Cam Wight was quick.
For his size.
:D
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Cam Wight was quick.
For his size.
:D
Spot on.
The list still isn't going to be too far off anyway, and the way to take those next steps is by developing a few more quality kids who can get the job done. I'm thinking along the lines of, Cooney, Griffen, Higgins, Ward, Grant, Wood, Addison, Roughead, Jones, Hooper etc can form a good younger core, and with Hall, Hudson, Murphy etc it's a great foundation.
Getting games into Libba, Wallis, Howard and hopefully another good draftee or two is paramount too.
I'd also seriously be considering hanging onto Everitt and playing him in Murphy's role up forward, allowing Murph to stay down back, which he simply must to prolong his career. I liked Everitt in that role this year, his ball use into the F50 is a highlight.
If Eade can demonstrate the same qualities he did in his early days, by having faith and being (seemingly) a bit more willing to play the kids for extended periods, even with slightly patchy form in some circumstances, then the board and everyone involved will happily renew his contract, IMO. Certain players have had plenty of opportunity and not got the job done - we need to give opportunity to develop the kids, and assess their long-term potential to get the job done.
It's an ever evolving process, and I think he's done a very commendable job thus far, with 09 obviously being the standout disappointment in my eyes. I definitely think he can be the man to take us all the way. Getting a good communicator/developer/devils advocate from outside the kennel will help Eade too IMO. He needs to continue to strive to develop himself, and create new ideas, which I'm sure he does actively anyway.
On the side of that, does anyone else think it's time we look at an independent list manager role at the club?
He's GM of Football or some such title IIRC.
As you say, I'm thinking someone who isn't a involved in the coaching panel, and whilst perhaps they have some role in the recruiting aspect, it's more so an identification of the needs of the list, rather than necessarily scouting the talent (although analysising the recommendations of the recruiting staff re specific players for instance could also potentially be a good idea).
I probably wouldn't have them as chair of the MC, but perhaps they could also be involved in that process too on some level.
Clarky from the Herald Sun just posted on twitter that according to David Parkin Josh Hill and Brennan Stack have asked to be traded.
That's a pity. I can see why they're unhappy, I can also see why the club hasn't put more senior games into them. Both are very talented but seem to lack the application (Hill) or confidence (Stack) to play more consistently. At this stage I couldn't see many other clubs jumping at the chance to pick them up either, their options are limited.
Hill would/will easily find another club. He's a talented footballer despite his obvious faults. I can see him becoming a good player if given the right opportunity under the right environment.
Stack? Would any club be remotely interested?
Our pace has been on a steady decline since 2006. We went into 2007 with poor depth in our running stocks and since then we have lost a heap of our genuine pace. The game moves that quickly that it can only take a couple of seasons to go from one of the quicker sides to one of the slower sides.
We still have some seriously quick individuals on our list so it will only take a few astute inclusions to get us back where we need to be.
I can't see Everitt being on our list in 2011 - I want him to, but Eade, for whatever reason, doesn't appear to have any confidence in him.
I'd love to see us bring in Libba Snr as tackling coach in 2011 - our tackling is awful (aren't we 16th or something?), and HAS to be improved next year.
We started to show some grunt this year - we need to take that to another level in 2011. Love the flair, love the dash, step up the grunt. To that end, go after players who'll bring an edge.
Stack to WC (swap 4th rounders?) , Hill to GC. (their 3rd rounder)