Teams Asleep On Draft Prospect Nathan Batsanis
The AFL teams provide the league with lists of players who they think are draft-worthy. The name Nathan Batsanis was absent from most of them, and while he and two of his teammates have been added now, you have to wonder what the teams' scouts were watching not to see his game.
Batsanis was named on the wing of the TAC Cup team for 2006. Nearly every game he played with Oakleigh he had huge stats in kicks, and a lot of these kicks were of the long variety.
Some may say he makes space for himself by not playing close to his opponent, if that is true then it was effective and he got the better of that matchup. But it may also not be true, as he had a large number of tackles.
While one game should not change a player's draft value, even if it was a huge Grand Final performance on the MCG, that could be the case here which says the talent scouts missed something. Batsanis may have been taken in the last round of the draft prior to his TAC Cup game, but he has 3rd round talent and could even get into the 2nd round now.
Batsanis was named on the wing of the TAC Cup team for 2006. Nearly every game he played with Oakleigh he had huge stats in kicks, and a lot of these kicks were of the long variety.
Some may say he makes space for himself by not playing close to his opponent, if that is true then it was effective and he got the better of that matchup. But it may also not be true, as he had a large number of tackles.
While one game should not change a player's draft value, even if it was a huge Grand Final performance on the MCG, that could be the case here which says the talent scouts missed something. Batsanis may have been taken in the last round of the draft prior to his TAC Cup game, but he has 3rd round talent and could even get into the 2nd round now.
