Roos Rues When Sydney Choose
The AFL draft is supposed to be a time of unlimited optimism for clubs and their fans, but Sydney Coach Paul Roos doesn’t seem happy. While there is a case to be made for increasing the draft age a bit, Roos should also remember that without younger prospects in the draft his team wouldn’t have won a recent Grand Final, Goodes was at number 2 on the AFL Insider draft prospects list when he was drafted at pick 43 in 1997.
One problem with the draft, and the rules for the league, is that there are too few picks and the club lists are too small. If the lists were increased, it could allow 10 new players to be added to a team every year. The draft could also be expanded to 15 rounds, but only players taken in the first 5 rounds would get the guaranteed contracts. That way a team could have 10 players to evaluate over the offseason to then fit into 5 spots on their list.
From The Age: Roos kicks up a storm over draft 'lottery'
From Fox Sports: Roos takes aim at draft
One problem with the draft, and the rules for the league, is that there are too few picks and the club lists are too small. If the lists were increased, it could allow 10 new players to be added to a team every year. The draft could also be expanded to 15 rounds, but only players taken in the first 5 rounds would get the guaranteed contracts. That way a team could have 10 players to evaluate over the offseason to then fit into 5 spots on their list.
From The Age: Roos kicks up a storm over draft 'lottery'
"There's just too much crystal-balling.
"That could be addressed if it was older because you are speculating with a lot of them."
"That could be addressed if it was older because you are speculating with a lot of them."
From Fox Sports: Roos takes aim at draft
