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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: kruddler – on
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Ok then Senator, lets go back to what you quoted given you are so fixated on it:

Developing Kids who are playing ahead or on schedule.

Give us your interpretation of why that is wrong considering the Irish lads are playing VFL football?

Would that have them playing on schedule?  Particularly when one of them suffered an ACL injury (yep that curse hit us on the speculative option as well) before he even arrived at the club! 

Using Setanta O'Hailpin who was a mixed bag of "successful" he was recruited in 2004 spent the year in the VFL, made his debut in 2005 (his second season) and was introduced to a team that was dead last on the ladder at the time playing a grand total of 1 game.

Just to dot point this, how old were they when they made their AFL debut:

Zach Tuohy was 21 years old
Setanta O'Hailpin was 22 years old

The two Irish lads we have dont really have the same hype and fanfare I remember seeing about Tuohy and Setanta either, but guess what Rob is only 21, and Duffy coming back off an ACL injury is 22, so considering the ACL gives him an extra 12 months leeway, if either get a game at AFL level, one could logically conclude they are on schedule, particularly when you consider that they are joining a better outfit than the one Setanta joined anyway.

So now that we have established that, remove your fixation on that, and the fact that I have highlighted them solely as players who fit the bill of being young and developing.  I didnt put any expectation on guys I havent seen at AFL level, because they are an as yet unknown quantity being judged by what they do at VFL level, and what attributes


Anyway, no doubt there will be another argument.  Im not a fan of it, but we have been rebuilding on the down low which is probably why we had players walk last season, which is a testament to why they needed to go.  Sometimes kids give you better than senior players.  Just ask Brisbane.

Why are they 'on schedule' because they are playing VFL football?
What are they supposed to be doing, playing tiddlywinks??

You can compare them against whoever you want from the past, present and future and no 2 people will completely agree.
My opinion is they are too far behind everyone else they are competing against and will not make it based on how they are performing at VFL level.
Plenty of players, irish included, were showing more than these boys at the same point in time, some you mentioned.
Talk about O'hailpin, you mentioned Setanta but not Aisake. He had more agility, athleticism and even work ethic compared to our current 2 and he still couldn't crack it for a game.....and we had a worse side then too.


I'm still waiting for clarification on your contention/conclusion/point.

Mr speaker, I believe the senator is now changing his argument because he doesnt like the Irish lads.

My contention is that we prioritised bringing in young talent in order to pass the proverbial baton from the older guard that might have won us something, in an effort to build a younger layer to the team and prevent us from bottoming out.  That group will come good about the time tassie joins (or not).

It puts our recruiting in a different perspective and thats all im aiming for.

Now ive given you a point, what point are you making kruddler?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Pick our team in parts - Part 1 - Starting Midfielders (inc 1 ruck) - CHOOSE 6
Last post by kruddler -
Hi all, trying something different from the standard best 22(3).
Lets try picking our team in sections which will give us a good idea on who people think should play where as there are plenty of people who could be forward or back, midfield or otherwise.

So...
Part 1 - Choose starting 6 midfielders including 1 ruck.
Part 2 - 6 Backmen
Part 3 - 6 forwards
Part 4 - 5 bench (inc 2nd ruck if you deem necessary).

I will do part 2, 3, 4 after part 1 gives us clear (enough) favourites and eliminate those players from the options for subsequent parts.

All you need to worry about now, is who do you think is our best 6 starting midfielders?
Lets pick in position.
2 wingers, 3 mids, 1 ruck.

Have at it...
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Ok then Senator, lets go back to what you quoted given you are so fixated on it:

Developing Kids who are playing ahead or on schedule.

Give us your interpretation of why that is wrong considering the Irish lads are playing VFL football?

Would that have them playing on schedule?  Particularly when one of them suffered an ACL injury (yep that curse hit us on the speculative option as well) before he even arrived at the club! 

Using Setanta O'Hailpin who was a mixed bag of "successful" he was recruited in 2004 spent the year in the VFL, made his debut in 2005 (his second season) and was introduced to a team that was dead last on the ladder at the time playing a grand total of 1 game.

Just to dot point this, how old were they when they made their AFL debut:

Zach Tuohy was 21 years old
Setanta O'Hailpin was 22 years old

The two Irish lads we have dont really have the same hype and fanfare I remember seeing about Tuohy and Setanta either, but guess what Rob is only 21, and Duffy coming back off an ACL injury is 22, so considering the ACL gives him an extra 12 months leeway, if either get a game at AFL level, one could logically conclude they are on schedule, particularly when you consider that they are joining a better outfit than the one Setanta joined anyway.

