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The storm and the junior draft

Posted by sixtiesboy on August 17, 2014 at 5:21pm

I'll admit to being like a dog with a bone on the subject of the draft. I am wondering about something with no basis in actual facts. I'm figuring that the big 3 at the Storm have at the most 3 to 4 good years left in them. I see no new superstars in their ranks at the moment. Their recruitment is based on getting good solid players around their stars and everyone having a specific role. So will a junior draft help a club like Melbourne who have no juniors? The proposed draft is aimed for an intro in about 3 years. Or am I just clutching at vindictive straws as my anger seethes following the favourable response Melbourne gets to their complaints. memo to Ashley Klein - you'd better tow the company line next time you ref the Storm.

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Tentonz August 17, 2014 at 5:31pm

I love a good conspiracy theory
Ham Sammich August 17, 2014 at 5:46pm

The Storm have a very good junior system, and their junior teams are full of players spanning across QLD, NSW, and N.Z. They of course don't have the next Big 3 in their juniors at the moment but nor do we have the next Jarryd Hayne. The absolute elite players in the game are very rare to come by.
Ham Sammich August 17, 2014 at 5:46pm

Currently all clubs have equal access of information on any young player they want, they just need to put the right people in the right place like we did with Peter Nolan.
coco August 17, 2014 at 7:00pm

I have thought about the draft - as I understand we can quarantine 5 juniors every year.
most years there wouldn't be more than 5 we would want to keep long term anyway.
still don't agree with it.does not encourage any development at all.
- Ham Sammich > coco August 17, 2014 at 7:04pm
  
  If you can protect 5 junior players that you don't want to enter a draft I think that may leave clubs to develop only a select group of players and give them the elite training programs that they give all of the current squad now that way other clubs if they get the juniors they'll be terrible anyway. Either you have all players up for a draft or no players up for a draft.
- Yobz > coco August 17, 2014 at 7:45pm
  
  Complete details have not been decided yet. I agree it is either all players or none.
slip August 17, 2014 at 7:14pm

Biggest myth (Storm) in the history of the game.