FJ is the problem.
I cant see how you can turn over management and still have this hack on the payroll.
FJ's record (since he got some help) would look a lot better if the players he picked were given a chance.
All recruiters have stuff ups.
2009 is looking pretty good. Martin, Griffiths, Astbury. Add Grimes to that because not sure you can blame FJ for his injuries. Dea is better than Morris too if given the same chances. That year he was forced to go tall after the first pick due to the Wallace years of wanting skinny flankers.
2010 is a disgrace. I don't even care about the Conca v Heppell thing. Conca is still a solid player. Batch over Parker was always and will always be a mistake. Parker would be our captain by now.
2011 with Ellis and Elton is fine. Elton will take time. Arnot is looking solid though should have played earlier. Darrou is talented off the rookie list.
2012 we should end up with 3 x 200 gamers possibly 4. (Though I don't trust our development of a project like McIntosh)
2013 has Lennon who will be better than a lot above him. Gordon and Lloyd were perfect for what we need and are showing a bit in a poo team. I was ok with trading our 2nd pick for a back-up ruck in a crap draft until one of my favorites went at that exact pick. 
There are some issues going on in this regard though and FJ needs to stand up for himself and tell Blair that these kids are better than the duds we are picking.
FJ had finally worked out the types to recruit as rookie picks. KPD's/Rucks/Small forwards and then some moron decides that we should pick up the offcuts of bottom teams. He didn't rate Banfield or Thomas or Hampson for that matter. But every new player gets lumped in as his fault.
Dimma needs to get over his penchant for slow, tough players and hatred of players with flair and speed. Maybe FJ should just pick them anyway but then we all know they'd just rot in the 2's because Dimma would play Petterd or Grigg over them.
I will add he also needs to get over himself and bring some more sets of eyes in. Isn't that what we pay the FTF for?
Interesting that you have outed yourself as one of the posters who pushed Claw off another forum. You seem to be continuing your attitude here with the above half truths.
Any recruiter must be judged on results, not excuses about his resources aside from which FJ himself has chosen to limit his team to what he calls a manageable number.
He was first employed in 2005 as a part time recruiter. I have already posted on here that even as a part time recruiter he should have taken Hurn and Swallow given their records from independent judges (ie SANFL coaches, AIS selectors, State selectors and AA selectors).
The FULL list of his picks (NOT starting at 09 as you have done) show that for the period 2005 - 2009 (when Blair joined Richmond) Riewoldt, Edwards, King, Cotchin, Rance, Vickery, Martin, Griffith, Astbury, Dea and Grimes remain.
Gone are Oakley-Nichols, Hughes, Casserley, White, Graham, Humm, Howat, P Bowden, Connors, Peterson, Collins, Kingsley, Clingan, Polak, Putt, Gourdis, Collard, Sylvester, Cartledge, Howat, McMahon, Morton, Post, Hislop, Thomson, Cousins, Nahas, Gourdis (Rookied), Browne, Gilligan, Taylor, Webberley, Nason, Farmer, Hicks, Contin, Roberts, Westoff, Polak (Rookied).
Of the players still on the list, 7 of the 11 were first or second round picks.
"FJ needs to stand up for himself and tell Blair that these kids are better than the duds we are picking" Of those picks above - all before Blair came on board after the 2009 draft - 13 of the 38 were on other clubs lists prior. Only if you ignore FJ's full record, as you have done, can a case be made that Blair is forcing FJ to pick mature players over kids.
"He didn't rate Banfield or Thomas or Hampson" I'm interested as to how you know this. I am sure that FJ has not come out publicly and bagged players we chose so therefore you must be a close friend who he talks to off-the-record about his personal/different opinions on recruiting. Or maybe you are FJ. Or maybe it's just a lie.
