Kane Cornes has questioned North Melbourne’s decision to overlook key forward Logan McDonald in last year’s draft.
The Kangaroos selected midfielder Will Phillips with their first pick and the third selection overall with Sydney snapping up McDonald a pick later.
Young Swan McDonald has burst onto the scene, kicking five goals in his first two games, while Phillips is yet to debut for the Roos.
With Ben Brown departing Arden Street and the club going through an extensive rebuild, Cornes wonders whether drafting a midfielder with their first pick was the right choice.
“You do wonder about North Melbourne’s drafting,” he told AFL.com.au’s The Round So Far.
“There was a lot of talk that Logan McDonald was going to go pick No.1 or No.2 in the draft after (Jamarra) Ugle-Hagan.
“The Crows went for Riley Thilthorpe and North Melbourne went for Will Phillips, who is a smaller midfield-type that we haven’t seen yet.
“You’d think with Ben Brown leaving, and then rebuilding, you would have gone for the key position prospect.
“Sydney would have been laughing on draft night when they called out Will Phillips, now, granted we haven’t seen him play, but he’d want to be good.
“Key forwards, as we know, are hard to come by, as North Melbourne know. They don’t have one, they had an opportunity to draft one, and they didn’t.
“At the moment, they’re being made to look foolish.”
McDonald, 18, kicked two goals in Sydney's 33-point win over Adelaide on Saturday.
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