What on earth would possess you to post THAT on a public medium?

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Does Garlett remind anyone else of Chris Brown?

Clearly the d...ckh....d factor didn't work in his favour but the kid is reputed to be immensely talented. This is not Dan Connors we're talking about.

Should we consider rookie-ing him or picking him up in the PSD?

If he's a d...ckh....d, the last thing any club would do in today's environment is tie themselves to a 2-year contract first up (either through the ND or PSD).

If he's got plenty of talent, rookie at best, and get him training at the club beforehand to test his character, will, application and ability to reform.

The fact is it isn't any clubs responsibility to draft a player and then try and nurture him into wanting to be an elite athlete. A player has to want the opportunity and then the club and player benefit.

No and never.

I suspect he'll be rookied by West Coast. We won't go near him.

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What on earth would possess you to post THAT on a public medium?

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There is stuffing up and getting into a bit trouble and then there is the above - on social network just before draft time. At least Daniel O'connor ( who i also dont want) made noise about wanting it bad and going to do all the right things. This kid is a giant no for me

judging by that picture, i take back anything i said as i was oblivious.

We'll pass, he'd be good for Carlton though.. they love those players and collingwood

Will never play an AFL game

Rumours are that Garlett is given permission to train with the bummers. Would really like to get him.

Surely you don't purge your list of those not fully committed to go and recruit a player that embodies much of what you were trying to eliminate.

Surely you don't purge your list of those not fully committed to go and recruit a player that embodies much of what you were trying to eliminate.

Precisely, with a player like that, if you are interested in him, you put the onus on him to show you 12 months of good solid football and good behaviour with a lower level league and if he fulfilled certain criteria you'd consider recruiting him. Random drug tests including Alcohol and a requirement that he live with a family in this state and have a curfew of midnight. If he was serious and if he was able to cope with the conditions then a Rookie spot awaits.

If some other club wants him, good luck.

Can't believe we've gone this far in to the thread without some inane comment about only recruiting choir boys and getting excited about what "mongrel" this guy would add.

Anyway, I wouldn't bother recruiting him full stop, even with all the caveats Robbie has listed above. It would just be a complete waste of time and resources trying to keep a guy like him on a straight path, then you've got the worry of his influence over other young players, and it would be a case of when, not if he eventually stuffs up.

I'd rather we found another Jordie McKenzie in the rookie draft - a modestly talented kid who would give his left nut to play AFL football and plays and trains accordingly.

Cool-its about time we recruited some party animals.

Four pillars is like four corners man....

Square.

he is either extremely stupid or his putting on an act to scare other teams away from picking him, so he slides into the rookie draft for westcoast or some other side.

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This would be a clever ploy to manipulate the draft... if any club were to ever go to those lengths.

Makes you wonder just a little.

The timing and requisite blatant stupidity make it a little suspect...

He could be the next Martin Pike!

Lets not judge people on one beer and one ciggy.

He could be the next Martin Pike!

Lets not judge people on one beer and one ciggy.

I think that's the point -- that photo is only the tip of the iceberg.

He could be the next Martin Pike!

Lets not judge people on one beer and one ciggy.

That's right, if it was Martin Pike it would be a lot more than one ciggy and several dozen Bourbon and coke.

It's truly a sterile world now when someone who is 18 cannot have one beer and one cigarette without being pilloried by hand -wringers .

Sure it's dumb to put it on FB while the draft is happening but FFS-all of you who have written him off for life over this photo should get a grip on reality .

he may be naughty but if its the same Garlett that played rep for WA then he can tear teams up .

Thats all that I care about .

Oh he smokes! Oh how terrible!

Harden up!

He takes more than nicotine, Biff...

I don't think our group needs this kind of thing just yet.

The recruitment of a new player represents a huge investment by a club's football department in terms of financial resources, time and opportunity cost. From a player's perspective an AFL career is a huge opportunity, they need to be able to convince a prospective club that they recognise the opportunity and that they will fully commit to making the most of that opportunity.

It's all well and good having raw natural talent, however without the requisite drive to make the best of themselves a player is likely to be found wanting at the highest level.

Given that daft social media posting (a picture tells a thousand words), Garlett's now the one who needs to "harden up" if he's serious about an AFL career.

Bombers give Garlett draft hope

It's truly a sterile world now when someone who is 18 cannot have one beer and one cigarette without being pilloried by hand -wringers .

Sure it's dumb to put it on FB while the draft is happening but FFS-all of you who have written him off for life over this photo should get a grip on reality .

he may be naughty but if its the same Garlett that played rep for WA then he can tear teams up .

Thats all that I care about .

Oh he smokes! Oh how terrible!

Harden up!

It's more than a ciggie. Until a few weeks back he had a photo on his Instagram account of him that involved him taking drugs like he was in Scarface. Any club that picks this kid up will have to deal with a media onslaught. Clubs barely picked up a Brownlow medalist in Ben Cousins when he was found to be into drugs, so why would they bother with an unproven kid with bad attitude like Garlett. He's not worth it and his afl career is likely over before it began.

This is just too obvious, it smacks the WC bad boy trick all over again.