Newest Demon | Jack Henderson

 

On 18/02/2025 at 14:09, Dee Boys said:

I’ve got a little family connection to Jack as well so rapt to have him at the Dees.

Fitness won’t be an issue, he’s an elite runner and has kept himself ticking over in the off-season.

Club have earmarked that ANB high half forward spot as his role. 

Nice little snippet on the club’s instagram where Jason Taylor talks about this in the pre-draft meeting.

As some have said, if Adelaide had taken Langford we’d have taken Tauru at our first pick and then Hendo later in the draft to balance out the list. As it happened we went two “smalls” so took Johnson as the tall.

Edit: @adonskihas managed to successfully embed the video above which I could not!

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by Dee Boys

Alright then, might have another person to compete with Kade Chandler for the ANB role.

5 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

Nice little snippet on the club’s instagram where Jason Taylor talks about this in the pre-draft meeting.

As some have said, if Adelaide had taken Langford we’d have taken Tauru at our first pick and then Hendo later in the draft to balance out the list. As it happened we went two “smalls” so took Johnson as the tall.

Edit: @adonskihas managed to successfully embed the video above which I could not!

That is some astute intel DB....

 

1 hour ago, adonski said:

 

Bloody hell, JT is pretty bullish on Henderson isn’t he. 

3 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Not to state the obvious but how good does the kid look in that jumper 

3 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Going by the jumper, it really has been slack of the media department.

He was at the Club already last year!

Watching the recruiting team talk about Henderson, it is hard to believe they went for Johnson.

Potentially 2 beauties with these 2 guys.  Great recruitment (hopefully)

I expect both to play round 1

1 hour ago, adonski said:

 

Wow huge raps on jack!

can’t wait to see him out there 

2 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

How long is Kenty out for? 

What is the length of time one has to be injured for before a replacement can registered?

Half a season/ Full season?

Any player placed on the inactive list means they will be out for at least the whole season. They can’t be taken off it until the following year which means they’re marked ineligible to play at any level until the next season.

51 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Watching the recruiting team talk about Henderson, it is hard to believe they went for Johnson.

I feel like Henderson was going to be the one to be more likely for regular game time in the firsts. It's a moot point now. Got em both.

Hopefully this can end the "I can't believe we gave player X another contract and missed out on Z" comments. We got the players we wanted.

Roy George who doesn't quite look ready for the big time yet and Jai Culley who would struggle to break into a strong midfield are both at Casey. The only downside is that they won't be able to train with the main squad during the season.

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by BAMF

36 minutes ago, BAMF said:

I feel like Henderson was going to be the one to be more likely for regular game time in the firsts. It's a moot point now. Got em both.

Hopefully this can end the "I can't believe we gave player X another contract and missed out on Z" comments. We got the players we wanted.

Roy George who doesn't quite look ready for the big time yet and Jai Culley who would struggle to break into a strong midfield are both at Casey. The only downside is that they won't be able to train with the main squad during the season.

Not at all?

2 hours ago, rpfc said:

Alright then, might have another person to compete with Kade Chandler for the ANB role.

Yep. The ANB link specifically noted by Taylor, although in terms of character rather than footy. But the various highlights videos show a lot of similarities there, too. And, according to JT, not a fumbler. Might avoid ANB's early 'whipping boy' years?!

53 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Not at all?

I will let someone else give a definitive answer as I'm not 100% sure.

If you aren't on the list then you won't be getting paid enough to quit your day job as a start.

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Yep. The ANB link specifically noted by Taylor, although in terms of character rather than footy. But the various highlights videos show a lot of similarities there, too. And, according to JT, not a fumbler. Might avoid ANB's early 'whipping boy' years?!

interesting the Lambert analogy

Some pretty glowing reviews from both Jason Taylor and Tim Lamb in the video shown.

I think the Demons are pretty chuffed to have gotten him as a SSP, albeit due to unfortunate circumstances.

I wish Shane McAdam a speedy recovery.

Nevertheless, what is most impressive from Jack Henderson's highlights video is how clean he is with the ball and the fact that he can kick goals from outside 50 metres (which should almost be a prerequisite for all modern AFL players).

I wish Jack Henderson all the best at the Demons!

Does anybody know who the second player Jason Taylor was referring to in their briefing?

Aidan Johnson.

Henderson and Johnson were teammates at Werribee.

 

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by binman

1 hour ago, WERRIDEE said:

Does anybody know who the second player Jason Taylor was referring to in their briefing?

I assume it was Culley. Pure assumption.

I feel bad for Culley. Sounds like he has done enough. I just can't see him breaking into a midfield with our standard Oliver, Petracca, Viney trio with Rivers, Pickett, Langdon the new rotations. 

Sparrow really should have made a position his own last year. It will be interesting to see how he goes this year.

Very happy that we went Henderson over the other 2 options we had lined up.

 

The problem for Sparrow is that he has no real footy weapons

3 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Some pretty glowing reviews from both Jason Taylor and Tim Lamb in the video shown.

I think the Demons are pretty chuffed to have gotten him as a SSP, albeit due to unfortunate circumstances.

I wish Shane McAdam a speedy recovery.

Nevertheless, what is most impressive from Jack Henderson's highlights video is how clean he is with the ball and the fact that he can kick goals from outside 50 metres (which should almost be a prerequisite for all modern AFL players).

I wish Jack Henderson all the best at the Demons!

Outside 50? I'm sure a limit of maybe 35 or 40m kicking range is essential. But if a player can kick passes of 30m with amazing accuracy, successfully mark or tackle whenever the ball is within 10m or convert every ground ball into a teammate's possession maybe long kicks don't matter.