So long and thanks for all the fish

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish

Reply #15 – October 16, 2014, 02:37:15 pm

Mick Malthouse has over the years groomed a number o AFL coaches.
I have a feeling that Buckley was an important acquisition for the success of the Collingwood's premiership.
The game is changing so fast that a coach needs the insights of those who learn in under the packs.
It is important that coaching staff selection is successful. Hope Mick has his say!
Is Brock smart enough to play with NB and be on the coaching staff?

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish

Reply #16 – October 16, 2014, 03:48:16 pm

It is always with great angst that a club decides to delist.
We recruit great young men, they try hard, we want them to succeed and hope can live on and on...!

Last year we moved-on the following. I checked to see how they flourised in 2014:
* Marcus Davies Port Melbourne, back to Tas for 2015
* Luke Mitchell North Adelaide ...?
* Patrick McCarthy, Glenelg .....?
* Rhys O’Keeffe, North Adelaide ......?
* Frazer Dale South Adelaide .....?
* Andrew Collins back home to Bridgewater, Bendigo

None have really distinguished themselves in 2014.
Of course there when hopes are dashed, they might dip the next year. But in fact they did not show great flourish in their time with Carlton.

I think we remain in Hope too long.
Luke and Patrick were two talls picked up as rather late picks. Great blokes but there is little evidence that they were great picks.

I hope we prune hard this year. I think the following might feel lucky to be with the Blues in 2015: Watson, Mitch, Brock, Armfield, Ellard, Bell and Graham