Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Will next years AFL's national draft to be even more compromised than this years?

I think the issue is going to be that the 2012 draft will now be almost as compromised as the 2010 and 2011 drafts were planned to be. The Suns will get a priority pick next year, but it'll only be pick 27 or so(just like WCE got this year), the real danger is if they(the suns) don't win more than 8 games in their first two seasons, which would entitle them to probably two of the top 3 picks(in 2012). The Suns also have a first round compensation pick from Geelong witch means they'd get maybe 3 of the top 4 or 5 picks(in 2012) GWS are also expected to have a slow start, so they'd have a high pick, and if they were able to get their hands on a first round compensation pick it might mean the lowest placed original club(from the current 16) wouldn't be picking until number 5 or 6, and so that would push everyone else down the order(round one might end at pick 22 or so). The Suns also have an end of first round compensation pick and a second round compensation pick(received in trade week), and I expect them to use those in 2012 as well because from all reports it's going to be a ripper of a draft, depth wise. Thinking along those lines, every other club with compensation picks will be wanting to use theirs in 2012 as well. At the moment their are 9 compensation picks in play. Brisbane will probably use one this year, but everyone else could well hang onto them for 2012, and with GWS coming in next year, expect another 8 or 9 to come into play from the uncontracted players they pick up. GWS might also have a two year window to sign uncontracted players which would create even more chaos. So basically, yes, it's going to be a long time before anyone sees an old fashioned, easy to read draft order again ;)

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