RussellEbertHandball
Flick pass expert
Your Sam Grayification comment made me think, is this Nicks bringing his experience under Ken and pushing Ogilvy to ditch the Rendell draft book, rather than Ogilvy independently changing tack?Yeah, they kept losing players, but what kept Adelaide competitive (up until the camp did a 2007GF number on them), was they kept drafting those talls. It was about the only part of Adelaide's operation I was envious of. We know (and history tells) that all those smalls may look great in the early and late part of seasons, but in winter and when the real stuff starts quality talls are essential. Long may the Sam Grayification of Adelaide continue.
Rendell's ability to identify and then follow thru and draft tall's, means I will always have respect him for his ability to identify talent, even if he says some dumb things on Trade Radio trying to sex things up.