WP your missing the point no preseident should ever declare his/her hand before the draft. Its unprofessional practise.
I understand the point daniel but he isn't the first and he wont be the last. Go back to when the Doggies drafted Cooney and you may find Smorgan did the same thing
In the overall scheme of things I don't think it's the end of the world...
Should he have done it? Nope but he did and thats that
No you're right WP it's not the end of the world and for all we know the Club may very well do the opposite to what March says publicly as we did with Cousins
. However, you would've thought he would've learnt from last year not to comment at all about our recruiting. A straight bat reply of "our footy department will be making that decision and I have great confidence in them and the resources they have had at their disposal to land us a quality young footballer" would've sufficed.
It's still unprofessional but the Bulldogs had pick 1 when Smorgan said that and Cooney was the clear No.1 that year. For March to say only two names when we have pick 3 wasn't too bright. Can we leave the Club's public comments to Benny Gale in future. March acts too much like an average supporter in the outer in front of the media.