Just something I thought people might find interesting. Obviously covering damn near 20 years means it doesn’t necessarily reflect the reality of any given point it time, but it’s still interesting to look through I think.
It’s an extended version of the Essendon second round I posted elsewhere earlier. It’s not just every pick we’ve taken, but rather three(ish) rounds of picks in roughly the right places, so the first round goes back to 2001 while the third round goes to 2006. Excludes F/S picks because they’re not reflective of drafting, really. The rookie draft excludes re-rookies and demotions. Also the third round pick numbers are adjusted to be the actual number they were taken at once you take out teams passing and rookie elevations.
Of the two drafted across 2001 to 2014, one was Gumby who turned out post-draft to be a crock. And people wonder why we struggled to have elite talent for so long…
Also, the very top of the draft has been dominated by the expansion teams and priority picks before they scrapped them right when we were going to benefit.
Initial observation is that Hooker has been the best value for money relative to depth of pick. Fantasia may surpass in the future however time will tell.
We’ve had a few key ones. I really rated Darcy Daniher, but injured. Laycock also IMO would have been successful without injuries (I know some here disagree with that).
And damn Rioli’s knees! (although that was partly his fault)