The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - Sydney
31 Jarred Moore
47 David Spriggs
61 Heath James
From The Age: Who your team picked
They traded their early pick for a ruckman that was already proven, Darren Jolly, and that helped them get to and win a Grand Final.
Jarred Moore has taken a while but is now a success for the Swans. He is just another one of the Swans that is small but strong, and Roos can rotate Moore through the midfield and also give him minutes up forward where he has been kicking a few goals.
James was someone they persisted with and redrafted him in this draft. They were hoping he would give them help in a key position but that didn't happen. Spriggs was one of those "good ideas at the time", he did show some promise while with Geelong so it wasn't a bad move to give him a chance.
The Swans could have used their first rounder on a young ruckman, but even if he did become an AFL player it could have taken four years. With Jolly, they got someone who was ready to contribute right away, and the Swans were correct when they thought he would rapidly improve when he got the chance to play more, instead of being a backup like he was at Melbourne behind superstar Jeff White.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - St Kilda
47 David Spriggs
61 Heath James
From The Age: Who your team picked
THE CLUB SAYS "(The midfield) was something we needed to address. Over the last two or three years we've lost (Paul) Kelly and Darryn Cresswell and some of the guys, Paul Williams and Stuey Maxfield, are getting towards the end of their careers. I think it's an area you can never have too many of, to be honest. It's certainly an area we need to keep improving at, so we went into this draft more looking at mids and a possible key back, so we got the two mids and gave Jamesy another chance." - Paul Roos, Sydney coach
Jarred Moore has taken a while but is now a success for the Swans. He is just another one of the Swans that is small but strong, and Roos can rotate Moore through the midfield and also give him minutes up forward where he has been kicking a few goals.
James was someone they persisted with and redrafted him in this draft. They were hoping he would give them help in a key position but that didn't happen. Spriggs was one of those "good ideas at the time", he did show some promise while with Geelong so it wasn't a bad move to give him a chance.
The Swans could have used their first rounder on a young ruckman, but even if he did become an AFL player it could have taken four years. With Jolly, they got someone who was ready to contribute right away, and the Swans were correct when they thought he would rapidly improve when he got the chance to play more, instead of being a backup like he was at Melbourne behind superstar Jeff White.
The Craziness Of The 2004 AFL Draft - St Kilda
