Rusling - is it clear why?

[twaters]

Does anyone know why this chap is rated so highly by Collingwood? There's so little on him on any of the forums and the club homesite has him as a 6'3" superfast guy who may play in here or there position, but was taken ahead of what they claim was the fourth best midfielder in the draft (Iacobucci - who we took much later at 55). Is Rusling that good or Iacobucci that bad to have them go round in that order?

What role could they be thinking of for Rusling? 6'3" fast benchwarming? Ruckroving successor to Buckley?

 

[Jabso]

I think he's a bit of a risk but one they really wanted to take.
He is super athletic from all reports but little is known about his other footballing abilities.
His is 189cm which is about minimum KPP size and is at a solid weight at 85kgs. Despite not being that light he ran 10.8 secs in the 100m and Tenace, regarded as one of the fastest players around ran 10.7.

 

[Lensen]

Typical CFC recruiting of a bloke that no one else rates, just to try and be seen as "smart". See Billy Morrison and Danny Roach.

 

[you idiot sheehan]

Apart from 2002 and 1999 (with the exception of Fraser and Johnson) the last five or six drafts have been pretty good. I still think we did well last draft. We got Brent Hall in the 30's, whom Matt Burgan (afl webstie) thought would go in the first round, Rowe at 60 something, and ofcourse, the Shaws. We still don't know about Billy Morrison. As for this draft, from all reports our first pick is a very good prospect. I think Rusling is a good pick. You make your own luck in the draft. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. They think this guy is pretty good. Essendon also knew about him and would have taken him with their third round pick if we hadn't. Just because not many people knew about him it doesn't at all mean he isn't any good. I'm all for those kind of picks.

 

[redandblack]

I think he's a bit of a risk but one they really wanted to take.
He is super athletic from all reports but little is known about his other footballing abilities.
His is 189cm which is about minimum KPP size and is at a solid weight at 85kgs. Despite not being that light he ran 10.8 secs in the 100m and Tenace, regarded as one of the fastest players around ran 10.7.

He plays on the wing, is quick and can play.

 

[prO]

Typical CFC recruiting of a bloke that no one else rates, just to try and be seen as "smart". See Billy Morrison and Danny Roach.

Keeping a player under wraps is being smart...

 

[L84AD8]

Our recruitment of this bloke should be seen as seeking out a 'competitive advantage' in an otherwise flawed system of recruitment.
If we miss, at least we rolled the dice, its the only way to unearth a champion unless you have a top 5 pick and even then its very much a lucky numbers game.

 

[Pedro]

Typical CFC recruiting of a bloke that no one else rates, just to try and be seen as "smart". See Billy Morrison and Danny Roach.

IIRC Roach was rated at the time by plenty. The AFL phantom draft last year also had Morrison rated fairly highly at 22. We took him at 17.

 

[Murray]

Reminds me of the failed James Wasley experiment.
[Nick Stevens went the very next pick]


Not another "project" player

 

[twaters]

thanks for that...Rusling apparently plays on the wing.

Our traders must have some rhyme or reason, but did we need another winger? Are we going for some sort of record as the club with the most wingers?

 

[hotpie]

Our traders must have some rhyme or reason, but did we need another winger? ?

Yes. Absolutely. Buckley Burns Licuria Woewodin Morrison Caracella aint getiing any younger. There are "issues" with Williams O'Bree Davis R Shaw etc.
We have just dropped Shak, MCGough, Nixon and Mullins because they were not good enough.

We definitely need midfielders with pace. Wing, centre, half forward, whatever, its all the same these days.

 

[Joel]

He kicked 12 goals in a game for Westminster College this year. He only played one game at West Adelaide to qualify for the draft, but he wanted to play for his school due to "study committments". In that game he also took 15 marks - it was against Brent Copping, who ended up at Freo, so he must be alright.

 

[grayza]

he has plenty of pace, and with his height im hoping he can come on a long way and be a very valuable player for the club

 

[FIGJAM]

How are people writing off Billy after one year?? A year after returning from injury. A year where he played VFL seniors and kicked goals. Yeah, he looked a bit out of his depth at times, but FFS, he's an 18 year old kid playing the hardest position on the ground and was being fed by a midfield with shocking footskills!

As for Rusling, he'll either be an inspired pick up, or a Justin Davies stuff up. Look forward to seeing him play!

 

[hotpie]

How are people writing off Billy after one year?? A year after returning from injury. A year where he played VFL seniors and kicked goals. Yeah, he looked a bit out of his depth at times, but FFS, he's an 18 year old kid playing the hardest position on the ground and was being fed by a midfield with shocking footskills!

