The Jamarra Thread

[geoffjennings79]

Just hurry up and GTFO of our club.

Oh, and give Bont his boots back...

(Posting for a friend.)

 

[doggiesin08]

JUH never had a tank in the first place, during the games he played he didn't chase and spent most of his time standing in the pocket with his hands on his hips exhausted after running a few meters to drop a mark (again)

Yep agree. But that’s his attitude, training, and maybe to some degree natural fitness base holding him back. I don’t think a year off necessarily resigns him to never getting back to his natural peak.

 

[BrisDog]

Why the f*ck did we offer a contract at all to him after his drunken performance against Hawthorn (I will never forget that effort), let alone 900k a year? Is that on Sam Power

Sam Power

Age

42

Ht

190cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.8

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.6

4star

?

 

[doggiesin08]

Why the f*ck did we offer a contract at all to him after his drunken performance against Hawthorn (I will never forget that effort), let alone 900k a year? Is that on Sam Power?

Signed in May 2024. We were probably feeling pretty good about the money he was on when he kicked 4 goals in consecutive weeks in wins against Carlton (2nd when we played them in Round 19), Geelong (top 4) and Sydney (minor premiers) - ladder positions we couldn’t get it done against this year.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Signed in May 2024. We were probably feeling pretty good about the money he was on when he kicked 4 goals in consecutive weeks in wins against Carlton (2nd when we played them in Round 19), Geelong (top 4) and Sydney (minor premiers) - ladder positions we couldn’t get it done against this year.

I doubt it was at all in our contemplation he would implode and just disappear for a year. Late in the season with his burst of goals against some highly rated sides we would have been feeling great about it.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Signed in May 2024. We were probably feeling pretty good about the money he was on when he kicked 4 goals in consecutive weeks in wins against Carlton (2nd when we played them in Round 19), Geelong (top 4) and Sydney (minor premiers) - ladder positions we couldn’t get it done against this year.

All low scoring games, away from home for the latter two, Jamarra genuinely looked like a finals-style gamebreaker player who found a way to have scoreboard impact when 43 other players on the ground were struggling.

It's a big fall from grace and I feel sad that we'd never get to see him win a final for us like some of the other goal impact players are.

 

[BrisDog]

My bad, I thought it was post 24 that he was re-signed.

Currently resurrecting my torched shrine to Sam.

 

[FoochPackage]

All low scoring games, away from home for the latter two, Jamarra genuinely looked like a finals-style gamebreaker player who found a way to have scoreboard impact when 43 other players on the ground were struggling.

It's a big fall from grace and I feel sad that we'd never get to see him win a final for us like some of the other goal impact players are.

We could if the club had any balls. Instead we will get bent over by trade and send a potential star to a contending team. What a club.

 

[VL3OJ]

Stage 4 of Operation - Cultural Trojan Horse, after the successes of Stringer at Essendon, Hunter at Melbourne and Smith at Geelong.

POTY contender. I tip my hat to you

 

[VL3OJ]

His options at this point are Gold Coast or retire.

Could he do a season for Wanderers or another NT club and then a Vic or WA high profile country club that will keep the coin coming in. Build up again and have another tilt at AFL via the reserves comp? He's got to reset and show commitment and remorse for a year imho.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

If he's stayed on course and fulfilled his immense potential. We'd think the $900k coming his way next year was a bargain and he'd be looking at well over $1million a season over multiple years as his next contract took him up to and possibly beyond FA.

That he didnt stay the course and sign onto a long term contract has saved us a kings ransom and a massive ball ache. Instead of the relatively small one we're about to experience. With the likelihood of him being off the books by the end of next year. Its something that we should be thankful for now that we know what we didn't know at the time of his last contract negotiation..

Im genuinely sad that it's come to this.

 

[Guido]

Why the f*ck did we offer a contract at all to him after his drunken performance against Hawthorn (I will never forget that effort), let alone 900k a year? Is that on Sam Power?

As others have said, it was pre- the Hawks game. But that deal was also against a backdrop of him getting 7-8 year offers from elsewhere. That we ended up on the hook for only 2 years is quite ... fortunate.

However, I'm not 100% sure it was pre that contract signing, but there was a moment where he was seen having a beer in the crowd at a boxing event, a day or two after missing an AFL game for personal leave. It seemed a nothing burger at the time, pretty much all of us jumped in to defend him against what seemed an over the top Kornes etc criticising him, when in reality it was possibly public sign #1 (could have been alarm bell #3, #4 or #5 internally) that things weren't quite right with his professionalism.

 

[weltschmerz]

Could he do a season for Wanderers or another NT club and then a Vic or WA high profile country club that will keep the coin coming in. Build up again and have another tilt at AFL via the reserves comp? He's got to reset and show commitment and remorse for a year imho.

I think if he doesn't end up at the Suns he'll probably play for Fitzroy Stars.

