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6 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

By the time he finishes growing, he'll be taller than Bowey standing on Spargo's shoulders.

We are rebuilding while we still are competing for finals.

Exciting times ahead hopefully.

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    Your height changes over the course of a day due to gravity and its effect on the vetebrates in your spine. If he's exactly 200cm in the morning he will be less than 200 cm for night games!

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    9 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

    Your height changes over the course of a day due to gravity and its effect on the vetebrates in your spine. If he's exactly 200cm in the morning he will be less than 200 cm for night games!

    Unless he spends all day lying down... or hanging upside down! He may be 204cm by 7.20pm bounce

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    JT said Kalani had terrific athletic ability and his football steadily improves. That is good enough for me.

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    On 29/11/2024 at 00:25, dazzledavey36 said:

    I've watched him in the flesh at the under 15's stats national carnival when he represented QLD.

    He's an athlete for sure but was pretty raw at the same time as most tall players that age. You could see those athletic traits indeed but at the time watching his performance, he didn't do much that got me overly excited, but that level isn't about who's going to be the next AFL star. So much water to go under the bridge.

    The thing with Sam Darcy is that it was his last year of top age that really put him at the top end of draft calculations. Had a number of big games early on the 2021 season with Oakleigh Chargers and School Footy that really got recruiters talking.

    Just remember with Sam Darcy, he missed out on under 16 selection for Vic Metro where as Kalani White was an All Australian defender at that level.

    So just goes to show why you can't exactly determine a young players full talent at minor junior level.

    I don't think anyone knows what they're talking about. Who cares if he's a good defender at Under 16s level.

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    29 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

    I don't think anyone knows what they're talking about. Who cares if he's a good defender at Under 16s level.

    Ok

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    14 hours ago, Demonland said:

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    "Butttttt...no pressure, Son."

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    14 hours ago, Demonland said:

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    It so feels like a done deal… doubt he’d be posting this if Kalani was considering GCS. 

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    15 hours ago, Jjrogan said:

    Your height changes over the course of a day due to gravity and its effect on the vetebrates in your spine. If he's exactly 200cm in the morning he will be less than 200 cm for night games!

    So it's not weet bix

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    15 hours ago, Demonland said:

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    And he looks so much like his dad at a similar age uncanny but 5cm taller. I will remain confident that Kalani White will be a Demon, No If’s But’s or Maybe ‘a.😁👍

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    1 hour ago, PaulRB said:

    It so feels like a done deal… doubt he’d be posting this if Kalani was considering GCS. 

    His dad seems to basically be his player manager it seems and will be doing everything he can to promote him and ensure he gets on a list.

    Can a club basically draft someone with the intention of immediately increasing their contract (in terms of length and dollars) to try and win their favour?

    Obviously if gets drafted say late first round, he'd be on a 3 year deal at the generic $X amount.  What would happen if there is a hand shake agreement from GCS or us to say 'Agree to us and we'll lock you in for another 2 years and bring the back ended payments to year 1'

    Are things like this discussed when kids have multiple options?

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    12 minutes ago, Deeko2 said:

    His dad seems to basically be his player manager it seems and will be doing everything he can to promote him and ensure he gets on a list.

    Can a club basically draft someone with the intention of immediately increasing their contract (in terms of length and dollars) to try and win their favour?

    Obviously if gets drafted say late first round, he'd be on a 3 year deal at the generic $X amount.  What would happen if there is a hand shake agreement from GCS or us to say 'Agree to us and we'll lock you in for another 2 years and bring the back ended payments to year 1'

    Are things like this discussed when kids have multiple options?

    if we tried this you know we'd be busted, stripped of picks for the next decade, and be forced to trade every player on more than $500k a year for pennies against the pound

    gc17 have at least four academy selections in in 2025, including two rated top 5 in the draft, and if they make finals they're only eligible to pick two of them

    it is hard to picture kalani as a priority for them over the likes of zeke uwland, beau addinsall, and dylan patterson

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    22 minutes ago, Deeko2 said:

    His dad seems to basically be his player manager it seems and will be doing everything he can to promote him and ensure he gets on a list.

    Can a club basically draft someone with the intention of immediately increasing their contract (in terms of length and dollars) to try and win their favour?

    Obviously if gets drafted say late first round, he'd be on a 3 year deal at the generic $X amount.  What would happen if there is a hand shake agreement from GCS or us to say 'Agree to us and we'll lock you in for another 2 years and bring the back ended payments to year 1'

    Are things like this discussed when kids have multiple options?

    As long as we do it better.

    If my kids had have been offered deals, I would have wanted them to  prove themselves worthy.

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    Has there ever been a player in history where the colours did not look good on them? 

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    3 hours ago, Deeko2 said:

    His dad seems to basically be his player manager it seems and will be doing everything he can to promote him and ensure he gets on a list.

    Can a club basically draft someone with the intention of immediately increasing their contract (in terms of length and dollars) to try and win their favour?

    Obviously if gets drafted say late first round, he'd be on a 3 year deal at the generic $X amount.  What would happen if there is a hand shake agreement from GCS or us to say 'Agree to us and we'll lock you in for another 2 years and bring the back ended payments to year 1'

    Are things like this discussed when kids have multiple options?

    Pies and Lions did something similar with Daicos and the Ashcrofts. AFL changed it so you need to wait until rnd 6 to formalise it, but it's not against the rules.

    LIONS IN LEVI TALKS

    NEGOTIATIONS continue on an agreement for father-son prospect Levi Ashcroft, with the AFL's new rules and uplift in total player payments making it potentially a landmark deal for an undrafted player.

    As previously done with the likes of Collingwood's Nick Daicos, Essendon's Joe Daniher and Ashcroft's older brother Will at Brisbane, father-son prospects are able to essentially agree to longer contracts than the AFL's standardised first deals when they commit to nominating as a father-son in their draft campaign.

    Daicos, in 2021, and Will Ashcroft the following season, both agreed to two extra years with their respective clubs as four-year deals, worth approximately $550,000-$600,000 in the third and fourth years. Daicos has since had his deal extended to be close to $1 million a season through to his free agency at the end of 2029.

    The AFL's changed rules last year as part of the new collective bargaining agreement mean that top-20 picks are now locked in on initial three-year deals and that extensions can't officially be lodged and approved until after round six the following year. 

    However, 'handshake agreements' can be discussed, with the younger Ashcroft situation looming as a test case for the game's era of 'new money'.

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    33 minutes ago, darkhorse72 said:

    Does he look like he's enjoying training with the boys.

    YES!

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    7 hours ago, Bowserpower said:

    I don't think anyone knows what they're talking about. Who cares if he's a good defender at Under 16s level.

    If it makes you feel better - I definitely don’t know what I’m talking about.

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    1 hour ago, layzie said:

    Has there ever been a player in history where the colours did not look good on them? 

    Mark Jackson?

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    1 hour ago, layzie said:

    Has there ever been a player in history where the colours did not look good on them? 

    All the Carlton players in the light blue M and M  jumper some years ago looked pretty rank.

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    9 hours ago, Willmoy1947 said:

    So it's not weet bix

    Or drinking out of the Entwash?

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