As for Rusling, he'll either be an inspired pick up, or a Justin Davies stuff up. Look forward to seeing him play!

Theres only so many "project players" one can afford to have on the list, probably only one or two. We seem to have five or six players who "could be anything with a bit of luck". I include Tex Walker in this list, along with Morrison, Hall, H Shaw, Rowe, and now Rusling. Here's hoping these punts we have taken in recent years all come off.

 

[FIGJAM]

Theres only so many "project players" one can afford to have on the list, probably only one or two. We seem to have five or six players who "could be anything with a bit of luck". I include Tex Walker in this list, along with Morrison, Hall, H Shaw, Rowe, and now Rusling. Here's hoping these punts we have taken in recent years all come off.

Rowe?!

Hall yes, Tex yes, Heath probably, Billy not so much. If you want to get technical, you'd have to class any tall player as a "project player".

As for Rusling, from the limited reports I've read, he sounds like he can run, can get the footy, is a good size and can kick. That said, him playing school footy only, means he's could end up going the way of James Davies. Here's hoping he ends up more like a 189cm Luke Ball!

 

[Murray]

Theres only so many "project players" one can afford to have on the list, probably only one or two. We seem to have five or six players who "could be anything with a bit of luck". I include Tex Walker in this list, along with Morrison, Hall, H Shaw, Rowe, and now Rusling. Here's hoping these punts we have taken in recent years all come off.

Don't forget Swan & Crowe.

 

[hotpie]

We've got more projects than the Grollo family.

 

[hotpie]

Rowe?!

I meant Crow.

 

[Portmanteau]

The fact that Rusling only played school footy shouldn't be held against him. At Westminster, you have to play for school over club... so it's not really an indication of his talent.

 

[redandblack]

Rusling is a very similar player to Jordan Russell who went to Carlton at No. 9.

Played West Adelaide Under 17's all the year before. Was hidden away this year.

 

[Murray]

Rusling is a very similar player to Jordan Russell who went to Carlton at No. 9.

Played West Adelaide Under 17's all the year before. Was hidden away this year.

Couldn't have been hidden away very well.
He got a write up on the AFL's own phantom draft well before the actual draft.

Apparently can run 100 in 10.7.
I wonder how quick he can run with a footy in his hands and with Pickett up his clacker.

Remember Mark Orchard - he won a semi of the Stawell gift. He couldn't play footy for Shyt (and we had him on our list TWICE).

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

I meant Crow.

Well Crow's gone now, and there's no way that Tex is a project any more, at the very least he's a capable 2nd tier tall at AFL level by now. The project from here is to turn him into a true key position backman.

I wouldn't consider Heath Shaw a project either, because we don't have all that much invested in him. Brent Hall and Billy Morrison I'll give you, and Dane Swan is a guy who I don't think anyone would mind seeing go if he doesn't step it up. Brent Hall, Billy Morrison and now Sean Rusling are the only guys on the list who could be classed as "projects" that we'd be really disappointed to see not make it as AFL players, I'd say.

 

[hotpie]

Well Crow's gone now, and there's no way that Tex is a project any more, at the very least he's a capable 2nd tier tall at AFL level by now. The project from here is to turn him into a true key position backman.

I wouldn't consider Heath Shaw a project either, because we don't have all that much invested in him. Brent Hall and Billy Morrison I'll give you, and Dane Swan is a guy who I don't think anyone would mind seeing go if he doesn't step it up. Brent Hall, Billy Morrison and now Sean Rusling are the only guys on the list who could be classed as "projects" that we'd be really disappointed to see not make it as AFL players, I'd say.

I dont want to get into a war of words about who is a project player and who isnt, but what the hell.
Tex is nowhere near where being off the "project player" list. He is a definite work in progress, he's still got the L plates on. Swan and H Shaw are on the list partly because of the careers of their fathers, and it is hoped rather than expected that they can make the grade. That makes them project players too. Hall and Morrison are project players due to their injury interrupted junior careers. And now Rusling, with only school footy form. Tommy Davidson with two bung knees is also now a project player. Shut eyes and hope.

If they all come off, great, otherwise in two years time we will have a team of 31 year olds and almost no replacements. Its a high risk strategy.

 

[Daicosian Didak]

Remember Mark Orchard - he won a semi of the Stawell gift. He couldn't play footy for Shyt (and we had him on our list TWICE).

Is that the dud that was on Farmer the day he kicked 9 or 10 in a quarter and a bit? Can never remember the guys name.