Good Day For Gourdis and Richmond
Picking first in a draft often means one thing, that the previous season was a smelly one, but it also means that the building blocks for the future can be selected. Richmond had a huge national draft with Cotchin, Rance and Putt and added another promising player with David Gourdis in the preseason draft.
It was a big surprise, to football scouts and also to him, when Gourdis wasn’t drafted last month and the Tigers seem to think they got an early Christmas present as he was available in the preseason draft.
From the Richmond site: Richmond goes for Gourdis
It was a big surprise, to football scouts and also to him, when Gourdis wasn’t drafted last month and the Tigers seem to think they got an early Christmas present as he was available in the preseason draft.
From the Richmond site: Richmond goes for Gourdis
“Francis Jackson, our recruiting guy, the minute the national draft finished he was on the phone to him [David] saying: ‘Look, we’ve got first choice in the pre-season draft, you’re the best player that’s missed out in the national draft, come over and let’s get to know you’,” Miller said.
“Any deficiency in skill, he’s got the right attitude to work on it.
“Any deficiency in skill, he’s got the right attitude to work on it.
