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This kid is a very very good prospect to be a great Player. With his pace he could beat anyone from Full Forward and would almsot be unstoppable. But i feel that we have enough KPP players and power in the forward line.

What do you think of his chance of developing into a win or Center player? Even a CHB would be very very Handy.

I feel he is very very quick but has to get going as it looks like when watching him play. Also his lateral movement seems to be a little slow for a Midfield Role.

His CHB prospects could be awesome, Well built for a young man i must say and is quicker than any player in the league. he is probably a tad small at 189 but maybe his leap can make up for it?
 
If he can improve his on the deck skills and learn to find the ball, then his best position is the midfield. That would be his ideal position. However he will still be good value in the forward line. For 2006 I say try him on the wings and try to ease him to the midfield.
 
i think this season has proved that you never have enough kpp's! id much rather see tarrant played on a wing before rusling, even though both of them would be suited in there! id liek to see tarrant given a shot on the wing to see how he goes, he has said in the past that he will try work on his aerobic capacity so as to get a run in the middle! he cant hack being a focal point
 
He hasn't done anything to suggest to me that he's great below the knees (although I don't think he's Lonie bad), or like you said has good lateral agility.

He's also not explosive off the mark, but hits the ball quicker than Tarrant when up and running. Can create space.

His marking is one grab and he times his marking attempts perfectly. Kicking style is a touch weird, but effective.

In my opinion based on what I've seen, he's able to play strong running roles up forward and in the middle, but I'm not expecting him to play "inside" mid and forward roles.
 

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FIGJAM said:
He's also not explosive off the mark
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Harsh call. I have seen Rusling play a lot this season, and it certainly looks like he is very explosive off the mark. But like many of you said, he is a real prospect and hopefully he can take the next step in his footy career.
 
Coin_Toss said:
Harsh call. I have seen Rusling play a lot this season, and it certainly looks like he is very explosive off the mark. But like many of you said, he is a real prospect and hopefully he can take the next step in his footy career.
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He's ligtening quick. I reckon he'd beat Chris Judd over 50 metres.

But when it comes to thinking about if he could be Judd-like within the heat of the contest, I don't think he'll be capable of that type of explosion.

It's not an insult, it's just an observation. He just needs three steps to get going, whereas some can get to top pace quicker.
 
I woyuldnt pigeon-hole him as a full forward. If he builds an aerobic tank I think he'd become a very effective tall midfielder, in the mould of Hird or Bruce. He's a chance in defence too but seems creative enough to me more damaging near goals or bombing in towards the goals
 
grinspoon said:
runs the 100m in under 11 seconds
can run the 400m i great time too.
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I read a while back he runs
100 in 10.8
400 in 52

Eventually he will play up the ground IMO
 
If he can run 400s, then there's no reason he can't play on the wing already. There is no time in a game when somebody has to run more than 400m without stopping. It's about recovery time from here, anaerobic fitness.

That's what Bucks has got in spades. I wouldn't back him to run a marathon, but I bet he could run more 100m sprints in a day than anybody else on the team, because he just recovers after physical activity so quickly.
 
He can obviously run. wshether he can run quick for footy remains to be seen. Give him the right training (I'm praying here) and he might well be anything. Early days though.
 
MarkT said:
He can obviously run. wshether he can run quick for footy remains to be seen. Give him the right training (I'm praying here) and he might well be anything. Early days though.
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What do you mean "run quick for footy"? Footy players are pretty slow compared to athletes.

My brother used to easily beat all of the Hawthorn players over 100m when he was 15 and they ran down at Glenhuntly...

I can personally tell you that when I was fit, I was faster than Matthew Boyd from Western, and people talk about him like he's one of the quicker players in the league...
 

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I don't want Collingwood players to win the grand final sprint I want them to win the grand final. Brett Tuckey was our rep in the GF sprint. Lotta good that running ability did him. Judd has footy speed. That's what I want. Power of speed off the mark, accelerate on demand and keep accelerating after others can't. Good motor to do it all day. 400m times might be indicative of the motor but they mean nothing in terms of speed for footy. What is Rusling's 20m time and how quick can he get going? Can he go sideways and sprint at will? Can he stop and restart? Can he lead fast after the first 2 leads are ignored and he has to double back? Does he have balance and can he kick at full pace? How quickly can he run through Jason Akamanis?
 
MarkT said:
What is Rusling's 20m time and how quick can he get going? Can he go sideways and sprint at will? Can he stop and restart? Can he lead fast after the first 2 leads are ignored and he has to double back? Does he have balance and can he kick at full pace? How quickly can he run through Jason Akamanis?
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Trust me, if he can run a sub-11 100m, then his acceleration is better than 90% of the AFL.

100m is not that long a distance, and the ability to run under 11 means that he goes at a pretty damn fast pace for the entire race, including the first 20m.

I understand your other queries, but the one about him getting off the mark is obviously answered.
 
vinnie_vegas69 said:
Trust me, if he can run a sub-11 100m, then his acceleration is better than 90% of the AFL.

100m is not that long a distance, and the ability to run under 11 means that he goes at a pretty damn fast pace for the entire race, including the first 20m.

I understand your other queries, but the one about him getting off the mark is obviously answered.
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I agree. I think people (myself included) are used to seeing smaller bodies that are quick over the first twenty metres i.e. davis, tambling, judd etc. He just looks slower because he has more mass than those players.
 

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noticed that, surely that cant be right, with the guys that were at the top end. mmm, the clubs do see it very different i guess
 
Since he's been at the club he has ran a 100 in 10.65 sec when he arrived his PB was 10.78 and his 400 has dropped from 50.1 to 49.8 after this pre-season he will only get better not only in the running but also tactically and skillfully.
As for his running style its been trained into him to keep latteral and minimal sway through his athletics.
 
jimmy_clement#8 said:
noticed that, surely that cant be right, with the guys that were at the top end. mmm, the clubs do see it very different i guess
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Carlton had Andrew Walker as their 2nd best player in the draft, and surely their physical abilities are pretty much comparable?

I can understand it. If he had played at TAC cup or SANFL seniors level, or even gotten an invite to the draft camp, which it seems he would've been capable of, he probably would've been a top 10 pick based on his speed and size.

We genuinely picked up a talented smoky with Rusling, rather than in the past where we picked up the guy that was predicted to go higher but was passed over by all of the other clubs for reason we simply couldn't understand.

I think that occurred with Egan too. In previous years, we would've gone for an Angus Monfries or Cameron Wood because they weren't supposed to fall to #10, and then marvelled at how we were able to pinch them.

Then again, those guys look too talented for us to have taken them in the past...

Heath Grundy or Ruory Kirkby would've been our #23 because they weren't supposed to get to there, despite the fact that they went in the rookie draft in the end, and Grundy to the 3rd round of the rookie draft.

Then we would've proceeded to marvel at the fact that we were fortunate enough to have these players fall to us, while they stunk up the joint and other clubs benefitted from having picked players they actually liked, not just ones that should've gone higher.

Derek Hine, to me, is seriously our biggest revelation of the past year. He legitimately has some knowledge about drafting kids. Can't wait for the draft this year to see what he does.
 
vinnie_vegas69 said:
Derek Hine, to me, is seriously our biggest revelation of the past year. He legitimately has some knowledge about drafting kids. Can't wait for the draft this year to see what he does.
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I agree. I just hope he has told MM that picks 2 & 5 are his, and are not to be tampered with in any way.
 
I saw the article and was wondering whether they meant the 4th best player (at the time of the draft) that we picked up in the national draft. It makes sense since there was a rumour that they grabbed him at the 2nd round because Essendon were a bit interested in him.
 

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