Review Which spud did you think was going to be a star?

[Mav]

Me.

 

[LB2Snake]

I had Darryl Shimmelbusch on my duffel coat.

Also thought NOK looked to be pretty special.

 

[archereleven]

Certainly not a spud, but I thought John McCarthy was going to be the GOAT. Hugely talented but just didn't happen...

 

[billnats]

In recent times, I remember looking at Brad McKenzie's draft videos and thinking we had just got a steal at 18 with that booming left peg. Just a shame he actually couldn't play footy.

As a kid, I thought Peter Mann would be an absolute star for us. Could have been the cool name though. Did have a decent career at Freo at least.

 

[kangaspurs]

Bastinac for me as well.

I was convinced he'd be a star and our Pendlebury. Thought he was better than Cunners.

 

[Black2Blue]

Danny Chenko (as my little cousin called him) aka Jason.

And more recently, was seriously on the Ayden Kennedy bandwagon.

 

[Gorman2Geister]

Paul Geister and Glen Gorman.






Nah.

 

[Jimmy's Hot Dogs]

Stephen Zamykal ...

 

[North Viking]

Shane Harvey
If only he could of been 25% of his brother

 

[Snake_Baker]

Never happened.

I have seen plenty of good players ruined by injury and/or idiotic coaches.

Spuds I can pick a mile away.

 

[Gasometer]

We need a thread that is 'Spuds that were at Nmfc and went on be stars'.

That would only further add to the pain.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I think the problem was that he did too. Huge talent.

A mate of mine worked with him for a while. Told him that he massive regrets that he didn't work hard enough.

From my neck of the woods. There was a rumor around town after he finished footy that he was involved in a bit of male gigolo action.

 

[Passmore]

From my neck of the woods. There was a rumor around town after he finished footy that he was involved in a bit of male gigolo action.

Clearly he had left that line of work before my mate met him. This bloke ticks no boxes for that.

 

[Skiparoo]

Jason Daniltchenko.

Jason owns this thread, for those that remember the 90s.

 

[Marstermind]

Never happened.

I have seen plenty of good players ruined by injury and/or idiotic coaches.

Spuds I can pick a mile away.

As a matter of interest, who were the ones ruined by idiotic coaches?

 

[Snake_Baker]

As a matter of interest, who were the ones ruined by idiotic coaches?

Gibson, S.Harvey, Hansen, Kennedy, Greenwood, Black, Pederson.

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

+1 for Digby.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Gibson, S.Harvey, Hansen, Kennedy, Greenwood, Black, Pederson.

S. Harvey, Kennedy and to an extent, Greenwood, never did anything after leaving us so it would suggest that they were closer to the spud end of the spectrum than you suggest.


And if we're going back a long time, Doug Smith was the one who seemed to have it all but with the exception of a blinder of a last quarter in a GF we had already lost, did nothing.

Was very excited when we got Rod Lewis from Fitzroy, too, but it didn't work out.

 

[Orange Peanut]

^^ that reminds me, Richard Dennis was a bloke I always rated at Carlton, thought he'd be great for us

 

[Snake_Baker]

S. Harvey, Kennedy and to an extent, Greenwood, never did anything after leaving us so it would suggest that they were closer to the spud end of the spectrum than you suggest.

And if we're going back a long time, Doug Smith was the one who seemed to have it all but with the exception of a blinder of a last quarter in a GF we had already lost, did nothing.

Was very excited when we got Rod Lewis from Fitzroy, too, but it didn't work out.

- S. Harvey was a very good player that Laidley couldn't motivate.
- Ayden Kennedy blitzed the VFL in between injuries and is probably the unluckiest North player I have seen that never played seniors.
- Levi was treated abysmally and he should be releasing JZ right now.
- Hansen: Butchered from day 1.
- Josh Gibson: Should not have been expected to take on KPF for so long without the club fixing the problem.
- Black: It was patently obvious that he couldn't take an overhead contested mark and should have been tried out in defence in his 2nd year.
- Pederson: Massively under utilised. It was a ****ing disgrace as to why he was moved on.
- Sav Rocca: should have played a lot more senior games.

The most monumental * up was Kenny Hunter showing up at North to train and everybody ignoring him.

 

[Marstermind]

^^ that reminds me, Richard Dennis was a bloke I always rated at Carlton, thought he'd be great for us

I rated him too. The only premiership players recruited by North since Richard Dennis are David Calthorpe and Ricky Olarenshaw.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

- S. Harvey was a very good player that Laidley couldn't motivate.
- Ayden Kennedy blitzed the VFL in between injuries and is probably the unluckiest North player I have seen that never played seniors.
- Levi was treated abysmally and he should be releasing JZ right now.
- Hansen: Butchered from day 1.
- Josh Gibson: Should not have been expected to take on KPF for so long without the club fixing the problem.
- Black: It was patently obvious that he couldn't take an overhead contested mark and should have been tried out in defence in his 2nd year.
- Pederson: Massively under utilised. It was a ****ing disgrace as to why he was moved on.
- Sav Rocca: should have played a lot more senior games.

The most monumental **** up was Kenny Hunter showing up at North to train and everybody ignoring him.

I only picked out 3 as I agreed with the others. Clearly Harvey and Kennedy weren't good enough to overcome "poor treatment" at North, which in my book says they were the problem, not us.

Levi is not worth what Collingwood pay him, pure and simple. We (eventually) got his market value right, they paid overs due to desperation. We didn't treat him abysmally at all - his only two seasons that weren't below average were the 'final year of a contract' seasons. We were bitten once, we didn't want to be bitten again.

 

[Kciza]

Cam Delaney. That bloody toe

 

[Rooboy 96]

In fairness, outside of the top three (Riewoldt, Koschiztke, Didak) it's probably the worst top ten in draft history. A real shame however that Burgoyne, Kerr, Cornes and Thompson all went 12-20.

I can tell you when we got Shannon's brother, Vic Country Captain and Vic Metro Captain with our first three picks I was pretty happy.

 

[Rooboy 96]

S. Harvey, Kennedy and to an extent, Greenwood, never did anything after leaving us so it would suggest that they were closer to the spud end of the spectrum than you suggest.


And if we're going back a long time, Doug Smith was the one who seemed to have it all but with the exception of a blinder of a last quarter in a GF we had already lost, did nothing.

Was very excited when we got Rod Lewis from Fitzroy, too, but it didn't work out.

If we are going back that far surely Stephen Easton has to be added to the list.