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[timD 994]

Good post. The question for is for me is how many of our B graders, with great coaches and first class leadership, will step up to A graders.

These are the ones I think have the potential, and then whether they will or not in the next 5 years:

Petracca - yes

Brayshaw - yes

Viney - yes

Gawn - yes

Hogan - yes

Toumpas - no

Watts - yes

Tyson - yes

Grimes - no

JKH - no

Jones - yes

Vince - no

Lumumba - no

Garland - no

Stretch - yes

Trengove - yes

Howe - no

Salem - yes

That's enough to make us a contender in the next 5 years. Whether it is enough to win a premiership is another matter.

I think that is right - although I disagree on Viney. We'll see when he is 22-23.

[Bobby McKenzie 2,385]

Certainly I am not saying Bernie Vince has no potential. What I was trying to do here is look at our list and to try and identify which players have the potential over the next 3-5 years to turn themselves into A graders. One of the accusations leveled at the MFC is they have some good players, but no Agraders and the one thing we need to go deep into the finals is to find some Agraders. Given our high proportion of high draft picks I thought it was logical to identify, given our A grade coaching staff assembled by Paul Roos, which of our current players have that potential. Bernie I think is 28, he is a terrific player, but no one says he is an Agrader, and given his age I think it is unlikely he ever will be. The others on the list I identify with that potential ( with the exception of Nathan Jones who I reckon already is an Agrader) are all in their early 20s and given the right guidance and coaching I beiieve have the potential to become Agraders.

If all that happens, we will be consistently deep into the finals.

Fair enough comments Dees2014. Thanks for the explanation. I was just a little puzzled.

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