Re: Leadership Group 2018
Reply #148 –
There are two things at play.
Value for money is one.
Value is another.
What I see happening is people have seen no value for money, and then extrapolated that into no value.
Im a glass half full sort of person, and I can see the value that we have gotten for Daisy, and whilst it hasnt been fair value, we have paid a premium for the sort of leadership that our playing group has lacked for a long time.
People will question it, but I see it for what it is. Value:
1. Daisy was once the premier mid in the competition according to scribes. you can't buy that sort of respect readily in the market for an AFL footballer.
2. He plays footy in a way that sets an example for everyone. Cripps thanks Daisy in his B+F speech for giving him guidance when it came to rehab from injury.
3. He seems to have rubbed off on many of his teamates in the sort of avenues we have failed in as a group for a long time and is a unifying presence at the club.
Workrate. Role playing. Pressure. Vocal. Leadership. Rehab. Proffesionalism.
finally, have a look at what has happened at the place he departed. They havent had a good season since he left, irrespective of the fact that he wasnt a good contributer in his last couple of seasons. Thats partly to do with the way they changed things up at the club, but mostly to do with the fact that they have too many doing too few and leaving all the hard work to the usual suspects. They havent had a good kid come on since he left.
If our blokes get even half the selflessness, proffesionalism and workrate that Daisy gave, we will get much more from him than any acts he could perform on the field.
These are intangible things. ive played with some good players over the years, but there were very few that were revered for being good footballers and good workers at the same time, and Daisy is one of them. We havent had all that many over the journey either.
Well said Thry. More importantly than how scribes rated him is that Ross Lyon rated him the best player in the comp in 2011. In any case, not sure it was a terribly good decision, too late to look in the mirror.