Player Watch #2: Jaidyn Stephenson - dropped vs Geelong & misses out again vs Hawthorn

[Heaps of fun]

Been spending too much time in the collingwood forums

Ignore KT. All he does on here is bag out perfectly good forwards and follows around a bloke that has him on ignore.

 

[pupstar]

Rhys is not coaching and we have moved 11 blokes on so I think its going to be less of a problem in 2021.

Faster less predictable ball movement, often through the middle to an open, smaller forward line that has multiple targets will be the way to go - especially at Docklands.

Will need all the mids and flankers to work hard both ways and rotate often - this will be Noble's test.

I take it you where not a Shaw fan or at least his game plan.

 

[Liam Boy]

You fool. I know AFL coaches that think he is scared of contact. It’s fact. If you can’t see it then your a fool. Why do you think Collingwood let him go so cheaply.

they let him go cheaply because they ****ed up their salary cap and desperately needed to offload him, anything else is spin

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

I take it you where not a Shaw fan or at least his game plan.

The latter - it was excruciating, painful to watch and had no future in the game.

 

[pupstar]

The latter - it was excruciating, painful to watch and had no future in the game.

Yeah all good cant say i was a huge fan of some of the game plans either. Just thought it may have been me being a tad critical.

 

[Devington]

they let him go cheaply because they f’ed up their salary cap and desperately needed to offload him, anything else is spin

Personally I reckon he was a 'problem child' in the same vein as some of the classic Collingwood rat pack. Not sure how 'bad' he is, but this is Buckley's Collingwood we're dealing with here, Stephenson having a single midweek beer with his mates would probably be enough to make Bucks lose his s**t.

The hefty contract in a tight cap seemingly not matching up to this year's output would have been the biggest factor, but throw in Buckley's shortcomings as a coach and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Stephenson was on his shitlist and one of the blokes he wanted out anyway.

tl;dr between a bad year on the field from Stephenson, the contract length and money, and Bucks being a control freak who can't deal with folks that aren't football robots then we get this end result.

 

[Psicosis]

Jaidyns “off-field issues” pale in comparison to JDGs.

Collingwood f***** their cap & Jaidyn had both a big contract and interest from other clubs.

If you think they wouldn’t have gotten rid of Cox and kept Stephenson, if any club was willing to absorb Cox and his $600k contract, you are seriously mistaken.

 

[North Viking]

You fool. I know AFL coaches that think he is scared of contact. It’s fact. If you can’t see it then your

they let him go cheaply because they f’ed up their salary cap and desperately needed to offload him, anything else is spin

You beat me to it. But totally agree with your post.
I don’t reckon there’s a filth fan who is happy about letting him go

 

[Liam Boy]

Personally I reckon he was a 'problem child' in the same vein as some of the classic Collingwood rat pack. Not sure how 'bad' he is, but this is Buckley's Collingwood we're dealing with here, Stephenson having a single midweek beer with his mates would probably be enough to make Bucks lose his sh*t.

The hefty contract in a tight cap seemingly not matching up to this year's output would have been the biggest factor, but throw in Buckley's shortcomings as a coach and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Stephenson was on his shitlist and one of the blokes he wanted out anyway.

tl;dr between a bad year on the field from Stephenson, the contract length and money, and Bucks being a control freak who can't deal with folks that aren't football robots then we get this end result.

it's not a coincidence that these guys keep coming out of collingwood. maybe it's the club culture, maybe it's all the media attention and the biggest footy club ever thing, but it's clearly toxic to young men's development. it might even be an advantage for a smaller club that guys can focus on the game without being put on impossible pedestals by the footy industry.

 

[ChoppyGun]

Whatever happened or didn't happen at Collingwood is in the past.

I'm only interested in how he behaves and performs for us in future.

 

[DesertRoo]

Whatever happened or didn't happen at Collingwood is in the past.

I'm only interested in how he behaves and performs for us in future.

as far as I’m concerned he’s always allowed to piss in a collingwoods players cup and feed it to them.

 

[1975]

Whatever happened or didn't happen at Collingwood is in the past.

I'm only interested in how he behaves and performs for us in future.

too right!

21yo acting like a idiot when pissed at a footy club, who would have thunk it?!

Perfect set up if you ask me did the dumb s**t (at Collingwood) and got a kick in the arse, now he moves on grows up and rips it up for the rest of his career.

Thanks Bucks!

 

[Passmore]

as far as I’m concerned he’s always allowed to piss in a collingwoods players cup and feed it to them.

No worse than our players getting piss thrown at them at Vic Park. Payback time.

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

Collingwood’s desperation to trade Stephenson related at least in some part to his lack of professionalism in the Magpies hub as he endured a torrid third season.

But Ziebell said he could not fault him when he spent time at the club in his senior TAC Cup year as part of the AFL academy group.

“No one is perfect but (Stephenson) is a serious talent. He can kick serious goals and the way he started last year and the year before, kicking three or four goals in a quarter, if you can do that you have some serious talent,” Ziebell said.

“The boys did a fantastic job convincing him to come across and he actually spent two weeks here four years ago, and he was staying with Sam Wright and he was rapt with him and his training and demeanour. So we couldn’t be happier to land him.”

 

[LB2Snake]

Collingwood’s desperation to trade Stephenson related at least in some part to his lack of professionalism in the Magpies hub as he endured a torrid third season.

But Ziebell said he could not fault him when he spent time at the club in his senior TAC Cup year as part of the AFL academy group.

“No one is perfect but (Stephenson) is a serious talent. He can kick serious goals and the way he started last year and the year before, kicking three or four goals in a quarter, if you can do that you have some serious talent,” Ziebell said.

“The boys did a fantastic job convincing him to come across and he actually spent two weeks here four years ago, and he was staying with Sam Wright and he was rapt with him and his training and demeanour. So we couldn’t be happier to land him.”

“Serious” quote from captain jack

 

[giantroo]

DN: I had a good chat to Jaidyn Stephenson

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Jaidyn Stephenson

Age

25

Ht

189cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

8.8

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

1.2

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.4

5star

, and I do see him in a midfield/wing role. I really like what he has to offer.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

All these supposed off-field issues over on the Collingwood board only reared their head after he was on the trade table. No talk at all about any of it during the season. For that reason I'm tipping 99% of it is bullshit.

 

[hsquid]

“No one is perfect but (Stephenson) is a serious talent. He can kick serious goals and the way he started last year and the year before, kicking three or four goals in a quarter, if you can do that you have some serious talent,” Ziebell said.

 

[Orange Peanut]

Whatever happened or didn't happen at Collingwood is in the past.

How can it be in the past if it didn't happen? Is this more of this Schroedinger s**t?

 

[DesertRoo]

How can it be in the past if it didn't happen? Is this more of this Schroedinger sh*t?

Stephenson made Scharenberg eat s**t?
im starting to think he really hated Collingwood.

 

[Hojuman]

How can it be in the past if it didn't happen? Is this more of this Schroedinger sh*t?

Shut-up and buy a cat.

 

[Orange Peanut]

Many North fans on hearing we got JS: "Finally someone worthy of replacing Lindsay Thomas."

kangatime on hearing we got JS: "Finally someone worthy of replacing Lindsay Thomas."

 

[Pykie]

I still keep forgetting we added him to our young group.

Everytime you remember it just adds another dimension on what we can achieve at this draft also.

 

[giantroo]