North Melbourne coach Brad Scott talks with recruiting staff at the AFL draft. A SuperCoach draft can be just as intense. Picture: David Clark Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
WHEN AFL recruiting managers stand up on draft night to read out their club's next selection, the choice is the result of months - sometimes years - of intense research.
Unfortunately, we don't have that long to prepare for our SuperCoach drafts, but the decisions are no less important.
Unlike AFL scouts we are choosing from a known pool of players - no surprise picks from the Ballarat league - but how many of the more than 700 players on AFL lists do you really know?
It's time to start studying!
The good news is even in big draft leagues you'll still use less than half of AFL-listed players, so you don't need to know the injury history of every GWS rookie. But SuperCoach DRAFT will open your eyes to a lot of players that don't come into calculations for most of us in SuperCoach CLASSIC.
With each player able to be selected only once per league, by the third or fourth round of your league draft you'll be looking beyond the top-line stars.
So who do you choose on the biggest night of your new SuperCoach DRAFT career? Here's a crash course.
1. Playing to win
In the SuperCoach CLASSIC game we know and love, recruiting is limited by a $10 million salary cap. We try to squeeze as many star players into our teams as possible along with kids who will shoot up in value and bargains under-priced due to injury.
SuperCoach DRAFT requires a new way of thinking. For starters, there is no salary cap - so players don't have dollar values, which means no price changes and no cash cows (good news for vegetarian SuperCoaches).
In SuperCoach CLASSIC there is little logic in picking a middle-rung player who will score 70 points every week when you can get a rookie far cheaper who will deliver similar output, then cash him in halfway through the year. In SuperCoach DRAFT the thinking is reversed - an experienced player who has the same scoring potential as a draftee may be a smarter pick if he is more likely to produce consistent output, dodge the subs vest and avoid a rest in the VFL.
2. Positional relativity
It sounds like one of Einstein's less recognised theories, but you don't have to be a theoretical physicist to get the basic idea: the value of a player to your side is hugely impacted by what position he plays.
In short, ruckmen, defenders and forwards will go much higher in the draft than they would if the order was determined purely on points-scoring potential.
The reason is simple - there are far fewer players in these positions capable of delivering big scores, which means the teams in your league who recruit those players have a big advantage.
Think of it this way: you have pick 10 in your league draft and have the option of taking Joel Selwood, Matthew Pavlich or Ivan Maric.
Selwood has clearly the best SuperCoach average, about 10 points ahead of the other two. Picking him is a no-brainer, right?
But wait. Think about your next pick and who might be available. If you don't take Joel now he'll almost certainly be gone by the time your next pick comes around. But you could still pick up Matt Priddis or Ryan Griffen, who are still pretty handy players.
Pass on Pavlich and the best forward available next time around might be David Hale - a huge drop in potential output. Likewise in the ruck, where choosing another position ahead of Ivan Maric could leave you choosing between Will Minson and Mike Pyke for your leading big man.
Gun midfielders will still deliver most of your points, but it's certainly something to keep in mind on draft day.
3. Draft for trading strength
Draft strategy 101 is to pick players to fix holes in areas of the ground that need a boost.
Strong in the guts but light on for big men? Time to pick a ruckman, even if a better midfielder is available.
But there are times when it might be shrewd to take a different tack.
If you have already picked up Aaron Sandilands and Sam Jacobs is on the table, your first instinct would be to take someone from another position since you already have a good ruckman - and in most SuperCoach DRAFT formats, you only start with one ruck on the field each week.
But picking Jacobs could have big benefits down the track.
If you have a strong ruck division, there's a fair chance some other players in your league don't. And some of those players who might be desperate to trade for a decent ruckman soon could be the same teams who jumped on all the gun midfielders you need.
So rather than pick a third-string onballer, you could take Jacobs and use him as a bargaining tool to trade for Jobe Watson or Sam Mitchell - a much better result.
It's all part of the fun of SuperCoach DRAFT!
4. Breakout contenders
Although prices are not involved, players about to have a breakout season are still extremely valuable in SuperCoach DRAFT.
Last year you may have been able to snap up Patrick Dangerfield late in the draft and by the end of the year he was worth a first-round pick.
Look for players who might improve their performance and go under the radar of your draft rivals.
5. Help!
If all this sounds pretty complicated, or you just don't have time to make a list ordering your preferred draft picks from 1-300, don't panic.
We'll have plenty of tips on who to select, including some cheat sheets you can print out and take with you on draft day.
Stay tuned to SuperFooty and don't forget to follow SuperFooty on Twitter at twitter.com/superfooty and like SuperCoach on Facebook at facebook.com/supercoach to get all the latest news and advice from the experts.
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