Retired #3: Paul Chapman

[two blue tiger]

Well done Chappy - a champion bloke and champion player. And kudos to the Tigers boys for giving him a well deserved guard of honour.

 

[HepHooksHurls]

Cheers chappy! wish we had more time with you in the red and black! but i loved you at the cats anyway! great career huge big game player and a very humble guy to go with it! champion!!

 

[yaco55]

A solid performance by Chapman in his last game - A wonderful career.

 

[Conor Mckenna]

Great to have you one of us for a short time Chappy, it was well worth it, thanks for choosing us...What the hell were Tugger fans booing you for in the last five minutes, extremely poor form I thought...Don't anyone try to tell me it was Dempsey either, they were booing Chappy...Also, since when are the umps allowed make rules up, 2 months ago they decided it was a free kick for a dangerous tackle, now it's reportable???? Over these basketball rules...Plus that 50 against you Chappy was a total farcd, then the same thing not paid later in the game, someone report that ump please..ruined a decent contest when we were 2 goals up...

 

[CBombers17]

Only read this page of your thread Chappy!!! Thanks !!!!

 

[WillowSF]

Great player for the Cats but, (and this may seem harsh), was ultimately a list clogger at Essendon. Played some good games for you guys but his spot would have been better spent on developing a younger player.

 

[doug85]

Great player for the Cats but, (and this may seem harsh), was ultimately a list clogger at Essendon. Played some good games for you guys but his spot would have been better spent on developing a younger player.

He finished 9th in the b&f last year in a team that made the finals. I wouldn't say he was a list clogger.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Sucked we couldnt get a win for him but congrats to Chappy on a magnificent career champion player and bloke and legend of the game.

 

[RandB]

Said that (after a bit of time off with the family) he'd potentially be looking at coaching. Has Essendon spoken with him about a support role down the track?

 

[theboxmike]

Said that (after a bit of time off with the family) he'd potentially be looking at coaching. Has Essendon spoken with him about a support role down the track?

I'd hope so.

 

[Andronicus]

I know he was an Essendon champion, but I think the early days of his career were with someone else.

Does anybody know who initially drafted him in the brief time before he was a Bomber?

 

[Jade]

Gotta say, this was an absolute win for us.

I remember saying at the time he was recruited that if we got 30 games out of him I'd be very happy.

Reality is, we got 29 (so close enough).

What I was most pleased with, was the knowledge and expertise we could gain from him.

I went and attended an open training session early in the year, and at one stage Chappy was standing in the pocket approx 40m from goal. He had Heppell and Colyer (from memory) with him who were hanging off his every word.

Basically he wasn't telling them how to kick, but was telling them WHY he'd do something. Paraphrasing, he was telling them that he'd rather snap the ball, even if he marked it instead of take the set shot from that position. He thought he'd be 50/50 at best to nail the set shot, and odds are no worse with the snap. BUT with the quick snap, the defense hasn't had any time to settle, giving a tall marking option a better chance to take an uncontested mark, or a crumber to swoop in to a confused space - it made perfect sense.

As a side note, Heppell is like a damn sponge. He kept prodding and questioning, why why why..... that is our next captain.

And that was one exchange in front of me that lasted ten minutes. How many other nuggets did he pass on over a two year period?

For this reason, I would have no issue (assuming list structure allowed it) continually looking at SMART footy people that are coming to the end of their career - you can't put a price on that sort of personal experience.

*EDIT* oh, and FYI, he would have slotted 8 or 9 of the ten-ish snaps he had during his demo....

 

[Mercuri Rising]

Gotta say, this was an absolute win for us.

I remember saying at the time he was recruited that if we got 30 games out of him I'd be very happy.

Reality is, we got 29 (so close enough).

What I was most pleased with, was the knowledge and expertise we could gain from him.

I went and attended an open training session early in the year, and at one stage Chappy was standing in the pocket approx 40m from goal. He had Heppell and Colyer (from memory) with him who were hanging off his every word.

Basically he wasn't telling them how to kick, but was telling them WHY he'd do something. Paraphrasing, he was telling them that he'd rather snap the ball, even if he marked it instead of take the set shot from that position. He thought he'd be 50/50 at best to nail the set shot, and odds are no worse with the snap. BUT with the quick snap, the defense hasn't had any time to settle, giving a tall marking option a better chance to take an uncontested mark, or a crumber to swoop in to a confused space - it made perfect sense.

As a side note, Heppell is like a damn sponge. He kept prodding and questioning, why why why..... that is our next captain.

And that was one exchange in front of me that lasted ten minutes. How many other nuggets did he pass on over a two year period?

For this reason, I would have no issue (assuming list structure allowed it) continually looking at SMART footy people that are coming to the end of their career - you can't put a price on that sort of personal experience.

*EDIT* oh, and FYI, he would have slotted 8 or 9 of the ten-ish snaps he had during his demo....

Absolutely. I get a bit of a giggle out of opposition flogs trying to use him as some sort of punchline.

One pretty great year on-field, one underwhelming, plus an abundance of leadership and expertise to pass on, for a nigh-on-useless pick and a list spot. I'll take that.

 

[Beerfish]

For this reason, I would have no issue (assuming list structure allowed it) continually looking at SMART footy people that are coming to the end of their career - you can't put a price on that sort of personal experience.

Like Stevie J for example? I suggested this and had projectiles thrown at me.

 

[7zark7]

His son goes to childcare with my daughter. I have been trying to set them up since I found this out.

 

[Doss]

His book, is it available in online/kindle form?

I'd love to have a read of it. The couple of extracts I've seen so far look quite interesting...

 

[ezard15]

Cut and paste of today's Hun article?

 

[caboose]

Said that (after a bit of time off with the family) he'd potentially be looking at coaching. Has Essendon spoken with him about a support role down the track?

He has not only potentially been looking at coaching. He has actually now signed up to coach Werribee Districts, in the Western Region league.

 

[caboose]

Cut and paste of today's Hun article?

His book, is it available in online/kindle form?

I'd love to have a read of it. The couple of extracts I've seen so far look quite interesting...

Cut and paste of today's Hun article?

Some extracts (and additional links) can be found here:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s-year-from-hell/story-e6frg6n6-1227581634079

Doss: you'll see, at the bottom, it also directs to some further details about getting/ordering copies at this stage.

 

[Doss]

Some extracts (and additional links) can be found here:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s-year-from-hell/story-e6frg6n6-1227581634079

Doss: you'll see, at the bottom, it also directs to some further details about getting/ordering copies at this stage.

Cheers, caboose. Appreciate that.