Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
September 10th 2008 02:45
1995
1 Clive Waterhouse - Fremantle
2 Matthew Primus - Fitzroy
3 Brendan Fewster - West Coast
4 Scott Bamford - Fitzroy
5 Brendan Krummel - Hawthorn
6 Daniel Healy - St Kilda
7 Ben Edwards - Fremantle
8 Jared Crouch - Sydney
9 Allen Jakovich - Western Bulldogs
10 Simon Prestigiacomo - Collingwood
Any draft with Allen Jakovich in the top 10 is a worry. As this wasn't the first time he was drafted, the Bulldogs made a huge error when they went so early to grab the injury-prone former Melbourne forward. He may have achieved more than this with the Bulldogs, but hobbling off the ground with a sore hamstring or back might be all that people remember.
The Dockers messed up their draft, not an uncommon occurrence. The Eagles did the same, that was something that didn't happen a lot, then or now. When Waterhouse arrived in the AFL, he was hyped up by the Dockers as being an amazing full forward, to say football fans were disappointed by his performances is an understatement. It wasn't all Waterhouse's fault, as the ball didn't get down that end of the ground too often. At least his hair continues to live on with the Dockers, as Scott Thornton does have a resemblance to Waterhouse.
Sydney and Collingwood deserve some credit, they still have the players they selected, and while Crouch and Prestigiacomo were never stars they did do important jobs for their coaches and made their teams better.
The good and the bad from Fitzroy was on display here. Primus was a great choice, a strong ruckman, while Bamford was someone that should never have been drafted in a top 10.
It was 1995, so clubs were drafting for nearly a decade and should have been able to identify talent better than they did. It was certainly a strange top 10, and there were future stars available to choose, but Hall, Harvey, Bradshaw and others went much later in the draft.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
1995
1990
1987
1 Clive Waterhouse - Fremantle
2 Matthew Primus - Fitzroy
3 Brendan Fewster - West Coast
4 Scott Bamford - Fitzroy
5 Brendan Krummel - Hawthorn
6 Daniel Healy - St Kilda
7 Ben Edwards - Fremantle
8 Jared Crouch - Sydney
9 Allen Jakovich - Western Bulldogs
10 Simon Prestigiacomo - Collingwood
Any draft with Allen Jakovich in the top 10 is a worry. As this wasn't the first time he was drafted, the Bulldogs made a huge error when they went so early to grab the injury-prone former Melbourne forward. He may have achieved more than this with the Bulldogs, but hobbling off the ground with a sore hamstring or back might be all that people remember.
The Dockers messed up their draft, not an uncommon occurrence. The Eagles did the same, that was something that didn't happen a lot, then or now. When Waterhouse arrived in the AFL, he was hyped up by the Dockers as being an amazing full forward, to say football fans were disappointed by his performances is an understatement. It wasn't all Waterhouse's fault, as the ball didn't get down that end of the ground too often. At least his hair continues to live on with the Dockers, as Scott Thornton does have a resemblance to Waterhouse.
Sydney and Collingwood deserve some credit, they still have the players they selected, and while Crouch and Prestigiacomo were never stars they did do important jobs for their coaches and made their teams better.
The good and the bad from Fitzroy was on display here. Primus was a great choice, a strong ruckman, while Bamford was someone that should never have been drafted in a top 10.
It was 1995, so clubs were drafting for nearly a decade and should have been able to identify talent better than they did. It was certainly a strange top 10, and there were future stars available to choose, but Hall, Harvey, Bradshaw and others went much later in the draft.
Ranking The AFL Draft Top 10s
1995
1990
1987
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