Best Crow that never quite made it

[WeeBlake]

So we’ve got a couple of hours to fill in, and I saw Porplyzia in the old Tex v Dockers video, and if got me thinking.

Is Porps our most unfulfilled talent? He was an amazing player for a little while. Goal kicking mid/fwd. I remember early in Robbie Gray

9

Robbie Gray

Age

37

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.4

5star

D

13.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

4star

D

10.4

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

’s career I called him the poor man’s Porps.

I am not sure I have ever seen a better mark. Just the stickiest fingers. Amazingly clean ball handler.

Anyway, then he did his shoulder and was never the same.

He’s my pick for the player who should have been a great but wasn’t.

Who else is there?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Trent Hentschel

Trent Hentschel

Age

42

Ht

193cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

6.8

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

1.6

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.2

3star

Shaun Rehn was obviously still a star but I maintain that he would have been an AFL Hall of Famer without the knee injuries

James Thiessen? Was only 24 years old in our 1998 Flag. Looked to have some class. Disappeared.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Trent Hentschel

Shaun Rehn was obviously still a star but I maintain that he would have been an AFL Hall of Famer without the knee injuries

James Thiessen? Was only 24 years old in our 1998 Flag. Looked to have some class. Disappeared.

Trent Hentschel?

 

[WeeBlake]

I knew someone was gonna say Hentschel. I was never fully sold on him. He was so mercurial, in the best and worst kind of way.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Brandon Lee.

 

[Scorpus]

Chris Knights

Chris Knights

Age

39

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.1

4star

HB

8.2

5star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.0

1star

. One 43 goal season averaging 18 touches. Injuries and faded after that

 

[Samcro24]

I knew someone was gonna say Hentschel. I was never fully sold on him. He was so mercurial, in the best and worst kind of way.

 

[Samcro24]

Chris Knights. One 43 goal season averaging 18 touches. Injuries and faded after that

I’ve posted about it before but that 09 team was full of players who had a great season and didn’t go on with it

 

[matt765_]

Paul Seedsman

11

Paul Seedsman

Age

33

Ht

190cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

10.7

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.5

4star

D

15.8

4star

K

8.2

3star

HB

7.6

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

1.8

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

14.0

5star

HB

5.8

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

1.4

4star

. In 2021 he deserved an All Aus and losing him meant we have had to watch Sholl pull out of contests.

 

[Barneythecrab]

Brodie Martin

Brodie Martin

Age

37

Ht

180cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

3.7

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.7

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

3.7

3star

M

4.7

5star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.0

3star

, looked like he would be unreal, then the knee injury. Always thought he was stiff to get delisted as he was decent even after the injury.

 

[ams4crows]

Matthew Jaensch

Matthew Jaensch

Age

36

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.1

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

340.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.4

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

5star

, 2014 season and the first part of 2015 was a fantastic half back but an ACL and then drink driving and his career went up in smoke

 

[Peter Doherty]

Matthew Jaensch, 2014 season and the first part of 2015 was a fantastic half back but an ACL and then drink driving and his career went up in smoke

Yeah, it was the drink driving charge...

 

[ams4crows]

Yeah, it was the drink driving charge...

Well......it obviously wasn't just that, fair attitude problem but a lot of great players have attitude issues.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Well......it obviously wasn't just that, fair attitude problem but a lot of great players have attitude issues.

It's been mentioned here why his career ended, pretty sure.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Cromulant Probably is across it all (Adelaide Hills).

 

[ams4crows]

It's been mentioned here why his career ended, pretty sure.

I'm aware but thread is about players that should have been great but for whatever reason didn't make it. Not an in-depth Analysis into exactly why they didn't make it.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Rory Atkins

32

Rory Atkins

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.9

4star

MG

367.4

5star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

0.3

1star

T

2.7

4star

MG

147.7

3star

D

14.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

217.8

4star

 

[Peter Doherty]

I'm aware but thread is about players that should have been great but for whatever reason didn't make it. Not an in-depth Analysis into exactly why they didn't make it.

I get that. I was responding to the things you put up as the reasons his career ended.

 

[Cromulant]

I get that. I was responding to the things you put up as the reasons his career ended.

Carried on then and still now like he was a superstar.

Off field antics even got him sacked from Hahndorf for a period

 

[WeeBlake]

Carried on then and still now like he was a superstar.

Off field antics even got him sacked from Hahndorf for a period

He was really good for a while. Came good suddenly, iirc against BF expectations.

 

[WheresGroomgone]

Tyson Stengle

18

Tyson Stengle

Age

27

Ht

175cm

Wt

71kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.3

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

10.3

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.5

4star

D

8.8

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.6

5star

 

[cmndstab]

Andy Otten

Andy Otten

Age

36

Ht

192cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.2

4star

MG

175.6

3star

No current season stats available

D

14.2

4star

K

5.4

2star

HB

8.8

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

looked like he could be anything until the injury. Still eked out a 100 game career in the end, but was never the same again.

 

[Cromulant]

He was really good for a while. Came good suddenly, iirc against BF expectations.

Copped a broken jaw one night after mouthing off, that was the beginning of the end

 

[dogs105]

Trent Hentschel

Trent Hentschel

Age

42

Ht

193cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

6.8

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

1.6

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.2

3star

Shaun Rehn
Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens

Age

50

Ht

194cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.8

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.4

3star

G

2.0

5star

Andy Otten

Andy Otten

Age

36

Ht

192cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

7.3

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.2

4star

MG

175.6

3star

No current season stats available

D

14.2

4star

K

5.4

2star

HB

8.8

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.4

4star

All denied by injury.


Adam Saliba

Denied by lack of brains

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Trent Hentschel

Shaun Rehn was obviously still a star but I maintain that he would have been an AFL Hall of Famer without the knee injuries

James Thiessen? Was only 24 years old in our 1998 Flag. Looked to have some class. Disappeared.

I'm agreeing on Hentschel.... cruelled by Port thuggery.

Definitely not Thiessen though.