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  • Bornadog
    WOOF Clubhouse Leader
    • Jan 2007
    • 66080

    Re: Following our exes...................

    Originally posted by angelopetraglia
    This made me laugh and shaking my head at the same time. On Jake Stringer and not Scott.

    "Essendon coach Brad Scott says that enigmatic forward Jake Stringer might need to take a few backward steps to become a more professional and improved footballer. Scott said it was unrealistic to expect Stringer to become a ?10 out of 10? professional footballer, but that if the club could push him in the right direction off the field, he could improve significantly."

    But Scott spot on with this comment. The game offers certain rewards, but there is definiltey a trade off which is not for everyone.

    "?I?ve been clear with the players, this game and this lifestyle is not for everyone. What we expect young men aged 18 to 31 ? normal 18- to 31-year-old men lead a very different lifestyle to these guys ... if you?re thinking you?re missing out on stuff, you?re in the wrong game,? he said."

    Source: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/...16-p5f5oj.html
    He may have heard those words before from Bevo
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    • Grantysghost
      Bouncing Strong
      • Apr 2010
      • 18880

      Re: Following our exes...................

      Originally posted by angelopetraglia
      This made me laugh and shaking my head at the same time. On Jake Stringer and not Scott.

      "Essendon coach Brad Scott says that enigmatic forward Jake Stringer might need to take a few backward steps to become a more professional and improved footballer. Scott said it was unrealistic to expect Stringer to become a ?10 out of 10? professional footballer, but that if the club could push him in the right direction off the field, he could improve significantly."

      But Scott spot on with this comment. The game offers certain rewards, but there is definiltey a trade off which is not for everyone.

      "?I?ve been clear with the players, this game and this lifestyle is not for everyone. What we expect young men aged 18 to 31 ? normal 18- to 31-year-old men lead a very different lifestyle to these guys ... if you?re thinking you?re missing out on stuff, you?re in the wrong game,? he said."

      Source: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/...16-p5f5oj.html
      Fmd - wait this was Jake's dream come true wasn't it.
      BT COME BACK!​

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      • Grantysghost
        Bouncing Strong
        • Apr 2010
        • 18880

        Re: Following our exes...................

        BT COME BACK!​

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        • Grantysghost
          Bouncing Strong
          • Apr 2010
          • 18880

          Re: Following our exes...................

          Clearly a desperate lever to pull from the coach.
          BT COME BACK!​

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          • hujsh
            Hall of Fame
            • Nov 2007
            • 11825

            Re: Following our exes...................

            Originally posted by Grantysghost
            What is this? Doesn't load
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            • Bornadog
              WOOF Clubhouse Leader
              • Jan 2007
              • 66080

              Re: Following our exes...................

              Originally posted by hujsh
              What is this? Doesn't load
              yes same here.
              FFC: Established 1883

              Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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              • Axe Man
                Hall of Fame
                • Nov 2008
                • 10992

                Re: Following our exes...................

                Originally posted by hujsh
                What is this? Doesn't load
                It's the full Age article - works fine for me.

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                • Grantysghost
                  Bouncing Strong
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 18880

                  Re: Following our exes...................

                  ?Non-negotiables?: Scott says flashes of brilliance not enough for Stringer

                  By Jake Niall

                  February 19, 2024 ? 11.11am













                  Essendon coach Brad Scott says that enigmatic forward Jake Stringer might need to take a few backward steps to become a more professional and improved footballer.
                  Scott said it was unrealistic to expect Stringer to become a ?10 out of 10? professional footballer, but that if the club could push him in the right direction off the field, he could improve significantly.


                  Scott says it?s unrealistic to expect Stringer to be a ?10 out of 10? professional athlete. Credit: Getty Images
                  Scott also said that the responsibility for Stringer?s approach and performances also rested with the Essendon coaches. It was not simply up to Stringer, one of the club?s most talented match-winners at his best, to perform.
                  The senior coach suggested that Stringer had to do more to meet team needs and that flashes of brilliance were not enough.


                  ?I?m a strength-based coach and I more than anyone love the great things that Jake can bring to the game of AFL footy, but there are things that are non-negotiables,? Scott told this masthead.
                  ?In the modern game, you can?t just have flashes of brilliance, then not do the other things that are required as part of a team.
                  ?And Jake?s been very explicit in saying he needs to uphold his end of the bargain on that, so Jake?s had a lot to deal with, and again they?re not excuses, but they are reasons.
                  ?He?s had injuries, he?s been dealing with ? which he?s put on the public record ? he?s been dealing with some mental health issues away from footy that he?s had to address and, you know, he?s had the courage to actually address them and speak about it publicly.




                  ?My view with Jake is this ? sometimes you need to take a few steps back to straighten some things out, and you need to straighten out the fundamentals and again part of being an elite AFL athlete isn?t just training hard. I mean if you train really hard without the rest of your life being in order, you just burn out and get injured.
                  ?And maybe that?s what Jake?s done in the past. Because, I can tell you, I watch him train and at times he trains extremely hard.

                  "I?m not saying my lifestyle was extravagant, I just didn?t know how to deal with things so I?ve just gone away and worked at those."

                  Jake Stringer, essendonfc.com.au











                  ?But you have to get all of it right.?
                  Asked if Stringer had the right approach, Scott added: ?Look, is Jake going to go from being where he is now to 10 out of 10, like absolute the most professional player in the competition? I think that?s an unrealistic expectation.


