The Jackson FIX

I understand this. You completely missed what I was saying

Personally I reckon it’s more that a) he needs to publish a new article for eyeballs/clicks/$ and b) he’s starting to hear some whispers about who might go where (but not enough whispers to confidently publish a phantom)

Cal’s a bit half pregnant with this latest edition: he is too much of a coward to call it a phantom draft yet not a ball has been kicked between his last release and this one… How could a players’ ‘ranking’ change with zero games of footy?

I have had a little (very little) bit to do with him on the sponsorship front several years ago. Nice guy but didn’t strike me as ‘Australia’s oldest sporting club who needs a home base and a culture overhaul’ level of guy. Important to remember the Storm are privately owned (Tripp and friends) and the governance is different. Important also to remember that they have Bellamy who is the driver of culture in that joint and has done a phenomenal job almost solely doing that for a very long time.

CRACK CRACK oh look now he’s 7 ft 3 why didn’t we do that earlier?! That is just not how the human body works.

Well that just ruined my recent-weeks Dees buzz.

If they were on the fence about a mid v. tall with pick 9 and Jeffy comes back looking bigger, runs a PB and has sticky mitts in skills sessions then maybe that might push them down a path? Having said that I have no idea how they think about list strategy so it might be completely irrelevant

I wonder how much Goodwin/Lamby looks at the condition/headspace Jeffo comes back in before making a call on what to do with #9 (or even 5)… perhaps too frivolous but if Jefferson doesn’t look like he wants to grab the bull by the horns this year I would be looking to an Armstrong/Shanahan with that #9

Didn’t Clarry say on a podcast (pre-kerfuffle) that he was planning to start training with the 1-4 years?

I’d consider him with our 9, just for the name.

Not sure I’m on the same page as you on May…. Reckon he might be more of a leadership problem than a talent in our side, particular outside of game time. I acknowledge however he looks like a leader on game day in the backline with the way he works with Lever to hold the structure together (whether that is valued or loathed by the club and his teammates I am unsure… guessing a bit from column A and a bit from column B though).

Would’ve thought Sparrow just needs to focus on developing his game. Has stalled and is at risk of not being a regular firsts player next year unless he improves.

Putting 2 + 2 together it appears to me the club review uncovered that they need to relax and have more fun in their approach to footy. That was Hawthorn last year and it sounds like Goody was told to lighten up. Maybe we should get Fev & Capper down to the club on a consulting basis?

“The recent club review identifying a void under the 5 year skipper”…. First I have heard this…

The 6ers butchered some drafts. Like Essendon.

Solely from those highlights, reminded me of Darcy Parish highlights from his draft year. For those who watched both at the underage level, is Jagga a better player than Parish at this age?

I never shared any expectation I had of him. You are making that up. I thought his first year was probably in line with what they wanted for him. I just said I don’t understand how people are declaring him a star/150 game player off the back of that first year. I hope he makes it but I think some are overrating his first year.

Yep, not saying I don’t like him. Just feel like his first year was overrated by many on here.

Many here seem to think Kolt was a huge tick last year… he’s still a wait and see for me. Windsor ENORMOUS tick, yes, but I didn’t see anything from Kolt which suggested he’s a guaranteed star.

Only in his final phantom draft when he gets all of the mail. His lead-up rankings are more hit and miss

I don’t know much about the front office team - who steps in as interim?

We’ve seen some evidence they can help fast track a change in game plan though.

It’ll be really difficult to attract decent free agents and/or trade in decent mids if Oliver and Trac leave. We’ll be portrayed (again) as a basket case. I’d love to recruit a gun tall but feel our situation is calling more for somebody ready to play in ‘25

They’ll be holding onto any major announcements to align with the release of review-findings. Including Jonesy. Probably released on the Monday before cup day, after the evening news.

My guess is the club don’t really care where he is from BUT I do this time around… drafting interstaters in recent years hasn’t concerned me but there is just too much other stuff going on now at the club to take the risk, especially when there are so many good vics around that mark in the draft