Tigers poach Demons recruiter Craig Cameron

[one-eyed]

Assuming Cameron joined Melbourne prior to the trade and drafts periods of 1997 as it says in the article:

1997

National

1 Travis Johnstone Dandenong Stingrays
22 Troy Longmuir    West Perth
39 Matthew Blake   Bendigo Pioneers
50 Luke Ottens      Glenelg
66 Nathan Brown    West Adelaide
77 Guy Rigoni      Myrtleford

Trades

Jeff White (from Fremantle for picks #2 and #18)

Rookie elevation

James McDonald   Old Xavs
Russell Robertson  Melbourne (he was drafted by them the year before)

PSD

1 Jamie Shanahan St. Kilda

1998

National

13 Chris Lamb    Murray Bushrangers
60 Luke Speers    Tassie Mariners
72 Luke Taylor   Port Adelaide Magpies

Trades

Scott Chrisholm (from Fremantle)
Nick Carter     (from Brisbane)

Rookie elevations

Peter Walsh     West Adelaide
Daniel Ward     Fitzroy Reserves
Matthew Bishop  Box Hill Hawks

PSD

9 Troy Simmonds   Box Hill Hawks

1999

National

19 Brad Green         Tasmania U18
20 Paul Wheatley      Preston U18
42 Michael J. Clark    Eastern U18
50 Matthew Whelan     Woodville-West Torrens
63 Shannon O'Brien    Gippsland U18
64 Cameron Bruce      Melbourne Reserves

Trades

Troy Longmuir  (to Fremantle for Pick #19)
Matthew Bishop (to Port Adelaide for Pick #42)
Stephen Powell (from Bulldogs for Pick #35)

Rookie elevation

Luke Williams       Oakleigh U18

PSD

3 James Cook        Western Bulldogs
11 Steven Pitt      Norwood
14 Simon Godfrey    Melbourne Reserves

2000

National

16 Scott Thompson    Port Adelaide Magpies
62 Daniel Breese     Eastern U18
73 Ross Funcke       North Ballarat
80 Mitchell Craig    Eastern U18

Rookie elevation

Troy Broadbridge        Port Adelaide Magpies

PSD

10 Nick Gill         Oakleigh U18

2001

National

9       Luke Molan        Geelong Falcons
25      Steven Armstrong  Perth Football Club
26      Aaron Rogers      NSW/ACT Rams
55      Brad Miller       Mt Gravatt

Trades

Jeff Farmer   (to Fremantle for Pick #17)
Brent Grgic   (to Geelong for Pick #55)
Troy Simmonds (to Fremantle for Daniel Bandy)
Craig Ellis   (from Bulldogs for Troy Simmonds)
Clint Bizzell (from Geelong for Picks #17 & #41)
Peter Vardy   (from Adelaide for Pick #56)

[one-eyed]

2002

National

14      Daniel Bell           Glenelg
15      Nicholas Smith    Norwood
26      Jared Rivers          North Adelaide
39      Gary Moorcroft     Essendon
54      Cameron Hunter  Calder Cannons
66      Ryan Ferguson      Frankston

Trades

Chris Heffernan (from Essendon for pick #10)
Shane Woewodin  (to Collingwood for pick #14)

Rookie elevation

Mark Jamar      North Adelaide

PSD

5       Guy Rigoni      Melbourne

2003

National

3        Colin Sylvia             Bendigo U18
5        Brock McLean         Calder Cannons
36 (F/S) Chris A. Johnson   East Fremantle

Trades

Ben Holland (from Richmond for Pick #20)

Rookie elevation

Nathan Carroll  Claremont

PSD

3       Phillip Read    West Coast Eagles

2004

National

13      Matthew Bate    Eastern Ranges
15      Lynden Dunn     Calder Cannons
43      Michael Newton  Murray Bushrangers

Trades

Paul Johnson  (from West Coast for Pick #29)
Jamie Baker   (from West Coast for Pick #45)
Brent Moloney (from Geelong for Pick #12)
Darren Jolly  (to Sydney for Pick #15)

Rookie elevation

Aaron Davey     Port Melbourne

2005

National

12      Nathan Jones    Dandenong Stingrays
53      Simon Buckley   Sandringham Dragons
60      Clint Bartram   Geelong Falcons
68      Heath Neville   Tassie Mariners

Trades

Byron Pickett (from Port Adelaide for Picks #28, #44 & #60)

Special Compensation (for Troy Broadbridge's death)

Shannon Motlop    Kangaroos/Nth Adelaide

2006

National

12      James Frawley   North Ballarat Rebels
30      Ricky Petterd   Broadbeach
46      Colin Garland   Tassie Mariners
62      Isack Weetra    Port Adelaide Magpies

[mightytiges]

Underwhelming to say the least looking at that. Some solid footballers picked up in that lot but only Cam Bruce and Robbo (who was already on their list prior to 1998) would have been called A-graders.

They've given up a few players who've become good players. Simmo, Scott, Thompson (who wanted to go home), Bishop, Jolly.

