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Funny because it’s right.
He probably stopped lifting after pre season and withered awayFunny because it’s right.
BTW - I believe Cox (preseason interview) where he says he put on 9kg coming into the ‘24 season.
Yet - kid has skipped every arm session in his 4 years at the club. I don’t get it…
Has built up core … a lot… see photo from Friday night’s game… much broader core, same skinny arms.
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Funny because it’s right.
BTW - I believe Cox (preseason interview) where he says he put on 9kg coming into the ‘24 season.
Yet - kid has skipped every arm session in his 4 years at the club. I don’t get it…
Has built up core … a lot… see photo from Friday night’s game… much broader core, same skinny arms.
Great to see my boy signed for a couple more.
In the outstanding Dale Tapping interview on Don the Stat, you get a clearer picture of Cox’s role according to the EFC coaching staff:
I think they’re also using him as a bit of a Mr. Fixit… filled holes after injury in both back and forward lines as well as back up ruck one week.
- Wing (along with Dursma & Jones)
- Plays to his strengths (covers ground + height)
- Providing marking power
- Getting forward
- Helping out down back
Dale Tapping -
“using Jonesy's example, who's, you know, like really suited to the wing and even Coxie, to an extra extent, like when Coxie and Jonesy, well Jonesy's over the forward stuff, but it's probably more, say from my end, like just educating Coxie if he goes forward, you know, like he did against Cold Coast and, you know, kicked a couple of goals. So, you know, he's still got an awareness of what's ahead of the ball, what his role is in certain positions, you know, and the others clearly help him.
“But, you know, there's a lot of things that, there's a lot of coaching around, you know, if we want you to play deep, this is how we want you to sort of set up and this is why, you know, if we want you to play a little bit higher as a forward, this is why try to get yourself in this position because we can use your athleticism. You know, it's all this detail around, you know, the craft and, you know, and Jones is the same as a winger. You know, and the great advantages for those boys is their ability not only to get back and support in the air, but they can get forward and win it in the air.
So they become a bit of a threat in the air because they're quite unique in terms of, you know, their athleticism and height. Yeah, we'd probably be, I'd say we would be, we would probably have now, and along with Dersma, who's very capable above his head, you know, our three wingers are probably as good as anyone in the air, they're cross competition. So you're crazy not to maximize that.
“So we're just trying to, you know, find avenues, you know, how we can best utilize those three boys, you know, because of their weapons and strengths they bring to the table.
Yeah, it's actually just obviously someone who's watched the Bombers for a while. It's one of the things that we've lacked for a while is that sort of those marking targets, you know, coming out of the back line and, you know, just having that person you can kick to, who can, you know, take that one-on-one mark. So it seems to be working pretty well.”
From Don The Stat: Don The Stat 2024 - Dale Tapping (Essendon Assistant Coach) Interview, 10 Jul 2024
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Pretty standard for us actually. See Hobbs, Perkins, Zerk, Tsatas etc. Two year contracts until Free AgencyTwo years says to me they’re very unsure about where he’s at. At his age, clubs are trying to lock down potential stars for 5, 6, even 7 years. Even three years at his age is a decent show of faith. Two years is really a shitty contract at this stage, and there wasn’t a peep that there might be interest elsewhere.
Two years says to me they’re very unsure about where he’s at. At his age, clubs are trying to lock down potential stars for 5, 6, even 7 years. Even three years at his age is a decent show of faith. Two years is really a shitty contract at this stage, and there wasn’t a peep that there might be interest elsewhere.
Well, I'll be damned.damned if you do, damned if you don't
might well be something Cox wants. Seems more likely to me. Gives him a chance to really gain some value before the big contract. Makes sense given his physical development too. He would have been crazy to lock himself into a long contract at the money he would be worth nowTwo years says to me they’re very unsure about where he’s at. At his age, clubs are trying to lock down potential stars for 5, 6, even 7 years. Even three years at his age is a decent show of faith. Two years is really a shitty contract at this stage, and there wasn’t a peep that there might be interest elsewhere.
At least we can be confident the guy doing the contracts knows what he is doing.
Great to see my boy signed for a couple more.
In the outstanding Dale Tapping interview on Don the Stat, you get a clearer picture of Cox’s role according to the EFC coaching staff:
I think they’re also using him as a bit of a Mr. Fixit… filled holes after injury in both back and forward lines as well as back up ruck one week.
- Wing (along with Dursma & Jones)
- Plays to his strengths (covers ground + height)
- Providing marking power
- Getting forward
- Helping out down back
Dale Tapping -
“using Jonesy's example, who's, you know, like really suited to the wing and even Coxie, to an extra extent, like when Coxie and Jonesy, well Jonesy's over the forward stuff, but it's probably more, say from my end, like just educating Coxie if he goes forward, you know, like he did against Cold Coast and, you know, kicked a couple of goals. So, you know, he's still got an awareness of what's ahead of the ball, what his role is in certain positions, you know, and the others clearly help him.
“But, you know, there's a lot of things that, there's a lot of coaching around, you know, if we want you to play deep, this is how we want you to sort of set up and this is why, you know, if we want you to play a little bit higher as a forward, this is why try to get yourself in this position because we can use your athleticism. You know, it's all this detail around, you know, the craft and, you know, and Jones is the same as a winger. You know, and the great advantages for those boys is their ability not only to get back and support in the air, but they can get forward and win it in the air.
So they become a bit of a threat in the air because they're quite unique in terms of, you know, their athleticism and height. Yeah, we'd probably be, I'd say we would be, we would probably have now, and along with Dersma, who's very capable above his head, you know, our three wingers are probably as good as anyone in the air, they're cross competition. So you're crazy not to maximize that.
“So we're just trying to, you know, find avenues, you know, how we can best utilize those three boys, you know, because of their weapons and strengths they bring to the table.
Yeah, it's actually just obviously someone who's watched the Bombers for a while. It's one of the things that we've lacked for a while is that sort of those marking targets, you know, coming out of the back line and, you know, just having that person you can kick to, who can, you know, take that one-on-one mark. So it seems to be working pretty well.”
From Don The Stat: Don The Stat 2024 - Dale Tapping (Essendon Assistant Coach) Interview, 10 Jul 2024
we’re shit at milestone games so they didn’t want us to shut the bed against an inferior side last week