The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Carlton
9 Jordan Russell
25 Adam Hartlett
41 Luke Blackwell
73 Chris Bryan
77 Anthony Raso
From The Age: Who your team picked
The Blues got close to nothing from this draft. While they can get good players when given the top overall pick, they do waste a lot of other top 10 picks.
Raso and Bryan are long gone, but that late in the draft they were actually good choices. Blackwell, who can't get a game at the moment, was a solid move and brought in some father-son tradition. There was no bidding system in those days, and giving up pick 41 wasn't a problem as Blackwell was worth that. Hartlett should be doing a lot more than he is, but injuries and a poor game-plan there do limit his chances, even when he is healthy enough to play they rarely kick it in his direction. Russell is someone that Carlton keep playing but he has yet to deliver. Teams don't normally draft poorly-skilled taggers in the top 10, but right now that is what Russell is.
There was quality all the way through the draft, some examples of late steals were Chris Knights at pick 56 and Daniel Pratt at pick 74, but Carlton missed out.
Carlton could have drafted Cain Ackland in this draft, he went to the Saints at pick 33. Ackland is now at Carlton after they used a preseason choice to acquire him a couple of years ago.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Brisbane
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25 Adam Hartlett
41 Luke Blackwell
73 Chris Bryan
77 Anthony Raso
From The Age: Who your team picked
THE CLUB SAYS "I suppose it's a cliche for recruiters to say after a draft that everything fell our way, but from what we targeted when we went into the day, it pretty much panned out OK. We wanted a good midfielder, a key-position player, we wanted a ruckman with a bit of experience, and our last pick was a young fellow who probably won't be at the club at all next year ... he'll have school commitments all year, but he's one for the future." - Wayne Hughes, Carlton recruiting manager
Raso and Bryan are long gone, but that late in the draft they were actually good choices. Blackwell, who can't get a game at the moment, was a solid move and brought in some father-son tradition. There was no bidding system in those days, and giving up pick 41 wasn't a problem as Blackwell was worth that. Hartlett should be doing a lot more than he is, but injuries and a poor game-plan there do limit his chances, even when he is healthy enough to play they rarely kick it in his direction. Russell is someone that Carlton keep playing but he has yet to deliver. Teams don't normally draft poorly-skilled taggers in the top 10, but right now that is what Russell is.
There was quality all the way through the draft, some examples of late steals were Chris Knights at pick 56 and Daniel Pratt at pick 74, but Carlton missed out.
Carlton could have drafted Cain Ackland in this draft, he went to the Saints at pick 33. Ackland is now at Carlton after they used a preseason choice to acquire him a couple of years ago.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Brisbane
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