PIES TO SWOOP ON DAICOS ’STEAL’
COLLINGWOOD father-son Nick Daicos would be a “steal” at pick four in Wednesday’s national draft and could have played a whole season at the club this year if eligible, according to former Pies assistant coach Brenton Sanderson.
The brilliant son of club legend Peter Daicos will arrive at the Pies as a fully formed midfielder with an astonishing junior pedigree and some of the tricks that made his father famous.
Sanderson raves about his skills as a generational talent.
“For Collingwood fans, they have now got two Browns on the list (Tyler and Cal), two Daicoses (Josh and Nick), it’s pretty exciting,” he said.
Asked how many games Daicos would have played in 2021 if on the Pies list, he said: “Almost all of them for sure. He played a handful of VFL games for us in the preseason before Covid hit and he was the best player on the ground as a 17-year-old.
“He is going to come in straight away and be a really good player. (Pick four) would be a steal.
“If you think about Gary Ablett Jr, he went for a thirdround draft pick and thank God they changed the rules, that was daylight robbery back in the day.
“He is going to be one of those players in this generation.
“I can remember going scouting games at the MCG on a Friday night and Peter would be sitting with the two Daicos boys at 13 and 10 and he was educating them at a young age, watching games live at the MCG.
“He has had a proper education in getting himself ready to be an AFL footballer.”
Daicos said it was “upsetting” he had not been interviewed by the Giants, but GWS recruiting boss Adrian Caruso said the Giants had other list needs.
“We absolutely rate him as a top-end talent, we rate him in the top five based on his talents, but it’s a decision based on our list needs,” Caruso said.