If he’s not the most physically gifted player in either of our lists it’s only because Daniher is in another stratosphere.
All between the ears, which shouldn’t be an unfamiliar concept to St. Kilda fans.
I don't know about this. There will be a number of players who are physically capable of doing extraordinary things but it's really just an isolated example of something that looks and is amazing. It's not really an indicator of what 4 quarters of footy will ever really look like.
This is a trap that even some at the club have possibly fallen into.
Some of the freakish stuff that Francis has done in the VFL is no better than the explosive stuff of Hurley early on.
I think of Josh Jenkins, for example, bursting out of the centre square both playing VFL for us and then against in 2014 as a ruckman and bombing goals from 60 out.
Stringer looms as another example of someone with explosive physical attributes that do not necessarily translate into domination of the AFL but still make for an awesome highlights package.
Francis certainly has an amazing burst of power but I don't think it's better than the combinations of speed, power and agility of McKenna and McGrath. Laverde is slightly different but he also possesses amazing natural strength and power together with good speed and agility. Daniher is a freak as you've suggested.
I don't think that Francis' physical strengths are really those which result in consistent domination of AFL.