Under the radar: South Australian Brodie Grundy was picked by Collingwood at No.18 in the draft but was expected to go higher. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe Source: Herald Sun
ADELAIDE recruiting manager Hamish Ogilvie has called on the AFL to reconsider its controversial substitute rule, saying it is spelling the death of ruckmen.
Ogilvie said Sturt's Brodie Grundy's shocking slide from a potential top-three pick to No. 18 at last Thursday's national draft was the latest overwhelming evidence that the rule was bad for the game.
"He paid the price for being a ruckman," Ogilivie said of Grundy, 18, who was snapped up by Collingwood late in the first round.
"To see Brodie go that low was really, really surprising. But it wasn't that clubs fell out of love with him as a player, it's just the game now and the fact that he's a ruckman.
"There's no way a bloke of that calibre should go that low in the draft and I think it shows that as an industry we really need to look at the rules and how they are affecting ruckmen.
"Clearly as the rules are changing they are not suiting having two genuine ruckmen in your team.
"But I reckon we have an obligation to give all of those talls a chance."
Ogilvie said the Crows rated dual All-Australian under-18 ruckman Grundy near the top of the draft pool and that they couldn't believe that he was the 18th player picked.
His selection by the Magpies was rated as the biggest steal of the draft.
Ogilivie, who pulled off his own steal in selecting Calder Cannons' best and fairest Rory Atkins at No. 81, said clubs overlooked Grundy simply because the days of playing two ruckmen were dying because of the substitute rule, which restricts teams' use of the interchange bench.
The AFL is considering further bench restrictions after the 2013 season, including the use of two substitute players and capping interchange rotations, which will further limit opportunities for ruckmen.
Ogilvie predicted the powerfully-built Grundy, whose game has been compared to West Coast star Dean Cox, would quickly become a force in the AFL.
"I'm not ashamed to say we rated him extremely highly," he said.
"Matty Rendell (Crows former recruiting manager) knows Brodie better than anyone, having watched him and worked closely with him and he says to come out of basketball and do what he's doing on the football field in just three years is remarkable."
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