St Kilda confirmed will be taking McCartin as number one pick Herald Sun is saying
Would be a mistake in my opinion. Good for us however as it will make some others slip via knock on effect.
When you are in St.Kilda's position and are starting from scratch with a complete rebuild, you take the best available player (Pertracca) in my opinion.
However I can understand the thought behind it as KPP are a lot harder to find and develop than midfielders but I would have thought if that was their thinking they would have been better off trading the number one pick to say a team with the 5-10 pick plus another player they wanted from their team and selected Wright. (Much like Melbourne in 2013 when they downgraded their pick and received Dom Tyson from GWS plus another first rounder).
They tried their best to swap the No 1 pick for 2 in the top ten IIRC.
I think they were offered 4 & 7 for 1 from GWS. So it would suggest they had identified the talent they wanted early on. IIRC I think Chris Pelchen was on radio after the trade period had concluded, and he was speaking saying they had very good offers fielded to them for selection 1. As we know now, they obviously held onto that pick, but perhaps Pelchen went against advice from board members by not accepting the offer from GWS and hence he was sacked. Then by denomination, you could say that he had his eyes set on Petracca, but since, there may have been a split between McCartin and Petracca, hence the dilemma and confusion only one day out from the draft. With my little knowledge I would hazard-a-guess and say they'd got for Petracca, due to the fact that they're taking Membrey (I know he's a third-tall) and want to develop Spencer White, couple that with the fact they've got two potential premier ruckman they will be hopeful they can use them both during a match, so expect them to both play forward 50% game time. That gives them four genuine targets up-front at any one time. I think it would be silly for them to take a KPF with #1 because chances are it would prohibit one of their good falls from getting some solid experience.
Whether they select McCartin or Petracca isn't likely to effect our selection either way, because I would say the top-four is pretty much set in stone, just the order is to be decided on. Pickett looks a certainty to go to GWS at 4, so Collingwood doesn't swoop on him at 5. Then after 5, its pretty much a free for all. I do not think Wright will last to 17, and he should definitely be the priority if he does get there, and I'm sure Dodoro and co. are ready to swoop if he lasts. Recent phantoms have seen Geelong taking him, but I don't really think that's feasible considering who they've picked up in this trade period (Rhys Stanley and Mitch Clark) who both have some very good footy in front of them. I'm reasonably excited about the talk of Touk as well, he seems like a very good prospect, with a lot of his peers giving him odds on, to win the rising star for next season. His kicking style is somewhat questionable, but he must have a great desire to work hard considering the physical obstacles he has had to overcome to turn himself into a top-end junior.
For me, a lot hinges on who Collingwood decide to go with, with pick 5. Do they go a KPP with Darcy Moore at 9? They're back six isn't the best, and they've lost HarryO and Maxwell who were spuds, but played roles in the side. So would they look at Lever or Durdin? If that happens, then that changes everything, because it leaves on extra gun midfielder on the board.
A lot of who we select also depends on whose available, I think Dodoro will be looking for contrasting players, I don't think getting Weller and Garlett would make sense, both are very good players, but are both outside - there games are slightly different. Garlett is more run and gun, and Weller is a good outside ball user, but maybe a contrast beside inside-outside mids and/or KPP-mid.
I'm really hoping we take two from;
Peter Wright
Jarrod Garlett
Jordan DeGoey
Caleb Marchbank
Hugh Goddard
Paul Ahern
Lachie Weller
Nakia Cockatoo
Jayden Laverede, &
Touk Miller (If none of the above are available)
Finally, I'd wrap up by saying, if I was asked to guarantee the selection of one player, I would say Garlett is the biggest lock I can think of. Obviously this is stab in the dark, but reading a bit of pieces there's a lot of content saying we've put a lot of time into him, so here's hoping!