What does that say about our coaching and development staff?
This has been covered multiple times on the board over the seasons.
Best track down Sam's own words on the subject,he's done a couple of interviews examining his development.
He was first picked and delisted by Hawthorn.When he was on our list he was a running machine who always won our 3 klms but a ball burner at Peel.Had a bad knee injury when we had a midfield stacked full of talented big blokes....etc.
If you find his interviews you'll hear him describe how being delisted by Freo made the lights start flashing in his head.........realise it could be over and reapply himself with an even more committed resolve.
This is what he himself attributes his improvement to.He is very grateful for the advice and development he made with us.
I think it says a bit about young blokes maturing at different rates and not a great deal about our staff.