One Pick From A Premiership: Western Bulldogs
The Bulldogs once traded for pick 9 in the AFL National Draft and then used that pick to draft Allen Jakovich who had been delisted by Melbourne, not the best result. But they weren't close to the cup then.
One thing that might be a reason if the Bulldogs don't win in the next couple of years is the Lochlan Veale deal. The Hawks got Danny Jacobs, the Bombers received from the Bulldogs the pick they used on Kepler Bradley, and the Bulldogs thought they won with Jade Rawlings being available in the preseason draft. The Bulldogs also included Mark Alvey in the trade and he ended up with the Bombers.
Stanton, Mundy, Butler or Peake would have been some of the options, as well as Bradley, at pick 6 for the Bulldogs. Bradley hasn't developed into a star tall yet, but for the Bulldogs he might have been developed quicker as most of their talls have been injury-prone in recent seasons. While Street towers over nearly everyone, Bradley would be one of the tallest players there and he is even as tall as Minson. The shortish Bulldogs would have played Bradley a lot more than the Bombers.
Maybe if the Bulldogs didn't go for the Veale deal, Rawlings would have gone to the Kangaroos. That means the Bulldogs didn't just miss out on a draft pick like Kepler Bradley but also a veteran midfielder in the preseason draft in Nick Stevens.
If the Bulldogs could have used pick 6 in the 2003 draft, instead of sending it to Essendon, then it is likely they would have drafted another star to add to the two players they took early in that draft, Adam Cooney and Farren Ray.
Bradley may not have been too effective last September against the Eagles and big Lynch, and maybe Stevens couldn't do a lot for the Bulldogs either against the West Coast midfield, but Bradley and Stevens might have been the return for the Western Bulldogs if they didn't do the trade and those two players would have done a lot more than Rawlings and Veale.
One thing that might be a reason if the Bulldogs don't win in the next couple of years is the Lochlan Veale deal. The Hawks got Danny Jacobs, the Bombers received from the Bulldogs the pick they used on Kepler Bradley, and the Bulldogs thought they won with Jade Rawlings being available in the preseason draft. The Bulldogs also included Mark Alvey in the trade and he ended up with the Bombers.
Stanton, Mundy, Butler or Peake would have been some of the options, as well as Bradley, at pick 6 for the Bulldogs. Bradley hasn't developed into a star tall yet, but for the Bulldogs he might have been developed quicker as most of their talls have been injury-prone in recent seasons. While Street towers over nearly everyone, Bradley would be one of the tallest players there and he is even as tall as Minson. The shortish Bulldogs would have played Bradley a lot more than the Bombers.
Maybe if the Bulldogs didn't go for the Veale deal, Rawlings would have gone to the Kangaroos. That means the Bulldogs didn't just miss out on a draft pick like Kepler Bradley but also a veteran midfielder in the preseason draft in Nick Stevens.
If the Bulldogs could have used pick 6 in the 2003 draft, instead of sending it to Essendon, then it is likely they would have drafted another star to add to the two players they took early in that draft, Adam Cooney and Farren Ray.
Bradley may not have been too effective last September against the Eagles and big Lynch, and maybe Stevens couldn't do a lot for the Bulldogs either against the West Coast midfield, but Bradley and Stevens might have been the return for the Western Bulldogs if they didn't do the trade and those two players would have done a lot more than Rawlings and Veale.
