Strings of Draft Picks

[Scorlibo]

I was looking the other day at pick 6 in 2012, with which we have secured Jackson Macrae. This was a compensation pick for losing Callan Ward. We drafted Callan Ward in 2007 with pick 19, the pick which we got from Richmond in exchange for Jordan McMahon. McMahon was drafted with pick 10 in 2000.

So essentially, we traded pick 10 in 2000 for pick 6 in 2012, plus 174 games of service (114 games from McMahon and 60 from Ward).

What are some other long strings of trades you can think of?

[bulldogtragic]

1996: Pick 10: Nathan Brown
137 Games

For

2003: Pick 6 (on traded) Lachlan Veale & Pick 20 (on traded) Peter Street
0 games & 61 Games
Both De-listed

Is this long enough?

[Mofra]

Pick #7 1988 - Leon Cameron

172 games

Then traded for picks #37 & #66 in 1999

#37 Mitch Hahn - 181 games
#66 Ryan Hargrave - 203 games


Effectively a total of 556 games from pick #7 1988

[Sedat]

Pick #7 1988 - Leon Cameron

172 games

Then traded for picks #37 & #66 in 1999

#37 Mitch Hahn - 181 games
#66 Ryan Hargrave - 203 games


Effectively a total of 556 games from pick #7 1988
Was thinking exactly this when I started reading this thread...this string will be hard to top.

[bulldogtragic]

1994: pick 14: Martin

For

1999: pick 32: Giansiracusa & Trent Bartlett

The Ugg!!!! & Heaps of games and goals

[bulldogtragic]

1989: Barry Standfield

98 games

For

1996: pick 47: Montgomery

78 games

For

1999: Nathan Eagleton

200+ games


= over 400 games

[bulldogtragic]

Pick 17 1992 - Kym Koster

For

Pick 9 1995 - Allen Jakovich

[whythelongface]

Pick 17 1992 - Kym Koster

For

Pick 9 1995 - Allen Jakovich

I think we have a winner :)

[Twodogs]

1989: Barry Standfield

98 games

For

1996: pick 47: Montgomery

78 games

For

1999: Nathan Eagleton

200+ games


= over 400 games


Stephen Powell

44 games at Melbourne
68 games at St Kilda

Was also in that trade.

[Remi Moses]

Remember the rage when they traded Leon, Monty and Powell?
Imagine if this site existed,all post records would have been smashed !
Remember nearly driving off the road when Healy and Hookesy broke the news on AW.

[chef]

Yep, I was pretty pissed about it for a while. Reckon it destroyed the fabric of our playing group for a while too.

[bornadog]

Yep, I was pretty pissed about it for a while. Reckon it destroyed the fabric of our playing group for a while too.

Me too Chef, especially Leon going.

[Scorlibo]

Yep, I was pretty pissed about it for a while. Reckon it destroyed the fabric of our playing group for a while too.

Yep, I hope it never happens again. There is some solace to take from Monty having returned as a player and then a coach and Leon as a coach, but for mine you just can't rip players away from the Club like that.

I wasn't surprised when Nathan Brown left to Richmond, doing what we did makes it easy for players to leave guilt-free.

Trading Martin, Monty, Cameron and Powell netted us a bunch of mid range draft picks and Nathan Eagleton. You can't then say that it was the catalyst for our success in the '99 draft - we simply drafted well.

[Mofra]

Trading Martin, Monty, Cameron and Powell netted us a bunch of mid range draft picks and Nathan Eagleton. You can't then say that it was the catalyst for our success in the '99 draft - we simply drafted well.
If we reated that particular draft particularly highly, then maximising selection in that draft must surely be regarded as a successful strategy.

We clearly don't rate the 2013 draft very highly, hence we will have only 3 (perhaps only 2) live selections this year.

[Scorlibo]

If we reated that particular draft particularly highly, then maximising selection in that draft must surely be regarded as a successful strategy.

We clearly don't rate the 2013 draft very highly, hence we will have only 3 (perhaps only 2) live selections this year.

Fair enough but if we'd just done 'okay' with those selections in '99 people would be viewing the trades with disgust, instead we drafted incredibly well and generally people accept it. You don't usually draft a Daniel Giansiracusa with #32 or Ryan Hargrave with #66, even in '99.

[Mofra]

Fair enough but if we'd just done 'okay' with those selections in '99 people would be viewing the trades with disgust, instead we drafted incredibly well and generally people accept it. You don't usually draft a Daniel Giansiracusa with #32 or Ryan Hargrave with #66, even in '99.
The whispers about Leon even at the time meant some were quite happy with the trade

[Maddog37]

What were the whispers Mofra?

[Remi Moses]

The whispers about Leon even at the time meant some were quite happy with the trade

I thought Leon's time was up. Monty paid the price for some poor finals, but Powell I thought was unlucky.Broke through in 99 and became a good contributor.
Those who weren't happy with those trades should realise those players we got in formed a strong core of our side from 05 onwards.
Gutsy decision in hindsight

[Mofra]

What were the whispers Mofra?
Nothing untoward, just he started to like a drink a little more than he liked training. I don't believe we exactly traded him at his peak, either.

An average of 176 games from a top ten pick is something Clayton didn't manage with us - I'm calling Cameron's selection at pick #7 a success