Player Watch Isaac Quaynor

[ClaytonM]

He’s going to be the best player at the club in 3 years time. A jet.

The kiss of death.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

Can anyone tell me what sort of player IQ is?
Maybe a bit of background about him too, would be nice.

Selection No. 13 – Isaac Quaynor

Position: Defender
Height: 180cm
Weight: 83kg
Age: 18
Recruited from: Bulleen-Templestowe/ Beverley Hills / Oakleigh U18

Profile
The Collingwood Next Generation Academy prospect can play in defence and in the middle. The versatile Under-18 All-Australian defender can play on both medium and small opponents and is quick and agile. A good decision maker, Quaynor uses the ball effectively by hand and foot. The 18-year-old models his game on Bulldogs speedster Jason Johannisen and Demons defender Neville Jetta, and shapes as a top-20 pick on draft night. Quaynor also surprised himself, winning the goalkicking test at the Draft Combine with a perfect score.

2018 TAC Cup statistics
Club: Oakleigh U18
Games: 13
Average Disposals: 16.3
Average Marks: 3.8
Average Round 50s: 4.1
Average Tackles: 3.2

Did you know?

• Quaynor has supported Collingwood since he was a child, growing up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs
• He began playing competitive football at the age of 12
• The 18-year-old played soccer, athletics and basketball as a child
• He was sitting behind the Collingwood Cheer Squad during the 2018 Grand Final against West Coast

 

[joff]

I know most kids have a great highlights tape but this kid really does look the goods speaks well and is confident ,great pickup

 

[Saintly Viewed]

super hands, poise and vision. looks like a cat, as soon as he lands he's off and looks like he knows where the exits are.

Red Dwarf Cat?

 

[The Dawes]

Looks a likely type who fills a need for us - also seems like a great kid who should slot in quickly given his familiarity with the club through his NGA connection - I expect him to play some senior footy next year.

 

[Daicos Torpedo]

That highlights package...wow!
All aboard the Isaac express!

 

[Crazy Tails]

Welcome to the mighty black and white Isaac.

Think he can bring some excitement to us out of the back line and also provide a lock down small/med defensive option if required. Replaces Murray but with more of a defensive game. No need to rush him though I'd be happy to see him in at least 6-10 games next year to get a taste for it.

IQ and Appleby in back pockets which allows Maynard to push up to HB/wing or even move through the middle.

Also couldn't rule out giving him a couple of sneaky games in the forward pocket after acing the goal kicking test at the combine!

 

[jackcass]

Can anyone tell me what sort of player IQ is?
Maybe a bit of background about him too, would be nice.

Can't believe there hasn't been more media about this kid.

 

[Horaceg]

Until he shaves his hair

Just don't bleach the top white

 

[jackcass]

Three more boys to follow...………..love it.

Do the number proud my boy.

Hope that's how they were dressed when they turned up for the draft.

 

[Dynamics]

Sorry if already posted.

 

[jackcass]

Selection No. 13 – Isaac Quaynor

Position: Defender
Height: 180cm
Weight: 83kg
Age: 18
Recruited from: Bulleen-Templestowe/ Beverley Hills / Oakleigh U18

Profile
The Collingwood Next Generation Academy prospect can play in defence and in the middle. The versatile Under-18 All-Australian defender can play on both medium and small opponents and is quick and agile. A good decision maker, Quaynor uses the ball effectively by hand and foot. The 18-year-old models his game on Bulldogs speedster Jason Johannisen and Demons defender Neville Jetta, and shapes as a top-20 pick on draft night. Quaynor also surprised himself, winning the goalkicking test at the Draft Combine with a perfect score.

2018 TAC Cup statistics
Club: Oakleigh U18
Games: 13
Average Disposals: 16.3
Average Marks: 3.8
Average Round 50s: 4.1
Average Tackles: 3.2

Did you know?

• Quaynor has supported Collingwood since he was a child, growing up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs
• He began playing competitive football at the age of 12
• The 18-year-old played soccer, athletics and basketball as a child
• He was sitting behind the Collingwood Cheer Squad during the 2018 Grand Final against West Coast

When is he due for his growth spurt?

 

[Shaneprice97]

When is he due for his growth spurt?

Probably never, but Neville Jetta has shown you can be an elite footballer without the height.

 

[Dynamics]

When is he due for his growth spurt?

No doubt we will all be waiting for him to end up 198cm and 100kg!

But seriously, he said he stopped growing early and had to change his game as he was previously tracking to be more of a KPD. Never know, he might have a little growth spurt left in him.

