Who'll surprise us in the second half of the year?

[mightytiges]

Graham to cement No.1 ruck spot and boost his number of hitouts per game.

[Mr Magic]

im suprised that people still name JON in any post.

The idiots that recruited him should be banned from the club for ever.

Miller's gone but word is he was an early Jackson pick.

That's ok Francis has done pretty well since then.

[Tigeritis™©®]

im suprised that people still name JON in any post.

The idiots that recruited him should be banned from the club for ever.

Miller's gone but word is he was an early Jackson pick.

That's ok Francis has done pretty well since then.

what?? that draft he picked up JON and CLEVE HUGHES...The next year Casserley and Conners and Edwards....Yeh he's done real great.    

And the developmet of those guys has been first class too.     

[mightytiges]

FJ was working only part-time in 2005 for Miller so we can hardly blame him for JON, Cleve and Casserly. Our recruiting department was just Miller back then . You would hope with more scouts and resources now our National draft decisions will hit the mark more often than not. Mind you if our list manager beit Miller in the past or Cameron now keep making the "draft is weak" excuse and trade away good picks for duds then the recruiter isn't left with many picks to choose the best kids from. Having just 2 live picks in last year's National draft was an utter disgrace and no better than Miller's handling of our recruiting. Anyway this is getting off-topic and belongs in another thread.

[Mr Magic]

FJ was working only part-time in 2005 for Miller so we can hardly blame him for JON

Not what I have heard but it doesn't purely fall to him obviously and the buck ultimately stops with Miller.

[Infamy]

FJ was working only part-time in 2005 for Miller so we can hardly blame him for JON, Cleve and Casserly. Our recruiting department was just Miller back then . You would hope with more scouts and resources now our National draft decisions will hit the mark more often than not. Mind you if our list manager beit Miller in the past or Cameron now keep making the "draft is weak" excuse and trade away good picks for duds then the recruiter isn't left with many picks to choose the best kids from. Having just 2 live picks in last year's National draft was an utter disgrace and no better than Miller's handling of our recruiting. Anyway this is getting off-topic and belongs in another thread.

He may have only been working part time, however JON was Jackson & Miller's #1 option for Pick 8. If I recall correctly, when asked at the pre-draft night, Miller joked that if JON made it then he was his pick, but if he failed then he was Jackson's. That could have been the other way around though.

Either way, they both rated him, as did other clubs.