The only thing that is really positive and far superior to Richmond is the number of rookies they've had that have made it over the past 10 years. Made up for some ordinary early draft picks. But with Foley, Thursty and King we've done alright with our rookies in the past 2-3 years after wasting it for so long.

The Dees recruiting was criticized in the Herald-Sun today for failing to find KP defenders since they made the 2000 GF.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21984677%255E19742,00.html

[bluey_21]

derek hines please come to Richmond                      

[Ramps]

I agree that Hine has a better record and seems to have a good eye. Id prefer Hine to Cameron.

[mightytiges]

Brock McLean is probably the only Demon we'd be interested in poaching as he's a young inside midfielder although the Demons would never let him go.

Colin Sylvia played the best game I've seen him play last night given all the hype when he was drafted but we already have similar types to him on our list already. Same with Bate. We don't need another midfielder with no right foot. Nathan Jones has done fairly well this year given his young age and experience. The rest of the Melbourne midfield is their old brigade.

[Ramps]

Didnt McLean sign a 3 year deal last year to stay at the demons?

[WilliamPowell]

Look here Moi, The Sheedy thing is well before Wallace even got to Richmond.
Lets move on shell we.

But I reckon that's part of the problem.

It would appear to me a tleast that at the end of 2004 when we appointed Wallace that we had moved on from the "sheedy come home to Richmond" soap opera that has been running close to 20 odd years now (5 year contracts sort of sends that message).

Clearly in the eyes of some (those who I refer to the faceless ones) they have not as this old (and might I say now very boring) chestnut reappears. They bring out their big spoons to stir their equally big pots because they are driven by their massively oversized egos!

As for Craing Cameron - if that's who the RFC are targeting then that is fine too if they believe he is the best person for the job but I think to suggest or imply that Wallace wouldn't be aware of it or that Cameron is going to come based on there being a change of coach is too bizzarre even for our Club

[one-eyed]

No further news on us and Craig Cameron but another Demon employee has left their footy department with Chris Fagan resigning as Melbourne's general manager of football operations to take up a coaching and player development role with Hawthorn.

http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=49400

[one-eyed]

Richmond poised to recruit top recruiter
Caroline Wilson | November 28, 2007 | The Age

RICHMOND has waited until after the national draft to secure one of the most highly regarded recruiters in the AFL in one of at least two high-profile appointments to be announced next week.

The Age understands that long-time Melbourne talent scout Craig Cameron has all but sealed a deal with the Tigers to take over the club's recruiting and list management with a view to ultimately handling player contracts as well.

Although Cameron committed to the Demons along with Melbourne's then football manager Chris Fagan one year ago to a three-year term, he is expected to exercise a three-month departure clause in his contract, as Fagan did back in August when he announced he was moving to Hawthorn.

The Tigers, who have been criticised for their recruiting in recent years, have been seeking a new senior football executive to take over the club's recruiting and list management, with Greg Miller slowly leaving that job although remaining at the helm of the club's football department for now.

Cameron was an early favourite of the board, given his impressive credentials, which were bolstered by the fact that he grew up a passionate Tigers supporter, the son of former Richmond player and life member Barry Cameron.

Cameron is believed to have broached the subject of his departure with senior Melbourne personnel but was unwilling to leave the Demons before completing the national and pre-season drafts. He was not available for comment yesterday but is understood to be close to negotiating a term of at least three years at Richmond.

The club is also on the verge of appointing a human resources executive to oversee the club's player development, along with that of all club staff, in a bid to improve the psychological profile of the club's list. It is understood the new position will be filled by a senior official from the Australian Institute of Sport.

Cameron will oversee Richmond's recruiting but the club will also retain the services of recruiting manager Francis Jackson.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/richmond-poised-to-recruit-top-recruiter/2007/11/27/1196036893779.html

[{X}]

one step closer of getting miller closer to the door!

[richmondrules]

one step closer of getting miller closer to the door!

I wouldn't have thought so X. He has always said he's spread too thin. I think you are going to have to put up with Miller for a while yet.

[{X}]

the only thing that will save miller long term is if we suddenly improve beyond belief and mitch morton, jordy and jon all become very handy players . then alot weight will be behind miller

[Ramps]

good appointments although id like to see us appoint a high performance manager as well.

[richmondrules]

the only thing that will save miller long term is if we suddenly improve beyond belief and mitch morton, jordy and jon all become very handy players . then alot weight will be behind miller

If those players fail and Miller's role is not exclusively to do with trading or recruiting then I do not see that his position is under threat. He is moving himself away from that area, something I am sure you are pleased about, so I can't see Miller being forced to go anywhere. Personally I feel it is a bit of a stretch to blame Miller exclusively for the teams performance and any bad (or good) recruiting decisions. I do not have the sort of inside information that would allow me to make that sort of call. The information I have is mainly rumours and scuttlebutt I read on these boards which, though interesting, I take with a grain of salt.

It is far too early to write Morton, McMahon or JON off yet especially since 2 of them haven't even played a game for us yet. If this is the only criticism of Miller then I can only see his position as safe and he won't be going anywhere unless he decides too.