Opinion Chad Wingard

[Janey]

Wasn't interested. Entitled footballer. Talent to burn. Didnt use it.

I think he said quite early on that football for him was never the be all and end all that it was for some players.

 

[PAFC66]

Lol * no

 

[PAFC66]

I’ve been dreaming of a return the day he left - don’t think it’ll ever happen. The injury and the Hinkley extension killed my dream.

His actual drive to play the game killed it years ago

 

[MrChow]

Yep. Would do it for sure. Unlikely that the pick we use, will net the player any more games then we would give to Chad. Chad would be useful in a forward pocket in finals.

 

[dirty2]

I think he said quite early on that football for him was never the be all and end all that it was for some players.

Yeah always thought he would of been one of those guys who retired early

 

[Janey]

Yeah always thought he would of been one of those guys who retired early

May have had some bearing on why he didn’t seem to have the determination to work through injury like some too.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

I'll play devil's advocate

If he's good enough for Collingwood, he's more than good enough for us

 

[240volt]

Yeah always thought he would of been one of those guys who retired early

I thought the same but it looks like he’s hanging around like a smelly fart.
He basically won’t play next year so even if it’s say $150k that’s not bad for sitting on your arse doing FA.

 

[edgie]

I'll play devil's advocate

If he's good enough for Collingwood, he's more than good enough for us

is our system as good as theirs?

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[Dutchy5150]

I'll play devil's advocate

If he's good enough for Collingwood, he's more than good enough for us

But he's not good enough for Hawthorn????

 

[jakey]

But he's not good enough for Hawthorn????

He's not going to be there for Hawthorn when it actually matters, so given he'll miss a chunk of next season, zero point clogging the path for the next gen. Swapping Ginnivan for Wingard in the finals though is worth doing.

 

[manureid]

Why on earth would he want to come back here. The coach is still the same bloke.

 

[Willsy10]

Wingard could come back and teach the other players about professional standards like not being in a boys club with the coach and that big games require mental preparation and not "well someone has to lose" mentality.

Far out, this is ridiculous, hawthorn has been pure trash since he went there.


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[Willsy10]

How long is wingard out for next year?


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[Duckimus Prime]

I’d get wingers back on a 1 year contract why not he can play. Get borlase too.

No he literally can't. Hawthorn has given him a 1 year contract, and delisted him to rookie him to spend the year in rehab of an achilles injury.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Wingard could come back and teach the other players about professional standards like not being in a boys club with the coach and that big games require mental preparation and not "well someone has to lose" mentality.

I think you are joking, right?

 

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: 'Daddy, there's an exciting small forward available as a DFA, I believe we should pick him up'

Daddy: 'Don't be silly, we already have an exciting small forward at the club'

The exciting small forward at the club:

 

[sobrave]

Why on earth would he want to come back here. The coach is still the same bloke.

The average coaching career is probably something like 4-5 years.

Meanwhile daddy stinkers is outlasting entire playing careers lol

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I think you are joking, right?

I feel like Ive wanted to ask this question of half the posts in this thread. Its basically impossible to tell who is joking and who is serious in here.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

His career peaked when he was 22.

4 seasons in the AFL, 2 All Australians, 53 goals in that 4th season as a small forward, 89 games and 148 goals. mark of the year in his 3rd season.

Just not driven, like his hero Lebron, who is still delivering in his 21st season.

 

[carlfromport]

Jesus i would love him back at the club. Would be our bext forward.

 

[I Dont Care]

I think he needed a fork stuck into him a few seasons ago

 

[raptalia]

I had the impression that when Wingard left us it was not because he jumped but because he was pushed. I have no evidence but I suspected there were a few personality clashes and it was not all about the Coach either. The move to Hawthorn was a little strange as Wingard, who was still under contract, started out by denying that he was going anywhere then suddenly he nominates Hawthorn as his preferred destination. An undoubted talent taken at pick #6 in the 2011 Draft, a player who averaged 37 goals a season for us across his last six seasons, a player still under contract and going nowhere then suddenly he is gone. Something strange in the whole process.

 

[longdonkey]

I would rather have Wingard at the club than Hinkley. But then I'd consider Terry Wallace as the Director Coaching if it meant seeing the back of Hinkley

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Hes doing special comments on ABC radio today and sounds pretty good.

Id expect him to get several offers in the media when he finally retires.

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