04-26-2021, 10:48 PM
(04-26-2021, 10:33 PM)Lods link Wrote:I don't think many are questioning Silvagni's skill when it comes to accumulating picks.Ok....so everyone agrees that silvagni can make something out of nothing.
He was very, very good.
That was his strength.
But folks won't remember that.
It's what he did with those picks that he'll ultimately be judged by
Weitering, Curnow and McKay weren't hard choices in that first draft.
Bozo the clown could have picked them.
It's the Cunningham, Dow, O Brien, even SPS choices that the scrutiny is on.
So let's try it this way....
How many games of these kids did silvagni see personally? You'd think that we have an army of scouts all putting in their 2 bobs worth yeah. Given the importance of the top picks, sos would personally oversee them, live, rather than same bloke that may or may not be around at pick 59. Makes sense.
So if we have a good track record of high picks, and a poor one elsewhere, perhaps we need to look at our extended recruiting network that is feeding sos this info?
He is only 1 man after all.
Personally I don't think his (non obvious) picks are as bad as people make out. Someone will always be able to point to a player who came after our pick who is better.....and it's the same for every club. Even still, a talented 18yo and an afl ready player require some kind of development in-between getting drafted and playing. Is that sos' fault too?
Why has nobody comments on my Austin (im)balanced list points? Easier to blame the last guy.
Again, looking at weitering curnow and Harry.
Who went pick 2, Josh shache. Pick 2....what's he done?! Nobody complaining about Brisbane's recruiter for stuffing up the obvious choice.
It's convenient to discredit the obvious successes without realising there are plenty other obvious ones that other teams got wrong.