So now that we have established that, remove your fixation on that, and the fact that I have highlighted them solely as players who fit the bill of being young and developing.  I didnt put any expectation on guys I havent seen at AFL level, because they are an as yet unknown quantity being judged by what they do at VFL level, and what attributes


Anyway, no doubt there will be another argument.  Im not a fan of it, but we have been rebuilding on the down low which is probably why we had players walk last season, which is a testament to why they needed to go.  Sometimes kids give you better than senior players.  Just ask Brisbane.

Why are they 'on schedule' because they are playing VFL football?
What are they supposed to be doing, playing tiddlywinks??

You can compare them against whoever you want from the past, present and future and no 2 people will completely agree.
My opinion is they are too far behind everyone else they are competing against and will not make it based on how they are performing at VFL level.
Plenty of players, irish included, were showing more than these boys at the same point in time, some you mentioned.
Talk about O'hailpin, you mentioned Setanta but not Aisake. He had more agility, athleticism and even work ethic compared to our current 2 and he still couldn't crack it for a game.....and we had a worse side then too.


I'm still waiting for clarification on your contention/conclusion/point.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by Thryleon -
Ok then Senator, lets go back to what you quoted given you are so fixated on it:

Developing Kids who are playing ahead or on schedule.

Give us your interpretation of why that is wrong considering the Irish lads are playing VFL football?

Would that have them playing on schedule?  Particularly when one of them suffered an ACL injury (yep that curse hit us on the speculative option as well) before he even arrived at the club! 

Using Setanta O'Hailpin who was a mixed bag of "successful" he was recruited in 2004 spent the year in the VFL, made his debut in 2005 (his second season) and was introduced to a team that was dead last on the ladder at the time playing a grand total of 1 game.

Just to dot point this, how old were they when they made their AFL debut:

Zach Tuohy was 21 years old
Setanta O'Hailpin was 22 years old

The two Irish lads we have dont really have the same hype and fanfare I remember seeing about Tuohy and Setanta either, but guess what Rob is only 21, and Duffy coming back off an ACL injury is 22, so considering the ACL gives him an extra 12 months leeway, if either get a game at AFL level, one could logically conclude they are on schedule, particularly when you consider that they are joining a better outfit than the one Setanta joined anyway.

So now that we have established that, remove your fixation on that, and the fact that I have highlighted them solely as players who fit the bill of being young and developing.  I didnt put any expectation on guys I havent seen at AFL level, because they are an as yet unknown quantity being judged by what they do at VFL level, and what attributes


Anyway, no doubt there will be another argument.  Im not a fan of it, but we have been rebuilding on the down low which is probably why we had players walk last season, which is a testament to why they needed to go.  Sometimes kids give you better than senior players.  Just ask Brisbane.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
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TBH, i don't know what point you are trying to make and that might be where the confusion is.

My understanding is you've split the list in 2.
You highlighted/prioritised/focussed on the younger group and put that into a best 23, thats not a best 23. You've said the group is on schedule, which i disagree with and have said why.

So what have i got wrong from that?

Are you saying that we are rebuilding?
Are you saying that the current crop will exceed our older players?
Are you saying we don't care about traditional positions?
Are you saying that we are covered in traditional positions?

There doesn't appear to be a conclusion.
I didnt say they were on schedule.  Read it again
No you did. You edited it later. I cut/paste it into my reply with lods.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Lods – on
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Don't know, never said that.

Never said you did...just asking for a friend.
So I guess we won't be hearing anymore about players not being 'big'enough to play key positon.
It will always be about being able to handle the role.

Pedantic seems to be word of the thread.

If a player is not 'big enough' to play KP, it is implied that they cannot handle the role.
Alternatively, just because players are big enough, doesn't mean they can handle the role.

I've been pretty consistent on this and not sure i've ever listed height as requiring a minimum.

I have said that i think Kemp is best suited to a '3rd tall' role than a 1st/2nd tall role (in part because he will have a lesser opponent on him)....but not mentioned his height as the reason.

I questioned whether Dean could play on the 2m types as my only criticism of him, one which was backed up by those in the know.
That doesn't mean he can't play taller than his height, but may struggle on the really tall players. Which, even Weitering struggles with. Thats fine 99% of the AFL would struggle with that.

I can't recall where, but someone was talking about Bret Thornton the other day and saying they felt sorry for him and the club wrecked him. Why? They asked him to do more than he was capable of, simply because we didn't have anyone else who could do it better.....or as well. He was undersized for a KPP (with his attributes, not a freak athelete or anything) but did very well with what he had.
This is kinda what i'm worried about.
Doens't matter who is on your list, you can always write a name to play CHF. Height doesn't stop you from writing a name.
Can they do the job required? Who knows.
Certain attributes make it easier for you to the job required though.....and for KPPs, height is something that can compensate for other areas, and its not something that has to be trained.

