Player Watch #44 Sydney Stack

[NZ_Tiger]

Wouldn’t mind hearing from some of the posters knocking the bloke during the pre-season. Kid is an absolute star.

What do you want to hear ****head?


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[CaptchaProofBot]

Whats so special about you mate?
We all have a Birthday.

all men are created equal....except for Tormund....he's slightly bigger than the rest...

 

[RichoLedio]

Whats so special about you mate?
We all have a Birthday.

Stack and myself are ****ing lovely campaigners, must be something in the date

 

[brahj]

What do you want to hear ****head?


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Nice melt.

 

[Ancient Tiger]

What do you want to hear ****head?


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[TJASTA]

 

[Wally Matera]

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In the words of Kendrick Lemar...

Sit down lil bitch.... be humble

 

[Oprah From Tigerland]

How Sydney Stack went from being ignored in two drafts last year to cult hero status in four games

Sam Edmund, Herald Sun​

an hour ago​

​

​

The final straw for one club came when Sydney Stack failed to show up for work.
Stack had last year started a bank traineeship in Perth, but his sudden no-show was enough for this club’s recruiting team.

​

“You’re just thinking, ‘Gee whiz mate, footy is a grind. You can’t just not turn up whenever you feel like it’,” the recruiting chief said.

“You obviously start asking: ‘How will he go meeting the requirements and punctuality at AFL level?”
​

In a year in which Stack was turfed from the AFL Academy, kicked out of the WA State Academy, stood down for the first game of the under 18 championships and lost his licence, AFL clubs assessing his draft worth didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to discover his wayward nature.


Despite possessing an on-field talent many clubs rated as first-round worthy, they were outweighed by the off-field problems.
It goes some way to explaining the now inconceivable — how Richmond’s four-game, 18-year-old cult-hero could be ignored in last year’s national and rookie drafts.

[IMG='width:375px;']https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/47359b16e94ee6b1ef669bc33931d685?width=316[/IMG]


The Tigers themselves didn’t take him with any of their four national draft picks and then overlooked him with their five rookie draft picks before choosing the ‘try before you buy’ approach in the new supplemental selection period.

Rival recruiters contacted by the Herald Sun praised Richmond for taking the risk they were never going to.

“I still remember when he left our interview thinking, ‘S. t i’d love to take a punt on this kid’. You realised footy could change his life, but we didn’t have the foundations set up enough to support him off-field,” one talent spotter said.

“It’s not a cheap exercise relocating a kid and you’re trying to evaluate where will they live and who will they mix with. There’s a lot that goes into it.

“Full credit to Richmond … but keep in mind they’ve got 100,000 members so budget isn’t such a big deal. For other clubs you’re weighing up risk versus reward.

“You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.”

Sydney Stack pulls down a huge hanger during Richmond's win over Melbourne. Picture: AAP Image/Julian Smith.

One club’s list manager said: “He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field, but there was never any doubting his IQ on-field.

“You have to be able to sit back and ask, ‘Does the talent stack up and is the off-field stuff going to affect the on-field?

“You then have to assess your own club. Have we got the resources to give this a chance?

“This is where Richmond have done really well. They’ve clearly put things in place to minimise that risk.”

Incredibly, Damien Hardwick took Stack under his roof in December and for a week in January. He now lives with former Saint and Lion and development coach Xavier Clarke.

“It was massive for ‘Dimma’ to take him in,” one recruiter said.

“Daniel Rioli was completely different. He’s got a good sense of humour and is quite cheeky, whereas Sydney was a bit of a hard-arse … and didn’t trust many people and you can’t blame him for that because that’s what he’d grown up with.”

One recruiter who had followed Stack’s journey said idle time had been the danger.
“He comes from a really tough background, but during the footy season he always had focus. When there was no footy was the big worry,” he said.

“But perhaps the only way he was going to make it was how Richmond did it.”

 

[captain cotch 9]

Just have to say I picked Stack to be a cult hero after watching the vfl practice game against Carlton.....

 

[Bojangles17]

How Sydney Stack went from being ignored in two drafts last year to cult hero status in four games

Sam Edmund, Herald Sun​

an hour ago​

​

​

The final straw for one club came when Sydney Stack failed to show up for work.
Stack had last year started a bank traineeship in Perth, but his sudden no-show was enough for this club’s recruiting team.

