Bluemour Melting Pot XIX - Give Me Ed Baby - Return of the Prodigal Son

[Robbo's my hero]

I’m sensing battle fatigue amongst the posters. We went too early and now it’s time to...

 

[ferrisb]

5 years. Thats a random number. I see him in the brodie grundy mold. How long did he take?

Grundy's game went next level in 2017, aged 23.
Best ruckman in the league from 2018, aged 24.

Don't forget though, that Grundy was a super prospect. Tipped to be a top 5 pick, IMO the best ruck prospect (as a junior) since NicNat.

The way he has turned out is probably the best you could hope for.

I generally don't expect to see ruckman much before they are 22. Start playing regular footy 22-24yo. The best rucks in the league are usually 25+, often hitting their peak in their late 20s to just over 30...

I am no rush with TDK.

 

[zeggie]

That doozy truly damaged our prospects for years, what a bloody boo boo that was.
The most idiotic trade maneuver ever made and only absolved because Rogers & Hughes pick Bagger Champion Patrick Cripps with pick 13.

It just goes to show how terrible our recruiting was.

Cripps' selection I predict was an absolute fluke. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I remember Williams was brought in from Geelong that year to work under Rogers and quit a few months later because Rogers and McKay wouldn't take any of his advice!

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[Styxx]

it's cute you think we'll win premierships 17 and 19 and Cripps won't be the Norm Smith for at least one of them.

1. I had to work with what I was given.

2. Cripps has 18, 20.and 21.

 

[zeggie]

Yeah, I don't recall Malthouse going to Sydney in relation to that deal, he did however go to Sydney to talk to Everitt before he signed with us.

My mistake. It was Everitt related not Jasckshtk

MM still a ***** tho.

 

[ferrisb]

Barass is probably on holidays or something

Sitting around on his (bar)ass....

 

[Bluey24]

There's a Twitter account?

I calculate it in excel. I've done it often enough that I remember the date of their last win.

Plus the effort of calculating it yourself makes the answer just that little bit more rewarding

Days Since Essendon Won a Final (@EFCFinals) | Twitter

The latest Tweets from Days Since Essendon Won a Final (@EFCFinals). Raising awareness of Essendon's finals victory drought, one day at a time. Essendon Bowls Club

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Enjoy

 

[Sin City]

Just saw an article on St Kilda's Twitter saying Henry Playfair has resigned as back line coach to join Carlton

Playfair departs Saints

Backline coach Henry Playfair has tendered his resignation effective immediately.

m.saints.com.au

 

[BringBackSimmo]

Just saw an article on St Kilda's Twitter saying Henry Playfair has resigned as back line coach to join Carlton

Playfair was a coach at the Swans until the end of 2017, does him joining the club, help with getting Papley cross the line too?

 

[Funk]

Gonna be absolutely glorious when Grundy requests a trade to Port Adelaide...

After Crows have traded ROB and Sauce out!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pafloyul]

Is there an echo in here.

Going with... an echo in here.

 

[Sam The Doc]

Hey, there was an earlier post that mentioned Fyfe as well for 2020.
Is that BS? I nearly fell off my chair, and then saw no more mention of it.
Can someone please put my mind at rest please?
Can you imagine Cripps & Fyfe in the same team. Whoa!

Yeah BS central.

 

[LanceRomance]

Barass is probably on holidays or something

Barass is like one of the protagonists in the book of judges.. God sends them down when he needs stuff done.

Just like Samson slaughtering 1000 people the jaw bone of donkey. God needed that done.

 

[Funk]

Apparently its harmless when mixed with gatorade.

Source: someone willie close to the eagles

So you’re saying Gatorade came out his Willy??

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

It just goes to show how terrible our recruiting was.

Cripps' selection I predict was an absolute fluke. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I remember Williams was brought in from Geelong that year to work under Rogers and quit a few months later because Rogers and McKay wouldn't take any of his advice!

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The entire setup was a joke. The two years Rogers was in charge we actually done pretty well overall though.
It’s funny because his biggest mistake was the Jaksch trade, funnily enough SOS also made a mistake on him. Same as SOS’s biggest success at Carlton was the Curnow pick which we would’ve missed had he got his way and traded it for Tomlinson. So many sliding doors.
No doubt it takes abit of luck because everyone stuffs up but atleast now the processes we have in place we can actually have faith in.

 

[El Topo]

Just saw an article on St Kilda's Twitter saying Henry Playfair has resigned as back line coach to join Carlton

Playfair departs Saints

Backline coach Henry Playfair has tendered his resignation effective immediately.

m.saints.com.au

Hoping it's not to displace Amos

 

[Pafloyul]

Rachel Riley, mmmmmm

Pffft... poor man's Lily Serna.

 

[bluemahogany]

Blues boost with Playfair, Power

Carlton has bolstered its coaching staff with two significant off-field appointments.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[bluemahogany]

Blues boost with Playfair, Power

Carlton has bolstered its coaching staff with two significant off-field appointments.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Playfair another potential Papley connection, was with the Swans until the end of 2017.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Just saw an article on St Kilda's Twitter saying Henry Playfair has resigned as back line coach to join Carlton

Playfair departs Saints

Backline coach Henry Playfair has tendered his resignation effective immediately.

m.saints.com.au

Great news, Playfair has been a highly rated assistant in system for a few years now.
Terrific coup, our coaching panel is shaping up nicely with the addition of Luke Power as well.
Looks the club is finally putting lots of Dollarydoos into the footy department, and players and Teague will be the better for it

 

[Sin City]

Hoping it's not to displace Amos

Head of coaching development across the entire club. Lots of experience at Sydney before joining St Kilda, hopefully a good appointment.

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

Grundy's game went next level in 2017, aged 23.
Best ruckman in the league from 2018, aged 24.

Don't forget though, that Grundy was a super prospect. Tipped to be a top 5 pick, IMO the best ruck prospect (as a junior) since NicNat.

The way he has turned out is probably the best you could hope for.

I generally don't expect to see ruckman much before they are 22. Start playing regular footy 22-24yo. The best rucks in the league are usually 25+, often hitting their peak in their late 20s to just over 30...

I am no rush with TDK.

No rush at all for him the only worry is if we get two to three years down the track with the expectation that he will take the mantle and it turns out he isn’t up to it. They are bloody hard to pick. It wasn’t long ago St Kilda thought they were set with Hickey and Longer and they both turn out no good and are saved by Marshall. I’m more than happy for us to try and find another one in the draft this season as a fallback.

 

[therubbernub]

who wouldnt when choosing between the two SA states?

We have two South Australias?

 

[ferrisb]

No rush at all for him the only worry is if we get two to three years down the track with the expectation that he will take the mantle and it turns out he isn’t up to it. They are bloody hard to pick. It wasn’t long ago St Kilda thought they were set with Hickey and Longer and they both turn out no good and are saved by Marshall. I’m more than happy for us to try and find another one in the draft this season as a fallback.

For this reason, I think its generally not worth drafting 18yo rucks, at least at the sharp end of the draft.

Lots of them won't work out, and the ones that do take years and lots of development.

I say get someone else to take the risk, do the work, and then try and poach them.

Sure, it will cost you much more in picks (and maybe $) vs homegrown, but you are buying a known quantity and saves time and cap space by not having to pay guys for 6 years to develop....

 

[Aphrodite]

Now 5,491 days * finals win free....And counting!

Ain't it grand?!?

Oi!

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