No Oppo Supporters General AFL and other clubs discussion thread. **Opposition fans not welcome** Part 6

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[TylerDurden]

Get out the cheque book.

 

[Gaston]

Get out the cheque book.

Interesting comments on the Geelong board, Brian Cook is also leaving at years end.
Huge administrative hole to be filled.

Like Hawthorn (who I think have finally settled their back office) Geelong will have to focus
on finding off field leadership, surely like free agents they just don't fall in their lap?

 

[Holy Rioli]

We just shipped off a very expensive footy boss in Wright (make no mistake he was encouraged to explore options) because the value offered vs the impact on the soft footy department cap just isn't worth it. We won't be reaching out to Wells.

 

[Steven Tyler]

Get out the cheque book.

He has been at the Cats since 1986, and they have only won 3 Flags in that time

Hawks have won 8 Flags in the same amount of time

No thanks

 

[Stratton24]

He has been at the Cats since 1986, and they have only won 3 Flags in that time

Hawks have won 8 Flags in the same amount of time

No thanks

Yep and he has a shocking record with first round draft picks.
Without father sons and players wanting to return home to live in Geelong he would have lost his job years ago.

 

[TylerDurden]

He's the best in it.

No brainer.

 

[theiaofseed]

Has Wells been that great in the last ten years? Blew every first pick other than Parfitt in the last 10 years.

 

[Stratton24]

He's the best in it.

No brainer.

The best based on what?

 

[theiaofseed]

The best based on what?

The media

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[TylerDurden]

The best based on what?

You don't rate the players he's brought in over the last 20 years??

 

[Stratton24]

You don't rate the players he's brought in over the last 20 years??

Not enough to say he is the best. Extraordinary luck with fs and a terrible record with first rounders. Take Ablett, Scarlett and Hawkins out and their premiership drought would still be going.

 

[TylerDurden]

Not enough to say he is the best. Extraordinary luck with fs and a terrible record with first rounders. Take Ablett, Scarlett and Hawkins out and their premiership drought would still be going.

For every FS, he's nailed later picks like Corey, Chapman, Enright, Ling, Johnson, Mackie.

Plus guys like Selwood, Tim Kelly, Stewart, Taylor, Lonergan.

I could go on for days.

He's a gun. I hate Geelong, but have all time respect for this bloke.

 

[Stratton24]

For every FS, he's nailed later picks like Corey, Chapman, Enright, Ling, Johnson, Mackie.

Plus guys like Selwood, Tim Kelly, Stewart, Taylor, Lonergan.

I could go on for days.

He's a gun. I hate Geelong, but have all time respect for this bloke.

Yes he appears very good at the later picks, but not the best and very over rated in the media along with Sydney’s recruiter who simply has to match academy bids.

 

[Roby]

He has been at the Cats since 1986, and they have only won 3 Flags in that time

Hawks have won 8 Flags in the same amount of time

No thanks

I'll take three more premierships, thanks.

 

[theiaofseed]

For every FS, he's nailed later picks like Corey, Chapman, Enright, Ling, Johnson, Mackie.

Plus guys like Selwood, Tim Kelly, Stewart, Taylor, Lonergan.

I could go on for days.

He's a gun. I hate Geelong, but have all time respect for this bloke.

What has he done since 2011? Other than 2016 their drafting has been pretty ordinary

 

[Roby]

A list manager is more than just a recruiter. It's the person that maintains a list. In fact it is the recruitment manager's main job to generate the draft order. The list manager is maintaining the list profile, negotiating contracts, trading players and draft picks. You could always end up with Ned Guy.

 

[TylerDurden]

What has he done since 2011? Other than 2016 their drafting has been pretty ordinary

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Even picking Kelly as a 2nd rounder was genius. Got 2 x 1sts back for him.
Having said that, I reckon they overpaid for Cameron, as good as he is.

He's done bloody well to keep them contending, but no silverware hurts.

Also, in the years you mentioned above, there was no mention of Dangerfield as a FA. He's single-handedly kept them in contention. As a List Manager, Wells played a massive part in that result.

 

[PT Bar None]

Oh Noes. Joel Selwood has commenced his "transition to media".

Got a bit of sucking on helium about his vocal style that I hadn't detected before.

 

[Bardo State]

So Selwood is going through the 'good footy player to completely inane commentator' pipeline. Commentary is so disrespected as a skill in the AFL.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Thursday night footy channel 7 commentary includes Joel Selwood and Jobe Watson

 

[Bardo State]

Oh Noes. Joel Selwood has commenced his "transition to media".

Got a bit of sucking on helium about his vocal style that I hadn't detected before.

Might do okay getting typecast as a nerd voice actor on kids TV shows.

 

[Mercy Seat]

Every club has hits and misses when it comes to the draft. Just look at all our flops over the years.

Wells is a gun. As hawks fans we should all be grateful they haven’t been as well coached.

 

[Bardo State]

Thursday night footy channel 7 commentary includes Joel Selwood and Jobe Watson

At least it's balanced out with JB and Luke Darcy

 

[PT Bar None]

Thursday night footy channel 7 commentary includes Joel Selwood and Jobe Watson

They can't keep these two together. That bit of banter just before between "head trauma" Jobe and "silly voice" Joel was practically satire. If Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner did a sports based sketch using those voices we'd think it was too over the top. Yet here we are