​

“You’re just thinking, ‘Gee whiz mate, footy is a grind. You can’t just not turn up whenever you feel like it’,” the recruiting chief said.

“You obviously start asking: ‘How will he go meeting the requirements and punctuality at AFL level?”
​

In a year in which Stack was turfed from the AFL Academy, kicked out of the WA State Academy, stood down for the first game of the under 18 championships and lost his licence, AFL clubs assessing his draft worth didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to discover his wayward nature.


Despite possessing an on-field talent many clubs rated as first-round worthy, they were outweighed by the off-field problems.
It goes some way to explaining the now inconceivable — how Richmond’s four-game, 18-year-old cult-hero could be ignored in last year’s national and rookie drafts.

[IMG='width:375px;']https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/47359b16e94ee6b1ef669bc33931d685?width=316[/IMG]


The Tigers themselves didn’t take him with any of their four national draft picks and then overlooked him with their five rookie draft picks before choosing the ‘try before you buy’ approach in the new supplemental selection period.

Rival recruiters contacted by the Herald Sun praised Richmond for taking the risk they were never going to.

“I still remember when he left our interview thinking, ‘S. t i’d love to take a punt on this kid’. You realised footy could change his life, but we didn’t have the foundations set up enough to support him off-field,” one talent spotter said.

“It’s not a cheap exercise relocating a kid and you’re trying to evaluate where will they live and who will they mix with. There’s a lot that goes into it.

“Full credit to Richmond … but keep in mind they’ve got 100,000 members so budget isn’t such a big deal. For other clubs you’re weighing up risk versus reward.

“You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.”

Sydney Stack pulls down a huge hanger during Richmond's win over Melbourne. Picture: AAP Image/Julian Smith.

One club’s list manager said: “He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field, but there was never any doubting his IQ on-field.

“You have to be able to sit back and ask, ‘Does the talent stack up and is the off-field stuff going to affect the on-field?

“You then have to assess your own club. Have we got the resources to give this a chance?

“This is where Richmond have done really well. They’ve clearly put things in place to minimise that risk.”

Incredibly, Damien Hardwick took Stack under his roof in December and for a week in January. He now lives with former Saint and Lion and development coach Xavier Clarke.

“It was massive for ‘Dimma’ to take him in,” one recruiter said.

“Daniel Rioli was completely different. He’s got a good sense of humour and is quite cheeky, whereas Sydney was a bit of a hard-arse … and didn’t trust many people and you can’t blame him for that because that’s what he’d grown up with.”

One recruiter who had followed Stack’s journey said idle time had been the danger.
“He comes from a really tough background, but during the footy season he always had focus. When there was no footy was the big worry,” he said.

“But perhaps the only way he was going to make it was how Richmond did it.”

Well done recruiters , well done mr and mrs Hardwick , well done Richmond’

 

[Realtrublu]

" a player considered so high maintenance every other club except Carlton ran away at a rate of knots. "


"Then, as Carlton also circled, he bunked in with coach Hardwick over summer and proved he had the fortitude and professionalism to make in AFL ranks. "




This is the line that i loved
" We showed some vision to our players where he stood over the ball when oncoming traffic was coming and he didn’t flinch. That’s the kind of Richmond player we want "

You might have loved it but I didn’t.
Why didn’t we pick him in the rookie draft? He’s a beauty. But congrats to the Tiges. Let’s all hope he continues to do well and becomes a permanent part of your 1st 22.

 

[THE_GUN]

You might have loved it but I didn’t.
Why didn’t we pick him in the rookie draft? He’s a beauty. But congrats to the Tiges. Let’s all hope he continues to do well and becomes a permanent part of your 1st 22.

He is actually the exact type the blues need


richmond rated him #6 on their list

 

[roacheee]

Well done recruiters , well done mr and mrs Hardwick , well done Richmond’

we may be the conduit that changes stackman's life
and i have a feeling he just might go on to help other at risk youth in the future

 

[Realtrublu]

Carlton fans soooooo salty they missed out on him

Let’s hope we are so the message gets through to Stephen Bourgeois (aka Silvaggni) who likes to recruit Grammar boys!

 

[Socrates2]

How Sydney Stack went from being ignored in two drafts last year to cult hero status in four games

Sam Edmund, Herald Sun​

an hour ago​

​

​

The final straw for one club came when Sydney Stack failed to show up for work.
Stack had last year started a bank traineeship in Perth, but his sudden no-show was enough for this club’s recruiting team.

