List Mgmt. Welcome to West Coast: Jarrod Brander [Off to GWS]

[bzparkes]

Gehrig was already a beast at WCE. Strong AF.

Played on a wing though from memory. Beast of a FF which would've been amazing in our premiership years.

 

[The wily weagle]

Gehrig was already a beast at WCE. Strong AF.

Ah the good old days where our players actually spent a lot of time in the gym

 

[ziad]

I can live with GWS I guess.

So i will have to get along to few NEAFL games to see him

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Played on a wing though from memory. Beast of a FF which would've been amazing in our premiership years.

Was AA for us too (1997). And leading goalkicker (1998). Lost a gun, gained the draft pick to use on a gun (Daniel Kerr). And David Sierakowski.

Completely different to the Brander situation.

 

[KERRPOW]

i hope he kills it. just so i can melt about the development of the kids at WCE.

more likely to end up like staker.

 

[RookiePick]

i hope he kills it. just so i can melt about the development of the kids at WCE.

more likely to end up like staker.

Brander not fit to tie Staker's shoelaces at this point in time tbh.

 

[Chris_6678]

Will end up Jarrod Grant 2.0

 

[Get_The_Gaff]

Will end up Jarrod Grant 2.0

More like Liam Jones

 

[Avalor]

More like Liam Jones

Took a long time, but Liam Jones ended up developing into a good CHB.

 

[ziad]

Will end up Jarrod Grant 2.0

no, grant had skill and X factor, probably even contested

 

[KERRPOW]

So GWS picked up brander due to his 'versatility', but brander sees himself as a forward.

we've seen this play out before...

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

 

[ziad]

So GWS picked up brander due to his 'versatility', but brander sees himself as a forward.

we've seen this play out before...

he will play ruck

 

[WestCoast05]

If it had to happen that way then glad it was to GWS (would've also accepted GC).

I hope Brander goes on to success so that Geelong and Hawthorn feel dopey for not at least giving us a token pick for him.

 

[Tyberious Funk]

IMHO it's insane that there wasn't more interest in the guy. He was a first round draft pick, KPP who didn't get much of a chance in his preferred position, but still showed some promise. Not suggesting he should have been traded for a first round pick, but GWS basically picked him up for free. Other than the salary cap considerations, he's much better value for money that some speculative late pick in the draft, or a rookie.

IMHO, clubs massively over-value the draft.

 

[ziad]

IMHO it's insane that there wasn't more interest in the guy. He was a first round draft pick, KPP who didn't get much of a chance in his preferred position, but still showed some promise. Not suggesting he should have been traded for a first round pick, but GWS basically picked him up for free. Other than the salary cap considerations, he's much better value for money that some speculative late pick in the draft, or a rookie.

IMHO, clubs massively over-value the draft.

He was not Jack Watts

 

[WestCoast05]

IMHO it's insane that there wasn't more interest in the guy. He was a first round draft pick, KPP who didn't get much of a chance in his preferred position, but still showed some promise. Not suggesting he should have been traded for a first round pick, but GWS basically picked him up for free. Other than the salary cap considerations, he's much better value for money that some speculative late pick in the draft, or a rookie.

IMHO, clubs massively over-value the draft.

It more sounds like clubs knew they could pick him up for free...

 

[ziad]

It more sounds like clubs knew they could pick him up for free...

you get what you pay for, they knew his value

 

[PepperTom32]

Fun in the sun: How ex-Eagle and Giant rediscovered his love of footy

Fresh from a 13-goal bag in the country, Jarrod Brander tells Daniel Garb about life outside the AFL and his thoughts on a return one day

www.afl.com.au

I found this quote particularly funny: “There are plenty, though, who think the Eagles in their current predicament, or several AFL clubs for that matter, could use the Bendigo Pioneers product now.”

Get him back for another half-interested run at it eh [emoji15]


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[FKASC]

Fun in the sun: How ex-Eagle and Giant rediscovered his love of footy

Fresh from a 13-goal bag in the country, Jarrod Brander tells Daniel Garb about life outside the AFL and his thoughts on a return one day

www.afl.com.au

I found this quote particularly funny: “There are plenty, though, who think the Eagles in their current predicament, or several AFL clubs for that matter, could use the Bendigo Pioneers product now.”

Get him back for another half-interested run at it eh [emoji15]


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Reckon he’d do a lot better if he had another crack at it with some age and confidence. Suspect he struggled mentally with the pressure of being an early pick, plus all the talk around how we should have taken Kelly etc.

I mean, he’s no worse than Josh Schache and he is still on an AFL list.

Should have been persisted with as a forward - the tall wingman stuff was never going to be a viable long term arrangement and he knew it.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Reckon he’d do a lot better if he had another crack at it with some age and confidence. Suspect he struggled mentally with the pressure of being an early pick, plus all the talk around how we should have taken Kelly etc.

I mean, he’s no worse than Josh Schache and he is still on an AFL list.

Should have been persisted with as a forward - the tall wingman stuff was never going to be a viable long term arrangement and he knew it.

I agree about being played as a forward mate. We needed to just play him as a forward in the wafl until he was ready to take over from anyone who wasn’t performing in the AFL side or retired (Kennedy). I know a lot of people don’t think he had the correct mindset of attacking the play, but I feel like it didn’t help that we tried to turn into something he isn’t.

 

[PepperTom32]

Reckon he’d do a lot better if he had another crack at it with some age and confidence. Suspect he struggled mentally with the pressure of being an early pick, plus all the talk around how we should have taken Kelly etc.

I mean, he’s no worse than Josh Schache and he is still on an AFL list.

Should have been persisted with as a forward - the tall wingman stuff was never going to be a viable long term arrangement and he knew it.

Fair call. Like he said in the post, the fact he was competing against JK, JD, and Oscar didn’t help his forward position aspirations. But I seem to remember him struggling big time at GWS too. Might just be a late bloomer/confidence issue. A big stint in the reserves might be been just the thing he needed.


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[Bleedblueandgold]

The fact that he eventually found his way back onto the wing at GWS is not a ringing endorsement of his forward aspirations.

 

[Boohemian]

The fact that he eventually found his way back onto the wing at GWS is not a ringing endorsement of his forward aspirations.

The fact that he was delisted by GWS after one season isn't a ringing endorsement of his foozball aspirations.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

I blame him 100% for our failures