I think we're all getting a little to anti-Wallace. I mean, I was fuming over the McHack thing as much as anybody on here, but when I see threads about Malthouse and Sheeds etc, well it's panic stations and the season hasn't even started.
Have a look at the Tigers 2007 B&F count, all bar Deledio, Polak & King are from the past. Look at Hawthorns B&F count, all bar Lewis & Franklin are pre-2004. Polak was a mature aged trade and King a mature age recruit, the point I'm trying to make is Wallace's crop of kids are yet to hatch.
Why has Hawthorn then come on in leaps and bounds and the tigers, well....still cr@p?
Lets do a comparison, let's look at our yield from the 1999 - 2003 drafts and compare to that of Hawthorn. Remeber, this is all pre-Wallace/Clarkson, and represent a player demographic at or about their prime.
Richmond 2000-2003
Pettifer (#8, 2000)
Coughlan (#25, 2000)
Hyde (#40, 2000 & #68, 2001)
Newman (#55, 2000)
Johnson (traded, 2002)
Jay Schulz (#12, 2002)
Brown (traded, 2003)
Jackson (#53, 2003)
Tuck (#73, 2003)
Raines (#76, 2003)
Hawthorn 2000-2003
Tim Clarke (#33, 1999)
Chance Bateman (#48, 1999)
Mark Williams (#43, 2000)
Luke Hodge (#1, 2001)
Rick Ladson (#16, 2001)
Campell Brown (#32, 2001)
Sam Mitchell (#36, 2001)
Tim Boyle (#51, 2002)
Croad (traded, 2003)
Jacobs (traded, 2003)
Zac Dawson (#41, 2003)
Brad Sewell (Rookie Elevation, 2003)
Richmond has netted themselves 10 players and Hawthorn 12 from this period (as it stands today). Again, not a huge disparity there, however, if you look at the Peter Crimmins medal count for 2007 you will find 6 of the top ten place getters from the list above. Same excercise for the Jack Dwyer medal count, you will find four of the above names.
Have a look at the respective lists, make your own judgement(s)........have a look at Hawthorns B&F from 2007 (only Crawford is past his best) whilst a similar anaylsis of Richmonds B&F and well......there's a point for discussion!
Wallace's day of judgement is coming, but I think we need to give him to the end of the year at the very least. If you disagree, look at the above list again, half that lot were taken with 50+ selections!
If nothing else, Wallace will leave punt road in a better state than he found it.
ld ;D
For me,we should have chosen David Cloke before Frawley.A man respected,a great partner in Julie,would have nurtured their sons at Tigerland:has coached with success in Canberra,Tassie,the old VFA.Still my prime candidate.McAllister would agree.
Clearly someone does not like David Cloke,anyway I think he got 6 to 8 goals against carlton in his last game.I cannot remember a better bag against them since,but I could be wrong.
