I can't find anything though I feel like I saw it somewhere not all that long ago. It wasn't so much that it was anything spectacular for a goal of the year contender, it was that he made it look so easy for a guy that was 200 CM. Baulked a player without even thinking about it and slotted it on the run. I remember thinking at the time, it's an elite talent that does that so easily.

Think of that footage of a young kouta plucking it one handed and slotting it on the run. Wasn't the spectacle of the goal as a little moment that made you take notice and think this kid has something special.

I got the same feeling watching Kemp do the blind turn in the middle of the ground and put the foot down before he fluffed the kick. Just a small moment in the scheme of the game that made you smile because that's not something you see from a kid in their 3rd or 4th game.
Laurie's goal was one of those moments but alas it wasn't to be. Let's hope young Kemp was a glimpse into the not too distant future.

Laidler seemed to be a pretty astute pick up for a while, then he got injured in 2012 and Malthoused in 2013. McInnes also showed a bit before the same happened to him.

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The boy from Garfield , " Frosty " Miller .

Good one Mick! https://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php ... 7%20Miller

Worth noting that we have become specialists in picking amazing talent on 'class' and potential rather than demonstrated performance in the last 20 years, ever since we were hobbled by the salary cap penalties from 2002.
We've obviously tried to jump a rung on the talent stakes by hoping that some freak but damaged talent would suddenly hit their potential at the Blues, either via the draft or trades (see multiple GWS).
Highlights of this approach were picking Yarran in 2008, and Menzel in 2012.

We picked Yarran ahead of Daniel Rich, Ziebell, Phil Davis, Sidebottom & Shuey. At the time, only Rich would have genuinely been in that conversation but I reckon Sidebottom would have been the best pick. From memory, Collingwood picked him based on his 10 goal performance in a TAC Cup GF? Which was a similar reason to why they went for Dale Thomas at no.2 in 2005. As distinct from us who seem to prioritise 'class' over grunt or big game performance.

To be honest, there was not too much behind Menzel apart from Grundy, who we should have gone for but at the time we already had two ruckmen and had just recently traded out Jacobs b/c we had too many ruckmen. (NB: Surely, if we didn't go for Menzel we would have gone for Jaksch....)

Of course, the other shocker was picking Kane Lucas in 2009 ahead of Talia, Fyfe and Max Gawn! But that doesn't fit in this thread b/c he was never a Coodabeen nor shoodabeen...!

The boy from Garfield , " Frosty " Miller .

I honestly never knew he played for carlton...can't even recall it being mentioned on TV telecasts on a Sunday.

Thanks for sharing....and good pick for a shoulda coulda

We've obviously tried to jump a rung on the talent stakes by hoping that some freak but damaged talent would suddenly hit their potential at the Blues, either via the draft or trades (see multiple GWS).

Bootsma

Ok... Ill show myself to the door