Okay, out of interest i thought I would compare the great 2001 draft with a few others from 2001 onwards, that I think could be as good as it, or, a draft that was only a few years ago, and compare the futures to the guns careers now 2001 DRAFT - I have picked the current players, and the good ones PICK 1: Luke Hodge (HAW) PICK 2: Luke Ball (STK) PICK 3: Chris Judd (CARL) PICK 8: James Bartel (GEEL) PICK 13: Nick Dal Santo (STK) PICK 17: James Kelly (GEEL) PICK 24: Steve Johnson (GEEL) PICK 33: David Rodan (PTA) PICK 36: Sam Mitchell (HAW) PICK 37: Leigh Montagna (STK) PICK 40: Gary Ablett jnr (GEEL) PICK 58: Dane Swan (COLL) WORTH A MENTION: PICK 7: David Hale (NM>>HAW) PICK 16: Rick Ladson (HAW) PICK 19: Jason Gram (BRIS>>STK) I think PICK 21: Matt Maquire (STK>>BRIS) PICK 22: Mark Seaby (WCE>>SYD) PICK 29: Lewis Roberts-Thompson (SYD) PICK 32: Campbell Brown (HAW>>GC) PICK 46: Jarrad Waite (CARL) And ofcourse the injury hit Xavier Clarke (5). Lets have a look at the top list, and who the champion clubs of today picked, or of the last 3 years, (STK) Collingwood: Dane Swan (traded in) Luke Ball Hawthorn: Luke Hodge Sam Mitchell Geelong: James Bartel James Kelly Steve Johnson Gary Ablett jnr St Kilda: Nick Dal Santo Leigh Montagna (traded out) Luke Ball Add in Carlton C.Judd (traded in) --------------------------- Lets look at the 2000 DRAFT 2000 DRAFT PICK 1: Nick Riewoldt PICK 2: Justin Ksocitzke I do honestly belive he could've been a great player if he hadn't been hit by injuries and have brain scares PICK 3: Alan Didak PICK 12: Shaun Burgoyne PICK 16: Scott Thompson PICK 18: Daniel Kerr PICK 20: Kane Cornes PICK 23: Drew Petrie PICK 41: Andrew Krakouer PICK 43: Mark Williams PICK 50: Domenic Cassisi PICK 55: Chris Newman PICK 56: Daniel Cross WORTH A MENTION PICK 8: Daniel Motlop PICK 13: Ashley McGrath PICK 14: Daniel Harris PICK 29: Jamie Charman PICK 44: Joshua Hunt PICK 67: Graham Joncock LETS COMPARE Luke Hodge VS Nick Riewoldt Luke Ball VS Justin Koschitzke Chris Judd VS Alan Didak James Bartel VS Shaun Burgoyne Nick Dal Santo VS Scott Thompson James Kelly VS Kane Cornes Steve Johnson VS Drew Petrie David Rodan VS Andrew Krakouer Sam Mitchell VS Mark Williams Leigh Montagna VS Domenic Cassisi Gary Ablett VS Chris Newman Dane Swan VS Daniel Cross David Hale VS Daniel Motlop Rick Ladson VS Ashley McGrath Jason Gram VS Daniel Harris Matt Maguire VS Josh Hunt Mark Seaby VS Jamie Charman Campbell Brown VS Graham Johncock I think 2001 Draft remains the "Great" draft, but I think drafts like 2000 and 2002 wouldn't be to far behind. Well, how about we say the drafts between 2000-2002 were "Great". Is there any Draft that you think is better than the 2001 draft? Post it in the comments, and how do you think 2000 compares with 2001?
Nothing compares to 2001 (or at least it hasn't up until today). People thought that 2006 was "the second Superdraft" - what are your thought on that? I prefer to look at 2006 as the draft of unfulfilled expectations (or currently unfulfilled expectations). High Expectations from picks: 1) Gibbs 2) Gumbleton 3) Hansen 4) Leuenberger 5) Boak 7) Selwood 9) Armitage 10) N. Brown 11) Everitt 12) Frawley 13) J. Riewoldt 18) Leroy Jetta 30) Ricky Petterd 32) K. Tippett 36) Alwyn Davey 41) Tom Hawkins 47) Reimers 55) R. Gray 61) Josh Hill 71) J. Westoff
Gumbo and Hansen are the bot selections in that top 5. Tippett is junk. i reckon the last 9 are hacks