Would Carlton Have Taken Tom Hawkins At Number 1
A fun question to consider, if Tom Hawkins was available to all teams in the draft would he go number 1?
Carlton would have the decision of Gibbs, Leuenberger or Hawkins. Leuenberger fills the biggest need, but right now it seems Gibbs is their BPA. But if the father/son rule was not applied and Hawkins was available, would they take him instead of Gibbs?
While adding Gibbs is an easy and safe decision, and he can play in several roles around the midfield, for Hawkins he really should be a full forward at that is not Carlton's biggest need. At Carlton that would mean they would have Fevola and Hawkins playing together deep in the forward line. Maybe this would work, or maybe there would not be enough room for the two of them.
Carlton do have some young onballers, like Murphy and Blackwell, they also have a couple of young key position players that will be played up forward, Waite and Kennedy. You can never have enough midfielders, but there isn't enough room for too many key forwards.
Carlton don't have to worry about this decision, but to not select Hawkins would have been a difficult choice to make.
If you have an opinion you can leave a comment below, if Hawkins was available at pick 1 would you take him over Gibbs and Leuenberger?
Carlton would have the decision of Gibbs, Leuenberger or Hawkins. Leuenberger fills the biggest need, but right now it seems Gibbs is their BPA. But if the father/son rule was not applied and Hawkins was available, would they take him instead of Gibbs?
While adding Gibbs is an easy and safe decision, and he can play in several roles around the midfield, for Hawkins he really should be a full forward at that is not Carlton's biggest need. At Carlton that would mean they would have Fevola and Hawkins playing together deep in the forward line. Maybe this would work, or maybe there would not be enough room for the two of them.
Carlton do have some young onballers, like Murphy and Blackwell, they also have a couple of young key position players that will be played up forward, Waite and Kennedy. You can never have enough midfielders, but there isn't enough room for too many key forwards.
Carlton don't have to worry about this decision, but to not select Hawkins would have been a difficult choice to make.
If you have an opinion you can leave a comment below, if Hawkins was available at pick 1 would you take him over Gibbs and Leuenberger?
