04-13-2023, 04:41 AM
I'm not sure exactly where this discussion is going, or what the point is to be honest.
Cameron was originally drafted to the Swans with pick 48 as a mature age player. He did 2/5 of SFA at Sydney, which is why in three seasons he played 1 game and was then traded to the Pies (with pick 62) in return for pick 56. He's starting to look OK now because a. he's been in system a while, and b. because all players start to look better when the team is going well. I don't recall too much talk about Cameron before this season. If it was Carlton rather than Sydney, he would have been lambasted as another wasted pick.
You can look at any draft, and find a bloke taken later who has done well, in comparison to a bloke taken earlier. You can make any random connection you like. In the same draft Pat Lipinski was taken before Shai Bolton, Jordan Gallucci before Todd Marshall, Ryan Garthwaite before Nick Larkey etc. I'm not sure what the point is, other than perhaps allowing fans to indulge in what must surely be the No1 football supporter trope, i.e bemoaning "the one that got away."
If you do a player comparison on footywire between Cameron and Pittonet, the numbers certainly are in Cameron's favour (generally). But there's nothing in his history to indicate the sort of progression he made.
Personally I don't mind seeing a battler start to do well. I'm happy for Cameron, but he was a hit and hope pick by the Pies, the sort of speculative pick that all clubs take. Some work and some don't.
Cameron was originally drafted to the Swans with pick 48 as a mature age player. He did 2/5 of SFA at Sydney, which is why in three seasons he played 1 game and was then traded to the Pies (with pick 62) in return for pick 56. He's starting to look OK now because a. he's been in system a while, and b. because all players start to look better when the team is going well. I don't recall too much talk about Cameron before this season. If it was Carlton rather than Sydney, he would have been lambasted as another wasted pick.
You can look at any draft, and find a bloke taken later who has done well, in comparison to a bloke taken earlier. You can make any random connection you like. In the same draft Pat Lipinski was taken before Shai Bolton, Jordan Gallucci before Todd Marshall, Ryan Garthwaite before Nick Larkey etc. I'm not sure what the point is, other than perhaps allowing fans to indulge in what must surely be the No1 football supporter trope, i.e bemoaning "the one that got away."
If you do a player comparison on footywire between Cameron and Pittonet, the numbers certainly are in Cameron's favour (generally). But there's nothing in his history to indicate the sort of progression he made.
Personally I don't mind seeing a battler start to do well. I'm happy for Cameron, but he was a hit and hope pick by the Pies, the sort of speculative pick that all clubs take. Some work and some don't.