​

“You’re just thinking, ‘Gee whiz mate, footy is a grind. You can’t just not turn up whenever you feel like it’,” the recruiting chief said.

“You obviously start asking: ‘How will he go meeting the requirements and punctuality at AFL level?”
​

In a year in which Stack was turfed from the AFL Academy, kicked out of the WA State Academy, stood down for the first game of the under 18 championships and lost his licence, AFL clubs assessing his draft worth didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to discover his wayward nature.


Despite possessing an on-field talent many clubs rated as first-round worthy, they were outweighed by the off-field problems.
It goes some way to explaining the now inconceivable — how Richmond’s four-game, 18-year-old cult-hero could be ignored in last year’s national and rookie drafts.

[IMG='width:375px;']https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/47359b16e94ee6b1ef669bc33931d685?width=316[/IMG]


The Tigers themselves didn’t take him with any of their four national draft picks and then overlooked him with their five rookie draft picks before choosing the ‘try before you buy’ approach in the new supplemental selection period.

Rival recruiters contacted by the Herald Sun praised Richmond for taking the risk they were never going to.

“I still remember when he left our interview thinking, ‘S. t i’d love to take a punt on this kid’. You realised footy could change his life, but we didn’t have the foundations set up enough to support him off-field,” one talent spotter said.

“It’s not a cheap exercise relocating a kid and you’re trying to evaluate where will they live and who will they mix with. There’s a lot that goes into it.

“Full credit to Richmond … but keep in mind they’ve got 100,000 members so budget isn’t such a big deal. For other clubs you’re weighing up risk versus reward.

“You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.”

Sydney Stack pulls down a huge hanger during Richmond's win over Melbourne. Picture: AAP Image/Julian Smith.

One club’s list manager said: “He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field, but there was never any doubting his IQ on-field.

“You have to be able to sit back and ask, ‘Does the talent stack up and is the off-field stuff going to affect the on-field?

“You then have to assess your own club. Have we got the resources to give this a chance?

“This is where Richmond have done really well. They’ve clearly put things in place to minimise that risk.”

Incredibly, Damien Hardwick took Stack under his roof in December and for a week in January. He now lives with former Saint and Lion and development coach Xavier Clarke.

“It was massive for ‘Dimma’ to take him in,” one recruiter said.

“Daniel Rioli was completely different. He’s got a good sense of humour and is quite cheeky, whereas Sydney was a bit of a hard-arse … and didn’t trust many people and you can’t blame him for that because that’s what he’d grown up with.”

One recruiter who had followed Stack’s journey said idle time had been the danger.
“He comes from a really tough background, but during the footy season he always had focus. When there was no footy was the big worry,” he said.

“But perhaps the only way he was going to make it was how Richmond did it.”

As far as I can see he was from a tough background and missed a meeting and didn't show up to work once.Sounds like a lot of 17 to 18 year olds to me. The recruiter who said **You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.***
That sounds borderline racist to me.He obviously had the dicipline to get his fitness to the elite AFL level and he hasnt assauluted anyone or pissed on a police station or anything.

 

[Michaels]

As far as I can see he was from a tough background and missed a meeting and didn't show up to work once.Sounds like a lot of 17 to 18 year olds to me. The recruiter who said **You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.***
That sounds borderline racist to me.He obviously had the dicipline to get his fitness to the elite AFL level and he hasnt assauluted anyone or pissed on a police station or anything.

Yeah I'm with you on that last bit, really dont think they should have included that comment or the one saying he has a low standard IQ.

Poor form.

But that aside I love Stack and glad he is a tiger!

 

[NZ_Tiger]

Nice melt.

EAD.


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[Realtrublu]

How Sydney Stack went from being ignored in two drafts last year to cult hero status in four games

Sam Edmund, Herald Sun​

an hour ago​

​

​

The final straw for one club came when Sydney Stack failed to show up for work.
Stack had last year started a bank traineeship in Perth, but his sudden no-show was enough for this club’s recruiting team.

​

“You’re just thinking, ‘Gee whiz mate, footy is a grind. You can’t just not turn up whenever you feel like it’,” the recruiting chief said.

“You obviously start asking: ‘How will he go meeting the requirements and punctuality at AFL level?”
​

In a year in which Stack was turfed from the AFL Academy, kicked out of the WA State Academy, stood down for the first game of the under 18 championships and lost his licence, AFL clubs assessing his draft worth didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to discover his wayward nature.


