“I still think about it”: Ex-Saints coach Watson on overlooking 17-year-old Pavlich in ’98 draft
Former St Kilda coach Tim Watson still thinks about the time the club could have drafted Fremantle legend Matthew Pavlich. Watson coached the Saints in 1999 and 2000 after taking over the job in October of ’98 following the sacking of Stan Alves. It was in those initial weeks in the job where Watson was part of a conversation around picking the then 17-year-old in the 1998 AFL Draft, which took place on November 1 of that year. Clubs were still able to take one 17-year-old per draft back then and...