ive gotta say we are making excuses .
at the end of the day tyhe buck and resposibility stops with francis jackson.
05
jon- fail
hughes - fail
casserley - fail
06
riewoldt - pass
s edwards - for the pick fail. eric mckenzie anyone, some will say pass so i will include him as a pass
connors - fail but at pick 58 it was more likely than not that this pick would fail. came with a poor reputation and it proved correct.
peterson - fail was a high risk.
collins - fail
07
cotchin - pass no brainer.
rance - at 18 fail imo if hes a pass its only just. has too mant weaknesses in his game for a top 20 pick.
putt - fail
did not use pick 64.
08
vickery - atm hes a 50/50 propisition everyone knows where i stand with this bloke.
post - fail
hislop - a late mature pick everyone knew hislop was a jackson favorite.
09
martin = pass. there was a top 4 and there was daylight.so a no brainer.
griffiths - sorry but to date hes a fail it may change it may not.he came with risk and again we took that risk with a valuable pick. carlisle black anyone or maybe a mid in bastinac.
astbury = to date a fail like griffiths being a tall he has some time on his side.
dea - pass was always going to be a project player imo hes coming along nicely. only gripe is where we took him. wanted another tall here had a list of 4.
taylor - fail. another of those high risk picks that ultimately failed. on talent alone it was maybe worth the risk early 4th rnd pick 51.
webberley - fail we needed to target talls.
nason - fail should never have been drafted.
10 all of these guys are in just yr 3 so it is hard to call. you can only really judge em on strengths and weakness too early to call em on performance.
conca - pass but the argument has always been did we jump the gun. i still prefer heppell.
batchelor - 50/50 was widely assumed he would go later. has some real concerns in his game and imo has not properly established himself.
helbig - 50/50 not done a lot in the 2s which is a concern has some real good attributes but he needs to go up a level.
mcdonald - fail another risky pick that bit us on the arse.
derickx - fail
11
ellis - pass
elton - who knows just too early.
arnot - bottom aged when taken still only 19 too early.
12
vlastuin - pass has proven to be a v/good pick to date.
mcintosh - too early to call.
mcbean - too early
mcdonough - too early.
thats the entire list of kids we have taken under jackson in the nd. does not include young psd and rookie picks. which makes for even worse reading.
youngsters taken psd/rookie drafts and i emphasise youngsters. does not include mature players who we cannot totally attribute to jackson.
white - fail
gourdis - fail
grimes - pass
o hanlon - 50/50 too early.
young rookie selections.
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graham - fail
07
clingan- fail
08
collard - fail another high risk who came with baggage.
09
browne - fail.
gilligan - fail
10
hicks - fail
contin - fail
westhoff - fail
11
jakobi - fail
hislop - fail i inlclude him despite him being a mature pick because he was a jackson pick
12
darrou - too early
verrier - 50/50 too early possibly gone
turner - too early
13
williams - too early
if hes had a say in taking mature players it makes for even worse reading.
Compare it to other teams and you will see we have done very well. Its like you think every daraft pick we get should be the next Royce Hart or Jack Dyer
compared to other teams hes been lousy.
the success rate for all nd picks is around 60% you do the maths where is jacksons at.
no i expect 1st rounders to be at the very least a good player but aim foe very/good to elite.
2nd rounders for us picks mainly inside 30 i expect good to very good players.
3rd rounders you are looking for something decent.
after that with kids you are looking at about a 1 in 5/ 6 chance of them becoming decent. its one reason why ive advocated so hard for us to look at more state league players with later nd psd and rookie picks.
get your facts straight the next time you try and atribute statements to me,
its simple jackson is an upgrade on beck and miller but we should be aiming for better. his overall record is not great.