2018 Rd 17: Post Game whatever : Carlton vs Hawthorn

[Thryleon]

...and thats fine. The majority of which were taken higher in the draft, you expect them to show more than the blokes we drafted previously.

Williamson - 4th round
Fisher - 2nd round
Dow - 1st round
Curnow - 1st round
Weitering - pick 1
sps - 1st round

Those are the blokes you listed...and where they were taken. You expect them to see more time. But not all of them will live up to the high expectations we have of them right now.

Perhaps Weitering will be found to be too slow for AFL footy? (Especially with some potential changes coming in) Not strong enough for 1-on-1 defending? Perhaps.
Maybe SPS wants to go home and can't adjust to life in the spotlight.
Willo? Perhaps he continues to struggle with his body.

As i said, plenty of reasons why talented players don't make it on the list long term. Most of which is 'unforeseen'.
Its hard to predict why a player might not make it.
Its easy to predict that some players won't.

I don't know why you're fixated on their draft pick number.  We have had high draft picks that haven't looked as good before (Kennedy at the same stage, Russell,  Lucas) and to a lesser extent McKay has some severe question marks over his ability to compete at this level and ditto Cunningham,  but the blokes I've listed aren't just looking talented, they are playing good footy for their age group of draftees,  and in the case of Zac fisher, paddy Dow, and Charlie Curnow are among the first names written on the team sheet every week, and would be gobbled up by every team if for some reason they hit the trade table.

I understand that the chance is there that they don't make it, I appreciate that you're pointing to previous spuds as reasons why whom we had high hopes for, but the reality is that these guys will be Andrew mccinnes stories if they don't make it.  Copped a significant injury and were never the same rather than weren't capable and never looked it which is the whole underlying point of what I'm trying to say.