In hindsight, what a topsy turvy recruiting effort.
Age Height Weight Recruited From Position
DFA. Taylor Hunt 24 184 78 Geelong Midfielder
ND12. Corey Ellis 18 185 76 Western Jets Midfielder
ND33. Connor Menadue 18 188 69 Western Jets Midfielder
ND52. Nathan Drummond 19 181 85 Murray Bushrangers Midfielder
ND67. Daniel Butler 18 181 79 North Ballarat Rebels Small Forward
ND77. Reece McKenzie 18 196 100 Northern Knights Tall Forward
RD11. Jayden Short 18 179 71 Northern Knights Small Forward
RD29. Jason Castagna 18 182 76 Northern Knights Small Defender
RD46. Kane Lambert 23 178 78 Williamstown Midfielder
Revisit the 2014 ND draft thread. i recall it well. People who had an idea about football were furious with our picks and rightly so. Corey 54% by foot Ellis. Drafting skinny and poor prospects ahead of others available.
Others who defended our drafting didnt have the faintest idea.
The issue was not that Corey Ellis was at 54% or whatever it was.
The issue was how SLOW he is. Recruiters clearly didn’t see that as Corey had an intrupted U18s and they didn’t look at his pace.
If they did say his pace is an issue then clearly got this wrong!
was it this draft Hartley said in that Corey Ellis Documentary on draft night that “these kids we have drafted we have a good feeling about”???
