Retired #18: Michael Hurley 🐻 - Staying on in a coaching and player welfare role! - 3/10

[Lore]

Contract Status: Retired
Last Game Played: Currently in the side
Injury Status: Comes back from injury to play his final game for the club this weekend - 18/8

Spoiler

2022
He's back! Playing a half in the VFL this weekend - 15/7
Joins main training in the next couple of weeks! - 15/6
Had a calf setback, now running again - 28/4
Wants to play a half in the VFL in the next couple of weeks - 30/3
Joined main training? - 3/3
Ahead of schedule, doing some big running loads - 16/2
Progressing well, R1 'too soon' to return, no time frame - 11/1
On track for playing return around Round 6 - 12/3

2021
Ahead of schedule, running soon - 15/12
Hip replacement surgery - 10/10
Placed on the inactive list, will not play in 2021 - 31/5
Hopes to play the last 6 weeks of the season if not sooner - 26/4
At the club daily doing 1-2 hours of exercise for recovery - 23/3
On the mend - 19/3
Apparently using the hot/cold pools at the club, progress? - 5/3
Limping on crutches with an IV at the preseason game - 25/2
Discharged, recuperating at home... again. No time frame on return - 17/2
Apparently back in hospital - 15/2
Discharged from hospital, recuperating at home. No timeframe - 9/2
In hospital with an infected leg - 4/2

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[Lore]

Recovering from his surgeries, doing match sim.

All-Australian defender, Michael Hurley, is back to full duties after a modified start to the pre-season.

“He has had a good preseason, his hip and wrist surgery went well so he will be on some match play today and we are really happy with how he is going,” Crow said.

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2018-01-19/injury-update-19-january

 

[daffo]

Anyone have an update on the wrist?

 

[DapperDon]

I read they weren't even getting it scanned, will take a week off and be back into the thick of it after that.

 

[Beerfish]

Thought he was awful early but really worked his way into it.

 

[yodellinhank]

Annoys me with his point blank refusal to look for options sometimes. Has a 90° field of vision and is completely disinterested in free blokes out on the fat side. Dunno if it's a gameplan thing.

 

[blitzer]

Hurley was a bit rusty early but that 4th quarter he was enormous. He was just everywhere stopping all their forays forward and he must have put his kicking boots on because he was kicking lasers in that quarter. Especially loved the kick on the run to Tippa in the forward line, that was all class.

 

[adsla69k]

He played 1 good quarter. I think it's only fair he gets paid 1/4 his weekly salary for the week. $4,868 of $19,472.
I expect more from him. Lance pays me out but Hurls was undeniably below his best in the later half of last year. We pay him to defend not get 30 touches and most of them be hospital balls.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Especially loved the kick on the run to Tippa in the forward line, that was all class.

Just a sublime piece of footy.

He looked to stop but was merely continuing his placement and the kick was beautiful.

 

[quotemokc]

Needs to stop dropping marks

 

[Shane Heard]

Mmmm...some harsh remarks.

If he wasn’t there tonight those crows would’ve been 6 goals up at 3qr time.

Did his job. Can’t be a superstar every contest. Playing the hardest role in the side. Stayed focused and did his job very nicely overall.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

His last qrt was good

 

[Ambrosia]

He's never been the type to hit the ground running. I think he may have started last season slow from memory as well .

 

[Doss]

He's never been the type to hit the ground running. I think he may have started last season slow from memory as well .

He did. Then he was best on ground by a country mile against Melbourne despite us losing by six goals.

 

[Knight Ryders]

Always starts the season a bit slow - I think he needs a few games to get some touch back. Still, pretty ******* good game considering he wasn't at his best

 

[NAB777]

I was seriously concerned last night that he was going to be our version of phase 2 Corey McKernan... because he looked really lost quite a few times.

 

[eDPS]

28 disposals, how the hell does he do it, I can’t think of many key defenders in recent memory who can rack up the ball like that

 

[doug85]

Best player from the 2008 draft.

 

[yodellinhank]

28 disposals, how the hell does he do it, I can’t think of many key defenders in recent memory who can rack up the ball like that

Being the go to guy free of his man and behind the play helps.

 

[Summer Nights]

It’s a combination of that (our gamestyle) and a decent number of intercept possessions.

Doesn’t matter who you are, you don’t get 28 disposals if you don’t run or position or win ball or intercept.

In a different side, I could see him being a 20 possie per game player.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Wow

I actually thought he was really good.

 

[doug85]

Wow

I actually thought he was really good.

Yep me too.

 

[Blind Turn]

My only criticism is that his marking lacks surety. I’m sure it’s his gnarly scaphoids that have plagued him his whole career. His confidence in them seems low.

 

[DERO]

Yep me too.

Three. Put him in my votes!

 

[DERO]

My only criticism is that his marking lacks surety. I’m sure it’s his gnarly scaphoids that have plagued him his whole career. His confidence in them seems low.

I had a mate who I used to play cricket with who broke his scaphoid. As a result, his wrist had lost its movement and he struggled to bring his hands together to catch a cricket ball because he couldn’t get them to align. I would not be surprised if Hurls has the same issue, hence the teflon hands and love of a chest mark.

 

[JayJ20]

Hurley was having a shocker for the first 3 quarters. He did well in the last though.

He always has a bad game after coming from injury (like the EF last year). Should be alright next week.