Welcome to Collingwood, Derek Hine

Post by **stui magpie** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:09 am

I think it's simplistic to say that MM stuffed up the list then Hine saved it.

If Hine gets all the credit for the kids he's picked while MM has been giving directions on the kind of player we want, then surely the brickbats have to go to Judkins who was the recruiter before Hine rather than blaming MM.

Assumng MM's role in all that hasn't changed, he still outlines what he wants and it's the recruiters job to find them.

punkologist · Post by **punkologist** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:48 am

I was critical of MM at various stages over the last few years. However now that we actually have some good cattle out there, courtesy of Hine and himself, I can realy see his value in working with the kids motivating them and building a game plan that suits them.

I think we also need to recognise the development coaches we have, they have been tremendous!

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:46 am

We need to sign up Hine on a long-term deal. His work of the last few years has been sensational.

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:50 am

^ his position is secure.

collingwoodjoe · Post by **collingwoodjoe** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:00 am

Seems to me that MM came on board in 2000 and decided to have a crack at a flag with essentially the list we had. in 99 we finished 16th, MM came on board and in 2000 we finished 15th, 2001 9th, 2002 missed a flag by a couplke of goals, 2003 made the grand final again. That is a pretty good effort. I think we tried to 'top up' in those years as we where trying to snatch a flag, we ran up against the greatest side of the modern era and we had to go back to the drawing board, 2004, 2005 we rebuilt the list, and now we have one of the most exciting groups of youngsters in the comp, Judkins, Hine, MM and Eddie, as well as Richo and Co should all be proud that instead of wallowing at the bottem of the ladder for a half a decade or ten years we have bounced back from 2003/04 so quickly.

in 2000 we picked up Wakes, JCloke, Lonie, Didak and Richards, Dids and Wakes and Lonie are all still there, all have played 100 games plus for the Pies.

in 2001 we finished 9th, we had an awful draft but still picked up Dane Swan.

in 2002 we made the grand final, so our picks weren't great, but we rookied Maxwell, and Cam Cloke and Jason Roe are both still on AFL Lists.

in 2003 we made the big one again, but managed to snare Heath Shaw.

in 2004 we where back down the wrong end of the ladder again (13th) and picked up Egan, Rusling, Cloke and O'Brien.

in 2005 we bottemed at 15th and grabbed Thomas and Pendles.

and in 2006 we got Ried, Goldsack and Bryan.

So we do tend to pick up better players when on the bottem of the ladder suprise suprise, the above list of pickups dosen't include anyone who is yeat to make an impact at AFL level, I mean Ried and Stanners etc look promising, but they havn't done anything much, so counting them as Hine sucess stories is a bit premature.

2004 still looks the best pound for pound draft for me, but I am an Egan fan and rate both O'Brien and Rusling very highly.

So as far as I can see, we have nabbed a good player in every draft since MM took over, That is better than some clubs manage most years.

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:02 am

Thanks. Next question?

Johnson#26 · Post by **Johnson#26** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:47 am

I think we tried to 'top up' in those years as we where trying to snatch a flag

Disagree - the cards fell our way IMO. We picked up Molloy, Steinfort, Rintoul, Clement, Holland and Wakelin in order to add some size, experience and toughness to our list. IMO as it turned out not even we could have predicted the improvement these players made - all were, at the worst, very serviceable for us (Rintoul would have been in our top three of '01 before he broke his leg v Essendon on Anzac Day), and Molloy, Clement, Holland and Wakelin have all finished in the top three of the Copeland at least once, while Steinfort's contributions were signficantly underrated.

panga · Post by **panga** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:18 pm

Seriously. This guy is pure gold. We don't need high draft picks, Hine knows where it's all at.

jeff corfe · Post by **jeff corfe** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:19 pm

panga wrote:Seriously. This guy is pure gold. We don't need high draft picks, Hine knows where it's all at.

We are at the dawn of an exciting era..This list will go on to win a flag.

tommo · Post by **tommo** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:24 pm

He's so fine that Mr. Hine!

swoop42 · Post by **swoop42** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:27 pm

I started a thread about Hines worth to our club last year.

I said it then and I'll say it again!

We must make sure Hine is signed up to a contract that is water tight and very financially rewarding, cause you can be sure if he's not other teams will come knocking on his door trying to poach him.

For me Hine is the most important individual at our club.

As the old saying goes, if you aint got the cattle.

Daicos Mullets · Post by **Daicos Mullets** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:10 am

He's done an outstanding job, yet again.

Black_White · Post by **Black_White** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:11 am

Silverware is not in the cabinet yet.

swoop42 · Post by **swoop42** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:33 am

It's now up to the players and the coaching staff to get us the holy grail.

Hines job is to find and draft the best available talent to the club to make that task easier.

So far I would say he's doing a "FHINE" job.

GO RUPERT 10 · Post by **GO RUPERT 10** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:45 am

how are we going to compete with pratts money if he gets an offer to join the scum

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