Despite possessing an on-field talent many clubs rated as first-round worthy, they were outweighed by the off-field problems.
It goes some way to explaining the now inconceivable — how Richmond’s four-game, 18-year-old cult-hero could be ignored in last year’s national and rookie drafts.

[IMG='width:375px;']https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/47359b16e94ee6b1ef669bc33931d685?width=316[/IMG]


The Tigers themselves didn’t take him with any of their four national draft picks and then overlooked him with their five rookie draft picks before choosing the ‘try before you buy’ approach in the new supplemental selection period.

Rival recruiters contacted by the Herald Sun praised Richmond for taking the risk they were never going to.

“I still remember when he left our interview thinking, ‘S. t i’d love to take a punt on this kid’. You realised footy could change his life, but we didn’t have the foundations set up enough to support him off-field,” one talent spotter said.

“It’s not a cheap exercise relocating a kid and you’re trying to evaluate where will they live and who will they mix with. There’s a lot that goes into it.

“Full credit to Richmond … but keep in mind they’ve got 100,000 members so budget isn’t such a big deal. For other clubs you’re weighing up risk versus reward.

“You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.”

Sydney Stack pulls down a huge hanger during Richmond's win over Melbourne. Picture: AAP Image/Julian Smith.

One club’s list manager said: “He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field, but there was never any doubting his IQ on-field.

“You have to be able to sit back and ask, ‘Does the talent stack up and is the off-field stuff going to affect the on-field?

“You then have to assess your own club. Have we got the resources to give this a chance?

“This is where Richmond have done really well. They’ve clearly put things in place to minimise that risk.”

Incredibly, Damien Hardwick took Stack under his roof in December and for a week in January. He now lives with former Saint and Lion and development coach Xavier Clarke.

“It was massive for ‘Dimma’ to take him in,” one recruiter said.

“Daniel Rioli was completely different. He’s got a good sense of humour and is quite cheeky, whereas Sydney was a bit of a hard-arse … and didn’t trust many people and you can’t blame him for that because that’s what he’d grown up with.”

One recruiter who had followed Stack’s journey said idle time had been the danger.
“He comes from a really tough background, but during the footy season he always had focus. When there was no footy was the big worry,” he said.

“But perhaps the only way he was going to make it was how Richmond did it.”

Well he’s only 18

As far as I can see he was from a tough background and missed a meeting and didn't show up to work once.Sounds like a lot of 17 to 18 year olds to me. The recruiter who said **You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.***
That sounds borderline racist to me.He obviously had the dicipline to get his fitness to the elite AFL level and he hasnt assauluted anyone or pissed on a police station or anything.

I’m not sure that it’s borderline racist but it’s certainly a bleak way of looking at a troubled young person’s future and it shows a lack of awareness of what good mentoring and, even, a good psychologist can bring to the development of a young person. The unidentified author sounds like a typical, limited middle class white male. I hope it wasn’t Stephen Silvaggni. More power to the Tiges and, especially, to Hardwick for taking him on. Let’s hope it works out really well.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

How Sydney Stack went from being ignored in two drafts last year to cult hero status in four games

Sam Edmund, Herald Sun​

an hour ago​

​

​

The final straw for one club came when Sydney Stack failed to show up for work.
Stack had last year started a bank traineeship in Perth, but his sudden no-show was enough for this club’s recruiting team.

​

“You’re just thinking, ‘Gee whiz mate, footy is a grind. You can’t just not turn up whenever you feel like it’,” the recruiting chief said.

“You obviously start asking: ‘How will he go meeting the requirements and punctuality at AFL level?”
​

In a year in which Stack was turfed from the AFL Academy, kicked out of the WA State Academy, stood down for the first game of the under 18 championships and lost his licence, AFL clubs assessing his draft worth didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to discover his wayward nature.


Despite possessing an on-field talent many clubs rated as first-round worthy, they were outweighed by the off-field problems.
It goes some way to explaining the now inconceivable — how Richmond’s four-game, 18-year-old cult-hero could be ignored in last year’s national and rookie drafts.

[IMG='width:375px;']https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/47359b16e94ee6b1ef669bc33931d685?width=316[/IMG]


The Tigers themselves didn’t take him with any of their four national draft picks and then overlooked him with their five rookie draft picks before choosing the ‘try before you buy’ approach in the new supplemental selection period.

