Opinion Late Developers
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Wonder if Daicos will develop a spine as he matures. It would be good to see him put his body on the line the odd time.
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stef martin and liam jones come to mind
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Might as well add Jeremy McGovern going by similar posts.
Started on the eagles rookie list. Slowly developed to a decent player.
I would classify him as a late bloomer.
I could add more
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Yeah he did. I remember the exact game too.
Round 14 vs Port Adelaide in Subiaco oval.
When Barlow broke his leg it took the sting out of the game.
Crowd felt like the wind was taken out of their sails too
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I agree. Was going to name him. Maybe Erick McKenzie too.
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Josh Kenneddy took a while to get going. The Eagles.
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Most talls are late bloomers. Taylor, Andrews, Weitering, Moore etc. weren't AA ley defenders overnight. The likes of Jeremy Cameron and Lance Franklin doing what they did at 20/21 is freakish. Josh Kennedy was great for us but he only played 45 games in his first 4 years through a mix of form and injury which is what happens when you are 6'5'' at 18 years old. You could see in the latter half of 2009 (his fourth year, age 22) he was hitting his straps and he kicked 59, 18 (9 games), 60, 61, 80, 82, 69, 43 (14 games) goals the next 8 years.
Ed Richards is a good shout. He's played 8 years and was a fringe selection for a good part of that and is now an AA mid. A failed mid/forward moving to half back and finding a spot isn't unusual, but to go from failed forward to pretty good half back to elite mid is outrageous.
Ed Richards is a good shout. He's played 8 years and was a fringe selection for a good part of that and is now an AA mid. A failed mid/forward moving to half back and finding a spot isn't unusual, but to go from failed forward to pretty good half back to elite mid is outrageous.
Sean Dempster is one very obvious example for us.
Was the epitome of a role-playing “GOP” for his first 7 years, but then, leading into his 8th season, at 28yo, we got a new coach in (Watters), and one day in preseason Sean did his usual thing, of punching a ball over the boundary line, when he could easily have marked it, and Watters stopped the session and asked him “WTF?”, and told him to go for his marks from then on, and Sean did so.
Going from a 90 mark (9 contested) 2011 season, to a 155 mark (26 contested) season in 2012, and All Australian selection. Gunned it up from then on.
Another good example is Mason Wood. Spluttering 7 seasons at North, then delisted and picked up in the SSP by St Kilda, and in the year he likewise turned 28 he started playing some really good footy and has been a key part of the team ever since, plugging holes where needed and hitting the scoreboard regularly.
Was the epitome of a role-playing “GOP” for his first 7 years, but then, leading into his 8th season, at 28yo, we got a new coach in (Watters), and one day in preseason Sean did his usual thing, of punching a ball over the boundary line, when he could easily have marked it, and Watters stopped the session and asked him “WTF?”, and told him to go for his marks from then on, and Sean did so.
Going from a 90 mark (9 contested) 2011 season, to a 155 mark (26 contested) season in 2012, and All Australian selection. Gunned it up from then on.
Another good example is Mason Wood. Spluttering 7 seasons at North, then delisted and picked up in the SSP by St Kilda, and in the year he likewise turned 28 he started playing some really good footy and has been a key part of the team ever since, plugging holes where needed and hitting the scoreboard regularly.