 

[Bigthirsty81]

Blokes cooked

 

[BulldogMuscle]

Jon Ralph reporting in this mornings HS that JUH participated in this weekends carnival without the clubs permission.

 

[Foxman98]

Jon Ralph reporting in this mornings HS that JUH participated in this weekends carnival without the clubs permission.

You’re joking immature person makes immature decision right as he’s trying to pretend he’s not immature

 

[Hobdog]

Could he do a season for Wanderers or another NT club and then a Vic or WA high profile country club that will keep the coin coming in. Build up again and have another tilt at AFL via the reserves comp? He's got to reset and show commitment and remorse for a year imho.

As a former St Mary’s committee member and lifelong green and gold man, I’d advocate sending him there!

 

[stefoid]

Suns board already warming to taking him on -- talking themselves into the idea that our toxic club ruined him and how they can fix him.

I think the club should let this play out... not hurry to do a JUH deal on day 1. Once the Suns management commit to him, let them also get emotionally attached to their decision so we can eek a bit more in return.

 

[Thunderoad]

People always say this but then you see blokes like Ashcroft and Smith come back from ACLs as if they didn’t miss a beat. I appreciate Smith is an extreme trainer, but I don’t think missing a year means you’re doomed to never fully building up your tank again.

Compelelty different circumstances.

As mentioned elsewhere, Jamarra came into the club underprepared due to the covid lockdowns when he missed 18 months of footy.

He has now missed another 12 months of development and he hasn't trained at anything like AFL level for 2.5 years total between the ages of 17 and 23.

That's going to have an impact on a player who wasn't renowed for his tank in the first instance.

 

[Hobdog]

The guy is clearly obsessed and totally enamoured with the boxing gym scene and the lifestyle and culture attached to that. I just can’t see him giving that away to 100% dedicate himself to the life of a professional AFL player. He’s effectively just spent the whole year doing exactly what he loves on the salary of a high-end AFL player. I’ve no doubt that there’s been some tragedy, metal wellbeing challenges and a range of other issues, but the idea that the paralysis caused by those things didn’t stop him partying and working out every day just makes a mockery of things. Seems to me the club has always done its best to look out for this guy from the moment he walked in the place as a kid and it’s just a really sad and frustrating situation that it has ended like this. There will be a strong need in my opinion for some type of sanitised explanation for why a former number 1 prodigious talent has been given away for almost nothing to a contending rival. After Stringer, Dunkley, Smith and now Marra, I don’t think the club can just stay silent as though nothing has happened. I expect it will though.

 

[TheSportingEyes]

Jon Ralph reporting in this mornings HS that JUH participated in this weekends carnival without the clubs permission.

He is living in La La Land. Haven't seen a footballer this delusional for a long time. Good warning for others.

 

[Bulldog Brent]

Jon Ralph reporting in this mornings HS that JUH participated in this weekends carnival without the clubs permission.

Compare this to Bobby Hill who got permission from the Pies.

 

[go_sports_team]

The guy is clearly obsessed and totally enamoured with the boxing gym scene and the lifestyle and culture attached to that. I just can’t see him giving that away to 100% dedicate himself to the life of a professional AFL player. He’s effectively just spent the whole year doing exactly what he loves on the salary of a high-end AFL player. I’ve no doubt that there’s been some tragedy, metal wellbeing challenges and a range of other issues, but the idea that the paralysis caused by those things didn’t stop him partying and working out every day just makes a mockery of things. Seems to me the club has always done its best to look out for this guy from the moment he walked in the place as a kid and it’s just a really sad and frustrating situation that it has ended like this. There will be a strong need in my opinion for some type of sanitised explanation for why a former number 1 prodigious talent has been given away for almost nothing to a contending rival. After Stringer, Dunkley, Smith and now Marra, I don’t think the club can just stay silent as though nothing has happened. I expect it will though.

Listening to the recent interview, he said that "footy is his medicine" and it sounds like he thinks it was unfairly held back from him. I wanted to see him turn this all around but that sort of comment shows a complete lack of understanding and accountability. Devastated at how this has played out, was my favourite player, but there seems to be a huge gap between what playing in the AFL requires and what he is mentally and professionally capable of.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Suns board already warming to taking him on -- talking themselves into the idea that our toxic club ruined him and how they can fix him.

I think the club should let this play out... not hurry to do a JUH deal on day 1. Once the Suns management commit to him, let them also get emotionally attached to their decision so we can eek a bit more in return.

If the problem was us rather than him there would be 16 other clubs lining up get him.

 

[Hobdog]

Listening to the recent interview, he said that "footy is his medicine" and it sounds like he thinks it was unfairly held back from him. I wanted to see him turn this all around but that sort of comment shows a complete lack of understanding and accountability. Devastated at how this has played out, was my favourite player, but there seems to be a huge gap between what playing in the AFL requires and what he is mentally and professionally capable of.

Yeah I suspect it’s his medicine when it’s on his terms.