Pretty funny reading about FJ gathering all this data.
A point I've made before about picking JON over Hurn is the rejection of relevant data.
In 2005 even as a part-timer one would have thought you'd particularly take note: Hurn - AIS, SA (capt), AA, 2 SANFL premierships. v JON - WA.
In 2006 there's Connors who before drafting had been involved in a drunken assault resulting in a brain-damaged person.
In 2007, after delisting Peterson for a poor attitude and drink problems, we recruit Collard after he is delisted by Port for the same reasons.
Add to those the recruiting of known failures like Morton, Sylvester, Cartledge and Howat not to mention McMahon.
In 2008 we double down with Hislop, Thomson and Cousins while ignoring Rockliff who was the goal-kicking midfield gun the first three were presented as.
In 2009 we continue by taking the troubled Taylor, Farmer and Nason. We continue to ignore known data by taking Webberley (a small HBF who won the Tassie B&F) over Barlow who was named in the VFL team of the Year twice, came second in the Liston and won the best under 23yo. We complete our picks by taking the known long-shots of Roberts, Westhoff and Polak.
In 2010 we take MacDonald, Gourdis (again), Jakobi, Miller and Hislop. The only surprise was that Miller was better than expected.
In all these cases the information was known. It could be found by any interested person with an internet connection. It was ignored.
It does not matter how much or how good your data is if you continue to ignore it.
Of course the most important rule when it comes to any data is the old one - "Garbage in, garbage out".
