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Like Chris Yarran?

The only reason he was taken at THAT pick was because the bombers put a bid on him for the father/son.
Had they not have done that, maybe he would've been rookied.
Given that there was SFA after him, that doesn't really matter anyway.

Yarran wasn't lazy, at least not IMO. Menegola and Crocker were both after him.

Plenty on here would suggest otherwise.
That was his biggest criticism along with going missing.

As we now know, he was a deeply troubled soul. The fact that he managed 119 games is a minor miracle IMO - any behaviour that was then perceived as laziness was quite likely the result of deeper troubles, and not of laziness in the proper sense. But this is pure guesswork on my part.

Jack played some good games for us last year and I feel that a few ordinary performances have resulted in people over scrutinisimg his form.

Irrespective of his current form his goal assist to Harry was very classy and very good link-up.

Two things.

1.  If he eliminates the fumbles (something I'm only seeing this year) he will give himself more time to dispose of the footy better.

2. Tidy up his accuracy and he'd have six goals by now even missing a game.

He didn't turn to drugs until he was at richmond according to the timeline given by himself in his own interview.

That's to miss the point, widely.

Not really.

There have been plenty of players with depression and other mental issues that have surpassed the 119 game mark set by Yarran. It wasn't until he hit the drugs that it ended his career.

So minor miracle? Not so much.

But this is pure guesswork on my part.

It's crazy debating this because PaulP's closing stament was;

Which seems to be the critical piece!

Yes, it is guesswork on my part. But given Yazz's difficult childhood, issues with his father etc., my gut feeling is that he was a ticking time bomb, and on this occasion, we got out before it was too late, which frankly, is a rarity for our club.

I'm not discounting the drug taking, but he was, with the benefit of hindsight, someone who lacked a basic framework and structure for dealing with life's vicissitudes and temptations, and was always going to fall hard when it occurred. The fact that it occurred at the Tiges and not us is simply chance IMO.

Footy clubs should be able to detect and manage issues such as those that derailed Yazza’s career.

Pure speculation on my part but I reckon the turning point in Yazza’s career/life was triggered by the comments Carrazzo made when he was suspended for clocking Chapman.