By Jennifer Witham
8:34 AM Sat 17 October, 2009FORMER Kangaroo Daniel Harris will nominate for next month's NAB AFL Draft in a bid to reignite a career that has stalled after 149 games with North Melbourne.
The Kangaroos were unable to find the 27-year-old midfielder a new home during trade week and are now poised to delist him.
But Harris holds no resentment towards his former lub and is focussed on starting anew with another team, according to his manager Liam Pikering.
"He's got no ill feeling whatsoever," Pickering told afl.com.au.
"He's a fantastic young bloke. He's just thankful for the opportunity North was able to give him for a number of years.
"He would have liked to have kept playing there, but that's just the way it goes."
Harris has kept training since the end of the Kangaroos' season in the hope he'll be thrown a lifeline at the November 26 draft.
Pickering said he was hopeful the midfielder would be considered by clubs looking to bolster their stocks of experienced players.
"He's going to be a better player than most of the players the clubs will pick up after selection 40," he said.
"It's whether a club will call his name out. He's 27, he's not injured, so I'd hope there would be a club that would be interested in him.
"He hasn't missed a game through injury since 2003 so body-wise, he's really good."
Pickering suggested Harris would be a good fit for clubs who are in the frame for a premiership in the next year or two.
Pickering agreed the shallower talent pool of youngsters on offer this year meant recycled players like Harris were more likely to receive a second chance.
Harris heads to draft after career stalls at North
"Hopefully, for those players' sakes, they get to the back end of the draft and clubs look at the list and think, 'we're just going to be taking a punt on a kid we may not rate that highly, and we know what this bloke can deliver'," he said.
Pickering said interest in Harris, who also attempted to a trade out of North Melbourne last year, had fluctuated.
"It's been a little bit quiet this week in general, but I've spoken to a lot of clubs and we're hopeful something might happen," he said.
"At this stage of the year, the clubs have had a pretty flat-out period so they've taken off for a few days.
"There's still six weeks until the national draft so once that gets closer, hopefully we'll get more of an indication on where we're at."
Harris will nominate for the December 15 NAB AFL Pre-season Draft if he fails to secure a new home next month.
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