binman

Burn, baby, burn. Disco inferno.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Really? Given its notoriously difficult to assess talls given bigs who are 17-18 are still filling out and they don't hit their peak until mid twenties, i reckon JT's strike rate drafting tall is above industry average. I may have missed some talls, but by my recollection JT has drafted in the following genuine talls (in order): Omac, Weed, Jackson, Adams, Turner, JVR, Farris White, Jefferson, Verral and Ketfield. Of that group, only two were top ten picks, Jackson and Weed. Jackson helped us win a flag and may well help us win another with the draft picks we got from freo for him. JVR look a genius pick at 19. I have zero doubt will be in the top 3 or 4 key forwards over the next decade Jefferson was pick 15. Jury is still out on Jeffo, but they think enough of him to have extended his contract. And signs are positive that he is building an AFL ready physique. The rest are all speculative late picks. Turner looks another genius pick - a mid season rookie draft pick at 21 who is best 22 lock. Gold from a drafting perspective. We traded out Omac, but he is still playing AFL footy, and if he stays fit will play his hundredth AFL game this year - statistically very rare for a draft pick past 50. The jury Is out on Adams, Verell and Ketfield. But Adams was pick 38, and Verell and Ketfield were rookie draftees so the opportunity cost is minimal, and even if only one plays regular AFL footy JT has done super well. So by my reckoning, JT has drafted 10 talls - and only Weed and Farris White are definitive busts. Weed hurt given he was pick 9, but Farris White was a Category B Rookie, so a nothing ventured, nothing gained throw at the stumps. So at this stage, only one real bust out of ten selections. The jury Is out on four players, but really only jeffo would hurt from an opportunity cost perspective if he doesn't make it given the others were a late pick and rookies. Any recruiter in the AFL would take that strike rate for selecting talls in a heartbeat.

Very strong Logan Run vibes.

True, though none could get a game come finals in 2021, so no great loss.

You completely missed the point i was making.

This sort of rubbish is what I was talking about saty. Why the angst? Was a perfectly reasonable question. And a reasonable response is tom didn't make it as a player, but not because of effort. He was extremely well regarded at the dees in terms of his commitment to training and preparation and was extremely fit. Also was respected for his attitude and made a positive impact on culture. A great get to have him back at the club.

Sunny enough for you skipper?

Our fixture is not great from a financial perspective or for our sponsors in terms of the lack of free to air Friday and Sat night games Mitigating that a bit is we have heaps of Sunday 3.20 games, which are actually ok as they are live free to air and i susslect rate well because they run into the news. And to be honest, dees fans don't always turn up in great numbers for night games, so we won't lose too much in crowd revenue Making finals on the back of an easy draw would also mitigate the impact of less 'high commercial gain' games.

Failing to make the 8 next season and in 2026 will fix that problem.

Me too. I'll take Sunday arvo games over night games every day of the week. Well, Sunday. Add a couple of 1:20pm sat games with a red sherrin and the lions at the gabba at 3.20pm (not nearly as slippery as the night games and much better in terms of the impact of travel, ie no red eye) and it will do me nicely. And I don't mins marvel - I'm on the west side of town and by pt door to gaye one 'm there in 45 mins.

Well, you did choose to separate from the mainland.

GWS play in OR. Hopefully it's stinking hot and humid. Meanwhile we are in Melbourne chillin. If we can beat GWS, playing North then Suns at the G creates an opportunity for a positive start to the season.

Who designed the horse?

Thankfully doesn't seem like we'll cop one.

Saty, it's good that you are back posting. But, respectfully, it'd be great if you give the conflict a rest. I get your frustration with various silly comments. But much of that is just people trolling looking for someone to bite. And you often bite. Which of course is your perogrative. But to be honest it becomes tedious when the back and forth clog up threads - and it obscures the interesting things you post. I've seen this movie before. Last time I asked you a variation of above you responded along the lines that you will continue to bite. And if I don't like it dont read it. I responded that sure, that is your right, but that doing so is really just another type of trolling ie winding up the trolls and giving them oxygen. Ultimately I took your advice and put you on ignore because who can bothered with reading grown adults bickering. I took you off ignore, and hope to continue to do so because I enjoy your footy focused posts.

Not quite sure why you added a laugh emoji to whatsaywhat's post - your record with mail is worse than Tom Morris’s!

Good to hear Sparrow looks in good shape. A real crossroads year for Captain Jack I reckon. After our flag, whilst i never pegged him as an out and our star, I thought he would go up a couple of levels and be a key member of the team. The roles he has been asked to play probably haven't helped, but he has really plateaued in the last couple of seasons I reckon. Hopefully he can still go up a couple of levels. If he can't he mind find himself out of the team.

The reason we have only won one flag in the last 60 years is soft supporters like you.

Good thing we don't have to then.

Agree. And as Fat Tony notes, not having to play in the heat and humidity of qld or NSW in early March can only be a positive.

Yeah, that's a really good point. Those players who can take marks around the ground are super important, both in terms of as you say not turning it over as much, but also being able to control the tempo. The lions use that strategy well. In 2021, 2023 and 2023 tmac played that role, ditto benny Brown (and Jackson on 2021). But Tmac playing back and Brown out of the side meant we struggled to cover that role, particularly with petts a long way from his best. Hopefully if petts can hit the season fit and injury free he can push up the ground and clunk marks. And I think turner will play that role too.

Hard to say if a second bye is an advantage I reckon. Given how much historical data the high performance team must have about how to plan around one bye, having two to plan around must be tricky. And the weird thing about the OR byes were they were staggered over mutiple weeks. I think we were lucky to have ours last, or close to it, because at least we had a good block of games before that first bye. Another block of games then the mid season bye. The two grand finalists both played in the OR. So.it didn't hurt them. Did any of the other 6 teams make the finals? But you make a really good point about having to play in the early March northern states humidity and heat. Nuts. It's just a completely ridiculous idea. Embarrassing for a supposedly elite competition to basically trial something that with no way of knowing what the unintended consequences will be. The AFL infuriate me.

Blimey, tough start to the year for the Cats, Hawks, Dons and Pies. Breaks my heart.