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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
So what are the risks of trading a No. 8 pick in the National Draft?
What does recent history tell us? Looking at the period 1990-2000 - who was drafted at No. 8 and what have they done?
Year Player Club Games played to end of 2004
1990 Paul Gow Footscray 7
1991 Michael Symons Essendon 109
1992 Paul Symmons W Coast 99
1993 Michael Frost St Kilda 24
1994 Daniel Harford Hawthorn 162
1995 Jared Crouch Sydney 156
1996 Leigh Brockman Geelong 12
1997 Chris Tarrant Collingwood 124
1998 Jude Bolton Sydney 115
1999 Joel Corey Geelong 83
2000 Daniel Motlop Kangaroos 44
A mixed bunch but with the balance definately favouring quality. Quite a few of these are in the middle of their careers and could end up being absolute champions for their clubs.
And of course there are the more recent No. 8 selections: Bartel, Brennan, Clarke and Meesen but it is too early in their careers to make definative assessments.
Comparing Fev to those listed I would place him above Gow, Symons, Symmons, Frost, Harford, Brockman - so what - on par with Tarrant and Motlop (from what we've seen) and behind the rest.
My reckoning is that it would be a considerable risk to trade a No. 8 pick on Fev - who was picked up in 1998 at No. 38.
Would I pull the trigger? 8)
What does recent history tell us? Looking at the period 1990-2000 - who was drafted at No. 8 and what have they done?
Year Player Club Games played to end of 2004
1990 Paul Gow Footscray 7
1991 Michael Symons Essendon 109
1992 Paul Symmons W Coast 99
1993 Michael Frost St Kilda 24
1994 Daniel Harford Hawthorn 162
1995 Jared Crouch Sydney 156
1996 Leigh Brockman Geelong 12
1997 Chris Tarrant Collingwood 124
1998 Jude Bolton Sydney 115
1999 Joel Corey Geelong 83
2000 Daniel Motlop Kangaroos 44
A mixed bunch but with the balance definately favouring quality. Quite a few of these are in the middle of their careers and could end up being absolute champions for their clubs.
And of course there are the more recent No. 8 selections: Bartel, Brennan, Clarke and Meesen but it is too early in their careers to make definative assessments.
Comparing Fev to those listed I would place him above Gow, Symons, Symmons, Frost, Harford, Brockman - so what - on par with Tarrant and Motlop (from what we've seen) and behind the rest.
My reckoning is that it would be a considerable risk to trade a No. 8 pick on Fev - who was picked up in 1998 at No. 38.
Would I pull the trigger? 8)