It's all relative, bottom line is we rebuilt during compromised drafts and have made finals in the last two years with a core of stars that are still young.
We could have done better and we could have done worse.
we could and should have done much better. and no it cant get much worse even the first round picks are over rated or failures.
in the ops time frame from 04 to this draft our 1st round picks have gone.
deledio #1, pass couldnt really get it wrong could ya.
tambling #4 an utter failure.
meyer #12 another utter failure
pattison #16 geezus h Geez.
jon #8 utter failure
riewoldt #13 pass and a good pick
cotchin #2 pass but if he got this one wrong he would have been sacked on the spot one of two standouts.
rance #18 pass .
vickery #8 imo not worthy of a top 10 pick and is borderline as to weather he will even make it, fail.
martin #3 pass was one of 4 outstanding players melbourne took 2 which left jackson to pick between 2 players.
conca #6 not a top 10 player and looks quite average.for such an early pick and for overlooking the obvious fail.
ellis #15 pass though i have issues with the way he plays but thats just me.
vlastuin #9 pass atm but would not want the 2nd yr blues to continue. too early to call atm.
lennon #12 just one season hasnt shown a hell of a lot but way too early to call
ellis #12 too early to call.
thats 15 first rounders and to date i can only give em a tick on 7 of em.
people wonder why have gone the retread path so much well we are forced to because we just dont find enough good players in the nd.
finally there is absolutely nothing to hang the hat on by scraping into finals and getting belted or capitulating. 7th thru 12th means you are a middling team weather you scrape into finals or not.
its not a huge step to go from middling to bottom side just look at us over the yrs.