Rival recruiters contacted by the Herald Sun praised Richmond for taking the risk they were never going to.

“I still remember when he left our interview thinking, ‘S. t i’d love to take a punt on this kid’. You realised footy could change his life, but we didn’t have the foundations set up enough to support him off-field,” one talent spotter said.

“It’s not a cheap exercise relocating a kid and you’re trying to evaluate where will they live and who will they mix with. There’s a lot that goes into it.

“Full credit to Richmond … but keep in mind they’ve got 100,000 members so budget isn’t such a big deal. For other clubs you’re weighing up risk versus reward.

“You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.”

Sydney Stack pulls down a huge hanger during Richmond's win over Melbourne. Picture: AAP Image/Julian Smith.

One club’s list manager said: “He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field, but there was never any doubting his IQ on-field.

“You have to be able to sit back and ask, ‘Does the talent stack up and is the off-field stuff going to affect the on-field?

“You then have to assess your own club. Have we got the resources to give this a chance?

“This is where Richmond have done really well. They’ve clearly put things in place to minimise that risk.”

Incredibly, Damien Hardwick took Stack under his roof in December and for a week in January. He now lives with former Saint and Lion and development coach Xavier Clarke.

“It was massive for ‘Dimma’ to take him in,” one recruiter said.

“Daniel Rioli was completely different. He’s got a good sense of humour and is quite cheeky, whereas Sydney was a bit of a hard-arse … and didn’t trust many people and you can’t blame him for that because that’s what he’d grown up with.”

One recruiter who had followed Stack’s journey said idle time had been the danger.
“He comes from a really tough background, but during the footy season he always had focus. When there was no footy was the big worry,” he said.

“But perhaps the only way he was going to make it was how Richmond did it.”

Jeez still might break a few Richmond hearts...when the footy season finishes and he has no focus...

 

[Bojangles17]

As far as I can see he was from a tough background and missed a meeting and didn't show up to work once.Sounds like a lot of 17 to 18 year olds to me. The recruiter who said **You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.***
That sounds borderline racist to me.He obviously had the dicipline to get his fitness to the elite AFL level and he hasnt assauluted anyone or pissed on a police station or anything.

I was a bit surprised they printed a couple of those comments regarding IQ and other broadsides who was the campaigner who scribed that , irresponsible journalism talking about an 18yo like that

 

[Bojangles17]

Jeez still might break a few Richmond hearts...when the footy season finishes and he has no focus...

I’m backing that it’s first time he’s been in a FT environment with some positive role models that can set him on right track, working so far , great respect to the likes of suma and peos that have obviously had some influence to get him this far

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

I’m backing that it’s first time he’s been in a FT environment with some positive role models that can set him on right track, working so far , great respect to the likes of suma and peos that have obviously had some influence to get him this far

I think your right Bo...i just read the article bagging SS and i'm amazed in hindsight how i was sucked in..ought to know better at my age too!
Those comments on reflection are derogatory...

 

[roacheee]

As far as I can see he was from a tough background and missed a meeting and didn't show up to work once.Sounds like a lot of 17 to 18 year olds to me. The recruiter who said **You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.***
That sounds borderline racist to me.He obviously had the dicipline to get his fitness to the elite AFL level and he hasnt assauluted anyone or pissed on a police station or anything.

spot on, what would carey or ablett have been without footy?

incarcerated

 

[THE_GUN]

The best part about moving to another state and to a club like Richmond for stack is that he doesnt know or have anybody here apart from his team mates and coaches and everybody around him is involved at the club.

What this means is that you dont have anywhere else to go or anybody else to be with apart from being at the club, So this will hold him to a good level of training and system in his life as well as having People like Rioli , Bolton , Edwards , Higgins , Egg , Chol and others to learn the required level of professionalism from. Once the first 2 years are under his belt he will well and truly have the AFL way of life.

But then there always are the ones that fall through the cracks so lets just have the belief in Stack to become the player he can be.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

As far as I can see he was from a tough background and missed a meeting and didn't show up to work once.Sounds like a lot of 17 to 18 year olds to me. The recruiter who said **You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.***
That sounds borderline racist to me.He obviously had the dicipline to get his fitness to the elite AFL level and he hasnt assauluted anyone or pissed on a police station or anything.

Not racism but still absolute floggish. That recruiter sounds like he is on the low end of emotional intelligence.