Rookie Draft

[camboon]

I watched a bit of him and thought he was worth a late spot on our list, but it’s not our call
.i thought he showed more than some that we kept on the current list.
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It would appear he wasn’t earmarked full stop as there was no one who they though was a better player in the rookie draft or the would have picked them but they have chosen to look and see if someone steps up somewhere .

I don’t think they should have listed Kellaway as a father son pick if they had no intention of picking him, I guess players can also opt out of being nominated as a father son to give themselves more chance of being picked.

[Damo]

Doesn’t stop any other club bidding on him

If we didn’t nominate him, it’s clear as day he wouldn’t have got drafted

No other team was interested

If his last name was Ming it wouldn’t even be a discussion

[Tiger Khosh]

Also bear in mind we traded back into the draft to get NRT. I’m assuming that move was decided late on the night when the team saw him sliding further than what they expected. It’s possible that if that hadn’t happened with an extra spot on our list, they would have indeed rookied Louie.

I’m fairly certain as Geischan stated many times they had various convos with the kellaway fam throughout the year and were open and honest with them with their intentions. Probably something along the lines of we like you as a player and would like to select you however we can’t garauntee that as we are right for list spots so we’ll just have to see on the day.

I’m sure the boy and fam are disappointed but hopefully he puts his head down and gets onto a list whether that’s with us or elsewhere.

The traditionalist in me would have liked to seen us pick him, but I don’t think you can fault the club for passing if they have other players they rate ahead of him.