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Re: Karmichael Hunt switches codes
I actually didn't think there was a story I could care less about than the Buckley coaching saga but here it is. This is a publicity stunt pure and simple to raise interest in GC17. It has **** all ramifications on recruiting on any large scale, the thought that rugby players will be flocking to AFL is ridiculous in the extreme.
Below is an excerpt from this morning's Leaping Larry's Letterbox in The Age. It is meant to be a joke but in truth pretty much sums up where things are at:
Leaping Larry L
August 1, 2009
Whimsical scheme
AFTER a number of years in the planning stages, I have developed a revolutionary new method of identifying young sporting talent suitable for development in the AFL. You sign up kids who are good at Australian rules football. That’s about it. What do people think?
Arthur Mercante, Kyneton
Horses for courses
I’VE been thinking a good deal about the previous letter, after having a good stickybeak at it while the bloke was writing it in the kitchen at work. As a traditionalist, I don’t like it at all. As we all know, promising AFL talent conventionally comes from the ranks of basketballers, beanpole sprinters, Gaelic footballers and rugby league players. Surely there are many other sports we can devote years of study to, such as baseball, discus, ice hockey and harness racing, with a view to acquiring young talent to completely re-train for AFL purposes, before we have to descend to such desperate depths as investigating juniors who already play Aussie rules. Where would the challenge be in the latter to keep recruiters interested? Incidentally, I should point out that in the case of harness racing, we would recruit the humans rather than the horses. However, if football recruiting continues to become even more innovative, we’ll no doubt be looking at the horses down the track as well.
Tony Perez, Forest Hill
I actually didn't think there was a story I could care less about than the Buckley coaching saga but here it is. This is a publicity stunt pure and simple to raise interest in GC17. It has **** all ramifications on recruiting on any large scale, the thought that rugby players will be flocking to AFL is ridiculous in the extreme.
Below is an excerpt from this morning's Leaping Larry's Letterbox in The Age. It is meant to be a joke but in truth pretty much sums up where things are at:
Leaping Larry L
August 1, 2009
Whimsical scheme
AFTER a number of years in the planning stages, I have developed a revolutionary new method of identifying young sporting talent suitable for development in the AFL. You sign up kids who are good at Australian rules football. That’s about it. What do people think?
Arthur Mercante, Kyneton
Horses for courses
I’VE been thinking a good deal about the previous letter, after having a good stickybeak at it while the bloke was writing it in the kitchen at work. As a traditionalist, I don’t like it at all. As we all know, promising AFL talent conventionally comes from the ranks of basketballers, beanpole sprinters, Gaelic footballers and rugby league players. Surely there are many other sports we can devote years of study to, such as baseball, discus, ice hockey and harness racing, with a view to acquiring young talent to completely re-train for AFL purposes, before we have to descend to such desperate depths as investigating juniors who already play Aussie rules. Where would the challenge be in the latter to keep recruiters interested? Incidentally, I should point out that in the case of harness racing, we would recruit the humans rather than the horses. However, if football recruiting continues to become even more innovative, we’ll no doubt be looking at the horses down the track as well.
Tony Perez, Forest Hill
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