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13 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Definitely a teacher.

Just checked my source. Yes a teacher.

Gaff's wife resigned from her job as a nurse Friday before the prelim final.

West Coast are no longer in the picture.

25 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Spoke to Alistair Nicholson who was there with his son. Obviously still a Dees man.

Rod Grinter next to me with a Demons scarf on.

Out 1, maybe 2.

I have been to nearly every Dees game since 1965.

I have always thought I would never see another player like Robbie.

That play today when Clarry lobbed it on Hogans chest in the goal square when he had no where to go was genius.

Will Clarry be better than Robbie?

7 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

"We often get requests for development opportunities where you can keep the home and build another behind. Well [this] offers the new owner the chance to keep the existing beach shack and build 2 more behind (subject to DA approval)."

 

I disapprove.

Brilliant.

Having a good laugh.

Saints are in damage control, as they lead their fans to believe Petracca was the No#1 and then changed their minds...

The leak could be to allow the saints fans to get used to the idea of not taking Petracca rather than hitting them with it on the night.

So you put 'leadership" at the head of the list of criteria upon which you select players ? Id put it at about 99% irrelevant

How many kings or queens on a Chess Board ? I each...everyone else is a role player. Thats a footy team...a bunch of role players. Leaders will naturally rise to the surface ( or occasion )

Why youd even bother considering that at drafting when you have no real idea whether a lot of these kids can even step up is beyond me.

again thanks

I really cant see where I put leadership at the head of the list of criteria (whatever that means)

Anyway the chess board analogy nailed it for me. No need to investigate a potential players personal traits. Every team has a king and a queen. That's the rules.

BTW the King is there to be protected, not really the Michael Voss of the chess board.

Leadership is a lot of crap as a criteria as to whether a player is a player....this is the great fallacy. Youre trying to draft players.. Leaders will show themselves in due course.

Thankyou for highlighting this absolute area of rubbish

Ok. Umm right.

Glad I could help.

I have no doubt they do.

wonder what the beep test results are for accountancy grads ????

Not really interested in getting into a discussion around this however I think it is worth noting that stamina probably would not form part of a key selection criteria for an accountancy grad whereas leadership qualities probably would for an AFL prospect.

Anyway it all depends upon if they have the data that is a good indicator of future behaviour.

A lot of the psychometric testing is just way overboard for the role the kids are being looked at for. Its footy. Paint it any way one likes and its essentially about general fitness , athleticism and most importantly the ability to PLAY the game.

Judging by what many go through you'd think we were evaluating prospects for combat fighter school !!

As SS suggests they are over-thinking a lot of this. Yes it's about having an aptitude for the game at the 'elite' level ( god I hate this word elite nowadays lol ) but imho they've created far too complex a labyrinth for them ( draftees ) to course. Its not quite a sledgehammer to a Walnut but then you can crack a Walnut without aid if you know what you're on about. This is how i think when all is said and done that picks are made..by the recruiters judging whether a kid can play. The rest is icing...and far too much of it.

Sophisticated psychometric testing with proven normative data can profile players leadership qualities, decision making and other traits.

I think you will find banks, accounting firms, insurance coys etc. rely heavily on the them for their graduate intakes. These guys are entering their chosen field of work.

Don’t know about being able spell tomato backwards however.