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Dayle Garlett
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Sounding a bit like our very own Troy Taylor at the moment. Talented kid with problems struggling to cope with the rigid structures and immense demands of elite sport. For the sake of the kid and AFL footy it would be great if he finds a way to cope n gets to showcase his abilities.
Getting bloody ridiculous how many elite athletes in all sports, are either running off the rails during their careers or straight after they've finished or desperately hanging on till well past their best use by date simply because they have nothing else but the next contest.
Getting bloody ridiculous how many elite athletes in all sports, are either running off the rails during their careers or straight after they've finished or desperately hanging on till well past their best use by date simply because they have nothing else but the next contest.
Didn't they evict..................... erm um cough I mean rescue you yet Yin, how can you see the keyboard through all the smoke, or is that just normal status around your keyboard?YinnarTiger said:
Funny how when Dawkhorn selected him with pick 38 the journo's choice of words were 'swooped', now it good old plain 'selected'.
TigerForce said:
What the ??? He has not even seen or felt a Melbourne winter !!!
He probably knows 100 people all thru the HFC.
Garlett is just a very immature male that is 3000km from home that has hit a wall that he thinks is a cliff. It is all in his head, clear that and he clears all obstacles.
Got that spot on D. T. All the interstate kids go through similar periods in their first year or two, some are just affected worse than others. Wasn't all that long ago Cartoon had similar issues with a gun full forward from the Bendigo area, couldn't handle the crap of living in Melb or all the hype around AFL footy and that was still when the players could have some fun between games without people tearing them apart.Darth Tiger said:
Reckon some kids just don't get the fantastic opportunity they have, however I don't think many get how hard it can be for some been in the public eye day in day out...
Might be some kids realise they prefer normal to fantastic opportunity. At the elite level it's footy, fitness, rehab n monitor everything all day every day. Plenty of kids find they'd rather balance footy with work n lifestyle rather than just footy on edge.CC TIGER said:
Spot on TM....that's life isn't it some want all the attention in the world others hate itTigerMasochist said:
TigerMasochist said:
Got a name TM? Just interested. Sounds like the old zone days, and I knew and played footy with a few from that area. Certainly wasn't Mark Robinson :spin Played footy with him. Dud, Delist.
Yep that was him. Gun bush forward that Cartoon picked up but couldn't get him to stay, even in the days before footy became so rigidly structured. With footy being so all consuming nowadays it's no surprise that clubs put so much emphasis on the character of the kids coming in, raw talent simply gives the kids an opportunity to become AFL footballers. It's their mind set that decides whether they'll make it or not. Connors, McDonald, Taylor are three easy samples of young men with talent who simply couldn't match the required mental disciplines to survive at AFL level.spook said:
There's not many like Swannie from Scumwood who can find that little niche where he can match being an elite player n still rough out at times.
No surprise Garlett is struggling a bit at the moment, he won't be the only one in the system scratching around n wondering what the hell he's up to right now. He's probably just the highest profile one because of his elite talent but slightly dodgy teen age past.
Garlett's big problem is that he wants to come home to WA to play AFL, but neither club here wants him.
