Pick 21 Will Hayward: Promising lead-up medium forward who came on late in the season, kicking 13 goals in his last two finals for North Adelaide in the SANFL Under-18s. He is a strong mark overhead, very athletic with genuine speed and possesses an impressive vertical leap.
Pick 45 Jack Maibaum: Shutdown key defender who regularly limits the output of his direct opponent and was named to the Under-18 All-Australian team. The concern with Maibaum is that he is not a rebounding or intercept marking threat with just the nine marks from four Under-18 Championships games and an average of three marks over his seven TAC Cup games this season.
Pick 48 Darcy Cameron: Solid choice as a 21-year-old mature-age ruckman after years of being on the fringe of selection. Cameron is capable both through the ruck as a tap ruckman and playing forward, with 106 marks and 36 goals from his 19 WAFL League games this season.
Verdict: B+
Personally I think we deserve an A. Florent was the best available with our first pick; Hayward was a great choice for us with our second pick; Maibaum wonderfully fit our needs and the other comparable players were already taken (except for perhaps Macreadie - I wonder if we gave him much consideration?); and again with Cameron we drafted to fit our needs and got the best ruckman left after two others had been taken (English and Darcy). I don't think we could have done much more with the first two picks and with the later one we were factoring in our needs even though there were other good players left (including Luke Ryan who, fortunately, we did NOT draft with our second pick as, reportedly, many forecast).
As for the rookie draft, there are a number of worthy players left, hopefully we can lay our hands on some of them. I have never really heard of Sam Fisher but I am comforted that because he played for GWS in the NEAFL we must be very well informed about him. Incidentally, does he count as a Cat B rookie??
I just found this evaluation of our selections at the ND by Knightmare (aka Chris Doerre) posted on espn. What I like about it is that, relative to most of the other similar articles, he is willing to mark down clubs' overall performance and gives you the individual players' weaknesses and reasons they weren't taken earlier. Here' the link to the whole article: http://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/i...-pick-assessed.
Sydney
Selections: Oliver Florent (11), Will Hayward (21), Jack Maibaum (45), Darcy Cameron (48)
Draft overview: Overall a varied mix of types were chosen by Sydney with some pressing list needs addressed.
Player by player analysis:
Pick 11 Oliver Florent: Forward and midfielder who moves smoothly through traffic and came on during the TAC Cup finals series and the Under-18 All Stars exhibition match. Showed impressive resilience this season and while his play only in the latter portion was up to the standard of a first-round prospect, his improvement and performances in the last month of the season is why he was selected here.
Pick 21 Will Hayward: Promising lead-up medium forward who came on late in the season, kicking 13 goals in his last two finals for North Adelaide in the SANFL Under-18s. He is a strong mark overhead, very athletic with genuine speed and possesses an impressive vertical leap.
Pick 45 Jack Maibaum: Shutdown key defender who regularly limits the output of his direct opponent and was named to the Under-18 All-Australian team. The concern with Maibaum is that he is not a rebounding or intercept marking threat with just the nine marks from four Under-18 Championships games and an average of three marks over his seven TAC Cup games this season.
Pick 48 Darcy Cameron: Solid choice as a 21-year-old mature-age ruckman after years of being on the fringe of selection. Cameron is capable both through the ruck as a tap ruckman and playing forward, with 106 marks and 36 goals from his 19 WAFL League games this season.
Verdict: B+
Personally I think we deserve an A. Florent was the best available with our first pick; Hayward was a great choice for us with our second pick; Maibaum wonderfully fit our needs and the other comparable players were already taken (except for perhaps Macreadie - I wonder if we gave him much consideration?); and again with Cameron we drafted to fit our needs and got the best ruckman left after two others had been taken (English and Darcy). I don't think we could have done much more with the first two picks and with the later one we were factoring in our needs even though there were other good players left (including Luke Ryan who, fortunately, we did NOT draft with our second pick as, reportedly, many forecast).
As for the rookie draft, there are a number of worthy players left, hopefully we can lay our hands on some of them. I have never really heard of Sam Fisher but I am comforted that because he played for GWS in the NEAFL we must be very well informed about him. Incidentally, does he count as a Cat B rookie??
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