Dutchy wrote:OK lets dig deeper...
Carlton in 2003 got Pick 2 from AFL, after 7 wins in 2 years, the previous 2 years they won 30 out of 44 games and made finals in both years.
In 2004 they win 10 games, yet in 2005 they get Pick 1 (Marc Murphy) and 2007 another Pick 1 (Matt Kruezer)
Thats 2 #1 picks and a pick #2 in 5 years and people are losing their minds over us getting #19 & #20????
2009 Melbourne got #1 by having a better period than we have had.
I could go on
"Draft picks do not maketh the team"
Anyway, I'm happy for North to get pick 3 and I'm a Carlton fan (last I checked).
I still think the AFL who gave us sanctions in 2002 where we missed out on Goddard or Daniel Wells, went easy on us in 2003 - hence the odd looking stat above.
Those other years, we finished 16th in 2005, 16th in 2006 and 15th in 2007. Pretty much the same as North in the last three years - apart from it being an 18 team comp.