Bill James said:
Yep stay on track with the way we're going a leader will come with time and experience
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Should we trade for a "leader?"
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Yep stay on track with the way we're going a leader will come with time and experience
tigerjoe said:
good suggestion. he is one of the very few young great leaders in the comp worth even dreaming about. cooney would be another
murphy kreuzer or gibbs would have been handy. why couldn't we have just tanked 2 years in a row when we had to
In all honesty we all know the pain we are going to go through over the next couple of years. I would personally NOT recruit a leader and look at our current list and see which players stand up and lead. This will take time.
This way to me is how new cultures and new successful eras start.
Yes currently Cotchin stands out but as previous posts to young still to take over.
This way to me is how new cultures and new successful eras start.
Yes currently Cotchin stands out but as previous posts to young still to take over.
great suggestion that makes sense...maybe bowden and brown should of stayed on..as there are just to many inexperienced kids out there..it must be tough for them.. i see no quality leadership at the club..newman is okay but nothing outstanding..simmo and tambling are useless.. cuz is gone and dimma is just okay at present as well..
a couple of top quality experience young-middle aged stars brought in could be awesome, look what judd has done ..he brought the standard up and brought those around him into the game
a couple of top quality experience young-middle aged stars brought in could be awesome, look what judd has done ..he brought the standard up and brought those around him into the game
Geez - seven rounds in and we are all looking for short cuts. We are in no position to attract such a leader or player ... yet. We all knew that improvement would come from games in these kids - and it takes time. We just have to wait this out. As we establish a decent playing list, we'll know when the time is right to rig up the large lure and head out into deep water for that big fish. We're not at that point yet.
We are in the worst possible position to trade. Other clubs know we are crying out for leadership. Not a good position to start negotiating from
If your looking at Geelong for Leadership forget about Selwood he would cost you an arm and a leg in Draft picks and coin. You would be much better picking up someone like Max Rooke, he's not going to cost you much and you know he leads from the front. That guy would step infront of train for his team mates, thats the type of player we need.
Trading for a leader is a no no. If he is a leader of such he would cost to much.
Drafting leaders in is the angle we need to take, it started last year with two guys who exelled in leadership aspects in Astbury and Dea, but we need much, much more.
Trading should be to fill in pieces needed to take us to where we need to go, and I think we all agree we are well short in the ruck department and trading for a ruckman should be priority number one. There are six that I like that could be had for pretty cheap.
Drafting leaders in is the angle we need to take, it started last year with two guys who exelled in leadership aspects in Astbury and Dea, but we need much, much more.
Trading should be to fill in pieces needed to take us to where we need to go, and I think we all agree we are well short in the ruck department and trading for a ruckman should be priority number one. There are six that I like that could be had for pretty cheap.
tigerlee said:
No he wouldn't be, the Blues would want too much. There are others there on lists that do not get a real good run that would be worth getting to know know in terms of attitude and willingness to leave their clubs to become the number one ruck at our club.
Tigerbob said:
thanks Bobby - I was hoping that you would say that. There is a guy at work that says they will probably trade him at years end as they don't need him and I was not sure if we would be interested. We seem to pick some young rucks that just are not quite going to make it. Hope we don't keep repeating that mistake.
tungman said:
I'll take a stab here and say that I think Dustin Martin will overtake Cotchin in the leadership stakes over the next couple of seasons.
For a young kid he just seems to have so much composure, class and get up and go. He's only a coule of years younger than Cotchin, so could we potentially see him as a future RFC captain?... When he's a bit older of course.