                  ?But my job is to get the most out of every player on our list. And if we can move Jake, if we can just nudge him in the right direction and make him significantly better, but we?re not going to turn him into 10 out of 10.?
                  Stringer, 29, recruited from the Bulldogs in 2017, is out of contract at the end of this season, having signed a three-year deal with the Bombers in 2021.


                  Brad Scott is not a fan of changes to the AFL finals system.Credit: AFL Photos
                  Scott, who coached North Melbourne for almost a decade and extracted strong performances from veterans, said he had experience with 33-year-olds with ?supposed deficiencies and issues.? They were ?capable of incredible things if you provide the right supportive environment.
                  ?You back them, and you take responsibility as a coach as well.


                  ?If it was just up to Jake, we wouldn?t need coaches. It?s up to us to provide the right environment for him. So we?re all in this together, and it?s not going to be if Jake?s poor, it?s all Jake?s fault. I?ve got a big part to play in this ... and it?s going to take some time.?
                  Since taking over as senior coach, Scott has emphasised Essendon?s need to improve standards of professionalism and for their players to live ?elite AFL lifestyles?.
                  In a wide-ranging pre-season interview with this masthead, Scott broke down his plans for each of Essendon?s highly rated recruits and said their decisions to choose the Bombers reflected their faith in the list.
                  Read Jake Niall?s full interview with Brad Scott here.
                  ?I?ve been clear with the players, this game and this lifestyle is not for everyone. What we expect young men aged 18 to 31 ? normal 18- to 31-year-old men lead a very different lifestyle to these guys ... if you?re thinking you?re missing out on stuff, you?re in the wrong game,? he said.


                  In a recent interview with former Essendon great Tim Watson for the club website, Stringer said he had recovered from September surgery on his foot and was in a strong position to tackle the season.
                  ?I?m probably the best mentally I?ve been, and that?s probably helped me physically as well,? he told Watson. ?In that sense I?d say it probably is the best pre-season I?ve had so far.?
                  ?When I had my foot surgery I tried to figure out things in my life that I needed to figure out. There?s things I will continue to work on all the way through.
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                  ?It?s just about making sure you?ve got a healthy mind and a healthy body and it all grows through. I?ve had troubles throughout my whole career and there?s things I?m sure at a later date I will speak about it but at the minute I?m just in that building block process.


                  ?I would say there is still another level for me to go in my footballing journey ... I?m not saying my lifestyle was extravagant, I just didn?t know how to deal with things so I?ve just gone away and worked at those. It?s something I take day by day [to] become a better person, a better father, a better teammate, just an all-round better human, really.?
                  BT COME BACK!​

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                  • Twodogs
                    Moderator
                    • Nov 2006
                    • 27654

                    Re: Following our exes...................

                    Originally posted by ledge
                    Sadly I read an ex player of ours passed away recently Robbie Evan?s only played one game but anyone who followed VFA would have known him as a gun at Coburg.
                    He was the guy who Malthouse talked into coming over from Coburg? From memory Mick told him to give it one game and if he didn't enjoy it to go back and play in the VFA
                    They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.

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                    • Twodogs
                      Moderator
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 27654

                      Re: Following our ex's...................

                      Originally posted by EasternWest
                      Ok it's all I can stands and I cants stands no more.

                      Gary can you please change the title of this thread to "following our exes"?

                      I am so triggered by the apostrophe.Bloody chef hits the grammar nazi in the heart and won't even send macaroons.
                      I read this a little time ago. I recommend it


                      They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.

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                      • Testekill
                        WOOF Member
                        • Jan 2015
                        • 2327

                        Re: Following our exes...................

                        ex Bulldog Callum Porter is the new captain for the Box Hill Hawks.
                        Last edited by Testekill; 14-03-2024, 12:57 PM.

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                        • jazzadogs
                          Bulldog Team of the Century
                          • Oct 2008
                          • 5568

                          Re: Following our exes...................

                          Originally posted by Testekill
                          ex Bulldogs Callum Porter is the new captain for the Box Hill Hawks.
                          My stepdad was a trainer in under 18s footy for a long time and said Cal Porter was in his top 3 favourite guys to go through. Good luck to him.

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                          • Testekill
                            WOOF Member
                            • Jan 2015
                            • 2327

                            Re: Following our exes...................

                            Originally posted by jazzadogs
                            My stepdad was a trainer in under 18s footy for a long time and said Cal Porter was in his top 3 favourite guys to go through. Good luck to him.
                            He always struck me as a hard working kid but was just too vanilla a player with no stand out attributes to make it as an AFL footballer.

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                            • GVGjr
                              Moderator
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 44269

                              Re: Following our exes...................

                              Originally posted by Testekill
                              He always struck me as a hard working kid but was just too vanilla a player with no stand out attributes to make it as an AFL footballer.
                              It's almost word for word that a Collingwood supporter made said about but he added his kicking skills were quite good.
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                              • jeemak
                                Bulldog Legend
                                • Oct 2010
                                • 21577

                                Re: Following our exes...................

                                He had a bit of bad luck in being injured in his debut. He may have played a few more games in 2020 if that wasn't the case and may have a lifeline thrown his way.
                                TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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