 

[jackcass]

Probably never, but Neville Jetta has shown you can be an elite footballer without the height.

Yeah, I was just taking the piss.

 

[Kirby]

Finally replaced heath Shaw?

I watched the highlights and Heater immediately came to mind.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Probably never, but Neville Jetta has shown you can be an elite footballer without the height.

He’s on 6 foot so he’s not Blair small.
Also seems very solid even at such a tender age.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Quaynor might be the replacement of the nose not clean Murray.

Turns quickly; salient lesson, make the most of your opportunities and don’t stuff up.

Interesting for Appleby too, another competing for such spots.

(Maynard is a lock)

 

[Saintly Viewed]

No doubt we will all be waiting for him to end up 198cm and 100kg!

But seriously, he said he stopped growing early....
Never know, he might have a little growth spurt left in him.

Only at night.


(Technical but you grow very slightly at night as your spine can stretch a bit - not compressed the same without the gravity.
Hence in space astronauts grow a little as gravity is different.
You thought I was being naughty )

 

[Shaneprice97]

With Neville Jetta elite at shutting down, and not a prolific rebounder/runner, and Johannisen being an electric runner and great rebounder, hopefully Quaynor can get the best of both of their games!

 

[EddiesBigBucks]

The QuaynTrain

Get it trending

 

[swoop42]

When is he due for his growth spurt?

The next news article that has him listed at 182cm.

 

[Crazy Tails]

So do his brothers play AFL too and if so have they shown the same promise as Isaac.

I would assume we would have the same access to them as what we had for IQ. #TheIQ4

 

[loki04]

Great pick up for us, he is a very clean footballer. Welcome to the pies Isaac!

 

[76woodenspooners]

I don't get it. WE didn't have pick 13!

For folks late to the party trying to figure it out (like me) I think this is how it all works ...

... (please correct me if I’m wrong with any of this) ...

... IQ is part of the Next Gen Academy - a program set up around two/three years ago where clubs are allocated regions to draft players from, who are either indigenous or have come through non-traditional pathways (not actually sure what that means - born in another country?). Collingwood was assigned the regions of Barkly in Northern Territory (Area around Tennant Creek) and Oakleigh Chargers. Oakleigh Chargers have been a fertile recruiting ground for Collingwood in recent seasons (DeGoey, Moore, Crocker, McLarty, ...) but these have all been players who have come through traditional pathways. IQ is our first player who is eligible through the Next Gen Academy program, and he’s come through the Oakleigh Chargers region. IQ is eligible because his father was born in Ghana and IQ went there once on holiday. This means that we can pick him up in the draft in the same way as we’d pick up a father-son ...

... the way that works is that if any other club tries to pick up our man before us (there is no point in us picking him up until we’re forced to) then we can ‘match’ the bid. The way that works is that every pick is allocated a set of points, see the link here ...

http://www.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL Tenant/AFL/Files/Points-draft-value.pdf

... and we can use multiple later picks to build the same value minus a 20% discount.

So GWS tried to pick up IQ at pick 13.

It’s kinda like GWS trying to pay for IQ with a crisp new $100 note, and we’ve been allowed to match their bid with $80 worth of scrunched up $5 notes and coins we found behind the couch along with Bad Horse ‘s belly button lint. So as long as we count out $79.85 ... $79.90 ... $79.95 ... $80! ... then Gil takes our money for the player. But wait, there’s more! ...

... in this case we did manage to scrounge up enough coins from behind the couch, but if we didn’t have enough then in amongst that handful of scrunched up notes and coins and belly button lint, we could have included a napkin scrawled with “IOU $$” which are points that are borrowed from next year’s draft. We didn’t need to do this for IQ, but we may need to do this for a Father-Son prospect that we’re linked to - Kelly (a son of Ned). Apparently we’ve got enough coins behind the couch to match a bid as early as pick 25 and after that we need to write an IOU to be paid back out of next year’s draft. But wait, there’s more! ...

... if we actually hand over more points than what we need to ($50 ... $70 ... $90) then we get ‘change’ in the form of a pick to the value of the spare points which gets magically created and inserted into the draft at the appropriate place, so all later picks then get shuffled back by one. I think this happened with IQ.

So once we matched GWS’s pick 13 for IQ, GWS get to chose again (their pick 13 now effectively becomes pick 14 and every other pick beyond 14 effectively shuffles along one). The picks that we used to match GWS’s bid then disappear off to the magical land of the lost pairings of odd socks.

There are probably other nuances and by-laws that I’ve missed ...