If you are setting up your ideal player on AFL '26 and there is no cap on your attributes, what do you do?
Speed? high or low? High, obviously faster is best.
Awareness? high or low? high
Acceleration? high or low? High
Agility? high or low? high
Endurance? high or low? high
Height?? high or low? high is better. If all things are equal, there is no advantage of being small.
You don't have to be tall, but in an ideal world, you are.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
nah you're being pedantic.  You know exactly what I intended and are playing politician.  Argue a point that wasn't being made.  I divided the list into the two groups and said prioritising the second layer if you want to be pedantic, not focusing on the second.

Hence why ainsworth was recruited and we also brought in the other more mature players.

TBH, i don't know what point you are trying to make and that might be where the confusion is.

My understanding is you've split the list in 2.
You highlighted/prioritised/focussed on the younger group and put that into a best 23, thats not a best 23. You've said the group is on schedule, which i disagree with and have said why.

So what have i got wrong from that?

Are you saying that we are rebuilding?
Are you saying that the current crop will exceed our older players?
Are you saying we don't care about traditional positions?
Are you saying that we are covered in traditional positions?

There doesn't appear to be a conclusion.
I didnt say they were on schedule.  Read it again
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Quote from: kruddler – on


I don't know what you want me to say?
You broke down the list into 2 groups by age. You suggesting the young group is the direction that the list management team is focusing on and that we will be ok with this direction based on those players.
That's an opinion.
My opinion is that your opinion would have made a better point without shoehorning people in to back up that point.


The point is the point.  The Irish lads are currently talls in that under age bracket.  They arent shoe horned in there. They might do a setanta one day, or they might be delisted but this is where our list is at today.  You dont like that, and THAT is a you problem.
Yes both older people and younger people will be cut. My point about that was you can't say how good the young group is when some of them will be cut next year. Same point as above, shoehorning people in hurts your statement imho.

I'm not bagging out your overall statement, I'm not asking you to put up a sacked list in just saying listing all of our young players and saying they are on schedule is a fallacy.

nah you're being pedantic.  You know exactly what I intended and are playing politician.  Argue a point that wasn't being made.  I divided the list into the two groups and said prioritising the second layer if you want to be pedantic, not focusing on the second.

Hence why ainsworth was recruited and we also brought in the other more mature players.

TBH, i don't know what point you are trying to make and that might be where the confusion is.

My understanding is you've split the list in 2.
You highlighted/prioritised/focussed on the younger group and put that into a best 23, thats not a best 23. You've said the group is on schedule, which i disagree with and have said why.

So what have i got wrong from that?

Are you saying that we are rebuilding?
Are you saying that the current crop will exceed our older players?
Are you saying we don't care about traditional positions?
Are you saying that we are covered in traditional positions?

There doesn't appear to be a conclusion.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by LP -
The title of the thread says it all.

One of the biggest problems the AFL has is nepotism, and that leads to known knowns ruining the game. You get a bunch of Old Boys running the sport the way they learned to play it, formulaic, lacking innovation, they are stuck in the "they know best" mode of operation.

But most footballer's won't ever be useful coaches or tactical geniuses, on the whole they are gifted athletic robots who learned a repetitive task to perfection. When somebody turns up with an out of the box solution like Dimma did with Nthmond, a genuine advantage is gained and the robots try to copy it. The genius of Dimma was that he looked at the list he had and the current state of the rules and devised a game plan that suited the resource on hand, he didn't try to change the resource to fit his idea of perfection.

It's a fundamental truth that if you just copy everybody else you'll never be better than average.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: List Building - More than one way to skin a cat
Last post by DJC -
Matt Duffy has had one pre-season and has played only 13 games of footy in his life.  He is 194cm and 90kg, he can mark the pill (5 marks in a game is his best), he kicks the ball very well, can run like the wind, and he plays a physical brand of footy.  He has also been dropped in at the deep end being asked to play as a key defender against big blokes who have grown up playing footy.

I think that Matt shows a lot more potential than many of the KPPs that were taken in the national draft.  While this may well be his make or break year, I wouldn't be writing him off just yet.

Rob Monahan is 189cm and 86kg and he is a year ahead of Duffy.  He has played 35 VFL games and has shown significant improvement in his second season after being moved into defence.  He has picked up the nuances of our game, makes good position, uses the ball well and is fleet of foot.  Like Duffy, he was dropped in at the deep end in his first season when asked to play as a KPF.  His game against Collingwood this season was outstanding for a bloke in his second season of footy, but he needs to bring that form every week.

It's a make or break year for Rob too, and he'll need to continue his improvement if he's going to stick around.

As cat B rookies, the Irish lads cost us very little and they have greater potential than Ty Gresham, at this stage.