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PODCAST: Jason Taylor Interview 2022

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I'll be chatting with Jason Taylor today and playing the interview at 8:30pm on Thursday 8/12. After the interview I hope to be joined by @george_on_the_outer & @binman (if they're available) to have an informal discussion about the draft and of course our wonderful inaugural AFLW Premiership. We'll also take any calls if you have comments or questions you want to contribute.

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    Question: With the AFL making a continual attempt to decongest the game through reducing interchanges, stand rule, etc, does JT feel like the value of the more balanced/outside mids are going to rise over the long term - given he has a tendency to gravitate towards contested bulls, how (if at all) will this effect his selections going forward?

    Observation: [redacted] 

    Edited by adonski

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    4 minutes ago, adonski said:

    Question: With the AFL making a continual attempt to decongest the game through reducing interchanges, stand rule, etc, does JT feel like the value of the more balanced/outside mids are going to rise over the long term - given he has a tendency to gravitate towards contested bulls, how (if at all) will this effect his selections going forward?

    Observation: It's Tuesday 6/12 not 5/12 :D

    I already changed it.

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    4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    I already changed it.

    You're transcending time on all fronts tonight :blink:

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    Another question. With oppositions using leg speed, outside run and shorter ball movement to combat our defence, has the club worked out a way to combat this through game style and off the season draft and trades? 

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    Bit of a simple one but can be re-worded and molded differently:

    At this point our list's cycle and with the picks we had would you generally look to draft for specific needs or draft what you believe is the best available player when it is time on the clock?

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    20 Questions with Jason Taylor:

    Draft positioning:
    - how close was the trade up deal?
    - who was the target?
    - did they consider trading back, ie. taking the Hawks deal

    Jefferson:
    - How's his athleticism - 2km, agility, 20m sprint
    - Did the consistent scarcity of tall forwards play a role in his selection?
    - is he a late bloomer/underdeveloped as a junior?

    Adams
    - Prior to the draft on AFL media JT was very confident he'd get a good player in the 2nd round, was this the guy?
    - Where did he rank on his board
    - What injuries has he had and have they been corrected?
    - How's his athleticism - 2km, agility, 20m sprint

    Verrall
    - Do they like his forward game?
    - Did the sub rule and the ongoing likelihood of 2 rucks increase the importance of having 2 developing rucks

    Sestan
    - did they have athletic testing on him?
    - was this the most wild pick he's ever made?
    - how was his form at Xavier?
    - are the rumours he worked over George Wardlaw at the training session true?
    - why draft him rather than get him down to training for summer?

    Burgoyne/K. Turner
    - how long will they train for?
    - are the coaches far more involved in deciding a list spot once a player is training?

    General
    - Excluding JVR who we expect to see soon and the first year kids, who debuts first from Howes, Laurie, D Smith, Taj, AMW, McVee?

     

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    questions for jason:

    1. how has covid affected the talent pool coming through, particularly in victoria, with two years of lack of exposed form across 2020 and 2021 in particular?
    2. every year the media narrative seems to be 'next year is a bumper draft for talls / mids / talent' etc. - do you actually see a difference in draft classes over the course of your time as a recruiter?
    3. how far out from draft years do you start assessing junior careers? i.e. under-13s or earlier?
    4. how do you assess our future father-sons (and father-daughters, mother-sons, and mother-daughters) that will be emerging over the next period of time?
    5. with the expansion of aflw, do you have any visibility of future recruiting pathways for aflw as well as aflm, or do you solely focus on the men's game?
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    A simple one:

    Was the club disappointed with the draft capital we got in return from Fremantle for Jackson?

    Were we expecting better and if so what was the ‘worth’ we had in mind. 

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    Another simple one. 

    Now that we know we will have 2 firsts and 2 seconds going into next years trade/ draft period does it give him more enthusiasm for that draft and how does he rate it at this early stage?

    Edited by Colm

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    Can we also run a market to see if he says “good as gold” at the end of the interview?

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    Does he already have players in mind for our picks in next year's draft.

    Has Hogan and now Jackson going home to WA impacted decisions on recruiting WA players if talent etc is even. Did it impact the decision not to take Allen. 

    Did the intended move to a tactical sub have any impact on the makeup of the list and the recruiting

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    Was Taylor aware of Jefferson's father being 199 cm, and was that noted as a possible upside to his recruitment? 

    On Adams, did we have multiple options open at this pick or where we just hopeful that he would fall through to us?

    Sestan - having not come through traditional pathway, when and how did he decide to nominate for the draft?

    Will we expect to see behind the curtin footage of MFC draft nights etc - i love these! 

    Cheers!

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    19 hours ago, adonski said:

    Question: With the AFL making a continual attempt to decongest the game through reducing interchanges, stand rule, etc, does JT feel like the value of the more balanced/outside mids are going to rise over the long term - given he has a tendency to gravitate towards contested bulls, how (if at all) will this effect his selections going forward?

    Observation: [redacted] 

    It is Goody that likes the inside bulls and IMO JT is carrying out that wish and the fact that most mids are contested beasts snd not outside speedsters.

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    49 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    I forgot to mention if you have any questions or comments for the panel tonight in relation to the draft, training, the fixture, the aflw etc please feel free to ask. Happy to take calls tonight too if you want to get something off your chest.

    Is the panel happy with the snippets of the draw that have been released so far?

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