2nds 2024 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread

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Our mosquito fleet shined against South, 11 of 16 goals from smalls
Hone has been a talisman for a while. When he's up and about we look dangerous

A bit like Matt Goldsworthy was with WWT for a number of years
 

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Hone has been a talisman for a while. When he's up and about we look dangerous

A bit like Matt Goldsworthy was with WWT for a number of years
Goldsworthy was an outright gun in his prime. Always stood up in big finals.
 
Curtin at full back 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
If you used pick #8 on a 195cm guy, you would think he would have a fair bit of talent.
How about we try and develop him in a highly valuable position first before making him *ing full back
Not only are selections s**t but the positions we place our young draftees in are also s**t.
How about we try and maximise their potential and then if it doesn't work, see if they can find another spot on the ground.
 
If you used pick #8 on a 195cm guy, you would think he would have a fair bit of talent.
How about we try and develop him in a highly valuable position first before making him *ing full back
Not only are selections s**t but the positions we place our young draftees in are also s**t.
How about we try and maximise their potential and then if it doesn't work, see if they can find another spot on the ground.
It’s what we excel at
 
We handicap ourselves before the kids have even had a chance to prove themselves
You can see why fans aren't sure if it is development or recruiting that is holding us back
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We handicap ourselves before the kids have even had a chance to prove themselves
You can see why fans aren't sure if it is development or recruiting that is holding us back
I'm 90% sure it's development, given that we're not doing a SOS and picking players wildly differently from where everyone else is expecting them to go in the draft. If the majority of people think that's where they should be picked, and that's where we're picking them, then it's hard to say it's our recruitment that's fundamentally flawed.

However, our ability to take those talented youngers, and to regress their performance levels to below what they achieved in the U18 ranks... That shows how our development program sucks.

Our development coaches have a unique ability to turn U18 guns into AFL nugs. Any youngster unfortunate enough to spend a year or more in our SANFL side is screwed for good. Only those, like Michelanney, who escape the development group quickly, have any chance of reaching their full potential.
 
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