AFL Player #19: Nick Hind

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 31, Rick Ross

 

[ant555]

I think the whole team would be unavailable. The whole of Vic is a hotspot so if you've been in Vic you have to do 14 day quarantine on entry into Qld

EDIT - current info from QLD Health for those interested
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The AFL has had a deal with the QLD government in place for a while with exemptions. No point reading the official government sites on this as if they where going by those rules none of the games would have been played in any state. It comes under the exemptions in place. We would have to have a strict bubble in place for the players , negative test on arrival and it would be fly in and fly out. Same conditions as used in SA. Things change by the day of course but it is not as cut and dry as the normal cases are.

 

[Lore]

Jon Ralph reporting that we've got his 14 days backdated to Saturday and they're hoping he'll be able to play at lunchtime next Saturday – hours before the next game if we make it.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Feel for this bloke tonight. Unluckily robbed of a chance to try and make a difference after a cracking season.

 

[boncer34]

Tbh I'd rather have had a Coles chook than play in the wet in Tassie.

 

[Old Campaigner]

I don't know if he'd have made much of a difference in those conditions

 

[JT_the_Man]

I don't know if he'd have made much of a difference in those conditions

If he did play, I wouldn’t have minded seeing him get swung forward. I think he could’ve made a slight difference at that end (not result changing, but maybe we could’ve got a few goals on the board).

 

[Lore]

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Haha, he said "Hindsight".

 

[12Chill]

Hey all, just published Hind's highlights for this year. You guys got a ripper.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Speed kings: Telstra Tracker reveals your club's fastest player in 2021

Who is the quickest player at your club? We have the answer, thanks to Telstra Tracker data

www.afl.com.au

Speed kings: Telstra Tracker reveals your club's fastest player in 2021


NICK Hind

19

Nick Hind

Age

29

Ht

180cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.5

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.9

4star

MG

117.0

2star

D

9.5

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

2.0

3star

MG

117.0

2star

D

10.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

was not only one of the recruits of the year, but he was also one of the fastest.

In fact, the dashing Essendon defender was the quickest player in the AFL in 2021, according to Telstra Tracker data.

Hind was clocked at a top speed of 36.07km/h.

For context, if the 27-year-old could maintain that for 100m, he'd run 9.98sec and be in an Olympic final rather than on an AFL field.

Not surprisingly, the man Hind effectively replaced at Essendon – Carlton's Adam Saad – was one of 11 other players to top 35km/h.

Essendon:
Top five fastest players in 2021
Nick Hind

19

Nick Hind

Age

29

Ht

180cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.5

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.9

4star

MG

117.0

2star

D

9.5

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

2.0

3star

MG

117.0

2star

D

10.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

36.07km/h
Matt Guelfi

35

Matt Guelfi

Age

26

Ht

184cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.2

2star

D

10.5

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

G

0.0

1star

D

17.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

0.2

3star

34.78
Zach Merrett 34.60
Brayden Ham

33

Brayden Ham

Age

24

Ht

182cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

11.5

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.5

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.6

3star

33.98
Mason Redman

27

Mason Redman

Age

26

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

5.1

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

262.0

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

210.3

3star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.4

4star

MG

144.2

3star

33.48

 

[Towno78]

Such a great pick-up

Speed kings: Telstra Tracker reveals your club's fastest player in 2021

Who is the quickest player at your club? We have the answer, thanks to Telstra Tracker data

www.afl.com.au

Hind was clocked at a top speed of 36.07km/h.

For context, if the 27-year-old could maintain that for 100m, he'd run 9.98sec and be in an Olympic final rather than on an AFL field.

But * me this journo is a moron

 

[Lore]

Such a great pick-up


But fu** me this journo is a moron

The guy who used to write about stats stuff (and had a stats related podcast for the AFL) was let go with the pandemic last year - Marc McGowan. Think he’s now writing for the hawks website and a bit for the herald sun and around the place.

Was good for randomly posting interesting stuff that isn’t available anywhere else, and now we got this instead..

 

[GUMBLETRON]

I reckon there would be some pretty fast Olympic times if they timed them with a GPS.

 

[eorl]

It also assumes that the 100m is run at Hind's top end speed not taking in to account acceleration time. Usain Bolts top speed has been recorded at over 44 km/h much higher than Hindy.

 

[TheUnicorn]

So happy when I read he ran faster than Saad xD

 

[DERO]

So happy when I read he ran faster than Saad xD

Defended better too.

 

[astrowizzle]

Just a better bloke all round

 

[FlyingV]

Internally saints must be absolutely filthy about Nick. There would have been someone in there saying ‘play him off half back’ who would be giving daggers to everyone who didn’t listen to them now. 100%

 

[Schnitzengruben]

On the mic | Nick Hind

Defender Nick Hind takes us through a session as pre-season training continues.

www.essendonfc.com.au

"I don't reckon they're regulation"

 

[JT_the_Man]

On the mic | Nick Hind

Defender Nick Hind takes us through a session as pre-season training continues.

www.essendonfc.com.au

"I don't reckon they're regulation"

In his defence, I don’t think they were regulation.

 

[Lore]

Hind in red


Hind in black


Not sure what this is supposed to indicate to anyone reading in team selections based on whether they played for red or black in the intraclub...

 

[ant555]

Hind in red
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Hind in black
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Not sure what this is supposed to indicate to anyone reading in team selections based on whether they played for red or black in the intraclub...

Indicates anyone reading anything into team selection is reading something that is not there

 

[BIGBUDDA]

All Australian year for this bloke. Has moved ahead now of Adam Saad

42

Adam Saad

Age

29

Ht

178cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

MG

349.1

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

12.0

5star

HB

8.7

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.4

3star

MG

388.3

5star

D

17.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.2

3star

IMO. And boy does that feel good

 

[owen87]

All Australian year for this bloke. Has moved ahead now of Adam Saad IMO. And boy does that feel good

Underrating Saad a bit IMO, Hind has been fantastic, and given what we got for trading Saad we've come out miles ahead on the deal given Hind has pretty much replicated Saad's output and we got the first rounder. But their performances in 2022 were pretty similar, Hind got a bit more a ball, Saad a bit more defensive work.

Adam Saad and Nick Hind AFL Stats Comparison

Adam Saad and Nick Hind AFL Stats Comparison.

www.footywire.com

 

[carloss]

Underrating Saad a bit IMO, Hind has been fantastic, and given what we got for trading Saad we've come out miles ahead on the deal given Hind has pretty much replicated Saad's output and we got the first rounder. But their performances in 2022 were pretty similar, Hind got a bit more a ball, Saad a bit more defensive work.

Adam Saad and Nick Hind AFL Stats Comparison

Adam Saad and Nick Hind AFL Stats Comparison.

www.footywire.com

Losing someone with Saad's attitude from the team is a plus as well.