(04-15-2018, 09:31 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Recruiters at others tables literally laughed out loud when we selected Boeky at 19.
As a long time supporter I can recall watching Luke Livingstone in his early games and wondering what on earth we saw in him to justify pick 4, I also remember Hampson's first few games and thinking to myself that I'd never seen a player at that level with so little clue about the game and how to play it.
Watson was slow, not particularly big and hopeless below his knees, Lucas was a wide runner with poor foot skills and the less said about Bootsma the better.
Taken in that context the Boekhorst selection makes perfect sense, but bear in mind that Boekhorst was only 9 or so picks higher than Vojo Rainbow who never looked remotely likely to play a senior game, so in the great cavalcade of Carlton draft blunders Boekhorst is fairly middling.
The only thing in this world worth more than a hill of beans is the Carlton Football Club.