Oracle of Delphi
Craig HillRanking The AFL Draft Top 10s
October 9th 2008 01:45
2001
1 Luke Hodge - Hawthorn
2 Luke Ball - St Kilda
3 Chris Judd - West Coast
4 Graham Polak - Fremantle
5 Xavier Clarke - St Kilda
6 Ashley Sampi - West Coast
7 David Hale - North Melbourne
8 James Bartel - Geelong
9 Luke Molan - Melbourne
10 Sam Power - Western Bulldogs
The 2001 "Super Draft" had a lot of super players in the top 10, and a few draft mistakes too. Three premiership players, three players called Luke, probably at least three busts, so good things and bad things come in threes in this top 10.
Hodge, Judd and Bartel all won with the teams that drafted them, and that is the definition of a successful pick. But for the Eagles, they no longer have the player they selected. The Cats and Hawks still have Bartel and Hodge and also a chance to win more premierships.
Hodge, Ball and Molan have probably been told, "Luke, I am your father." They don't have a lot else in common. Hodge is a top overall pick that won a premiership, Ball seems to be injured too often but when healthy he is one of the Saints' most important players, Luke Molan is just an answer to football trivia questions about players who went high in a draft but never did anything but a leg injury was one reason for this.
So Molan leads the busts from this top 10. Other contenders for being a draft bust are Power, Sampi, Clarke and Polak. Sampi is a definite bust. Power and Polak were busts for the teams that drafted them, X Clarke is another oft-injured Saint from this draft.
Hale has needed a few years to develop and is now a very imposing key forward. The Kangaroos made a good pick but had to wait for their big investment to achieve its potential, compared to the onballers in this top 10 who didn't take as long to make an impact.
That is the end of the top 10 rankings. The 2008 draft should provide enough talent to be one of the best ever, and in a few years it could be ranked in the top 5 of all the AFL drafts.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
2001
1999
2004
2006
2007
1997
2005
2000
1994
2002
1992
2003
1989
1993
1988
1998
1986
1996
1991
1995
1990
1987
It’s Luke Molan, photo from The Age:
Luke, I am your father.
1 Luke Hodge - Hawthorn
2 Luke Ball - St Kilda
3 Chris Judd - West Coast
4 Graham Polak - Fremantle
5 Xavier Clarke - St Kilda
6 Ashley Sampi - West Coast
7 David Hale - North Melbourne
8 James Bartel - Geelong
9 Luke Molan - Melbourne
10 Sam Power - Western Bulldogs
The 2001 "Super Draft" had a lot of super players in the top 10, and a few draft mistakes too. Three premiership players, three players called Luke, probably at least three busts, so good things and bad things come in threes in this top 10.
Hodge, Judd and Bartel all won with the teams that drafted them, and that is the definition of a successful pick. But for the Eagles, they no longer have the player they selected. The Cats and Hawks still have Bartel and Hodge and also a chance to win more premierships.
Hodge, Ball and Molan have probably been told, "Luke, I am your father." They don't have a lot else in common. Hodge is a top overall pick that won a premiership, Ball seems to be injured too often but when healthy he is one of the Saints' most important players, Luke Molan is just an answer to football trivia questions about players who went high in a draft but never did anything but a leg injury was one reason for this.
So Molan leads the busts from this top 10. Other contenders for being a draft bust are Power, Sampi, Clarke and Polak. Sampi is a definite bust. Power and Polak were busts for the teams that drafted them, X Clarke is another oft-injured Saint from this draft.
Hale has needed a few years to develop and is now a very imposing key forward. The Kangaroos made a good pick but had to wait for their big investment to achieve its potential, compared to the onballers in this top 10 who didn't take as long to make an impact.
That is the end of the top 10 rankings. The 2008 draft should provide enough talent to be one of the best ever, and in a few years it could be ranked in the top 5 of all the AFL drafts.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
2001
1999
2004
2006
2007
1997
2005
2000
1994
2002
1992
2003
1989
1993
1988
1998
1986
1996
1991
1995
1990
1987
It’s Luke Molan, photo from The Age:
Luke, I am your father.
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