Fox Footy expert David King runs the rule over Richmond’s recycled list looking to contend in 2014
Herald-Sun
April 16, 2014 9:00PM
LIST management and recruiting are inexact sciences.
Knowing what stage you’re at is the single most important assessment at AFL clubs. All decisions are streamlined around the differing phases from rebuild to premiership launch. Richmond faces some very interesting and confronting decisions at seasons end, because under Hardwick they’ve steadily improved from six wins in 2010, to eight in 2011, to 10 in 2012 and to 15 last year.
A step backwards without the promotion of youth would be a significant setback.
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damn right knowing what stage your list is at is the be all end all in these things. but as has been argued the win loss ledger is not the be all end all barometer in judging where your list is at. some of us have labelled the list a middling list yet we we ignored the long term.
no list managment is not an inexact science hes wrong in this . recruiting can be inexact but there are many ways to minimise the risk.
the types of players we have taken have in the main failed at other clubs and come with pretty general weaknesses. we arent targeting these blokes for their quality but to perform a role and fill a gap in the list immediately.
in taking these types you should have a junior already in your system or draft one to take care of the long term needs of the list. we take these mature retreads knowing damn well we may have to upgrade on them as well down the track.
the most obvious example of filling a need in the short term but failing to look after the long term is with our ruckmen maric then orren now hampson and not one junior even on the rookie list.
there is no way in the world that we have got list management right but its not so much to do with the retreads, its the failure to always keep the longer term in mind and what it takes to build.
not enogh kpp and tall numbers knowing we are shallow. not enough genuine mids it goes on on and on.
once again the media are coming around to exactly what a few of us have been saying.
wht annoys though there is a place and we have had a need to take mature players and we will in the future. its about balance and cost and value adding but its also about giving yourself a chance to get quality players or even just plain good long term players as well.
just to finish we had a chance to target quality players for next to nothing in terms of picks and have chosen not to. imo we have a better chance taking state league players than delisted players straight of someone elses list.
for me no matter where you take the player they all should meet some basic criteria and tick enough boxes i cant say we have done this.
