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That's our boy: Parents react to 2020 NAB AFL Draft
The parents of Corey Durdin, Jack Carroll and Luke Parks speak to Carlton Media about the emotion of their sons being drafted to Carlton.www.carltonfc.com.au
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That blunder still shits me..
I don't see it happening at Carlton. It took a very specific set of circumstances that let it happen for him at Richmond, and there's no certainty it'd ever have happened here.I just didn't understand it at the time. He was absolutely killing the VFL under our nose. We all saw his quality.
That's partly up to the club, we aren't used to being St Kilda or the Western Bulldogs (pre 2016). We are a premiership winning club who has forgotten how to win premierships.I don't see it happening at Carlton. It took a very specific set of circumstances that let it happen for him at Richmond, and there's no certainty it'd ever have happened here.
There, he was one of 6-10 who took that next step in 2017. If he was here in 2017, he'd have been yet another bloke to need to get used to the ball going over his head or to get rotated through a position he'd spent less than 2 weeks training due to injury.
And I'm as sick of us wallowing in what we shoulda/coulda as I am in '95, 1999, and any of the finals or H and A wins in the new century. It's time for us to stop living in the past, even if it's been all we've had for 25 years.
I agree, but I wasn't talking about the club so much as us, the fans. We need to stop kicking ourselves over the ones that got away.That's partly up to the club, we aren't used to being St Kilda or the Western Bulldogs (pre 2016). We are a premiership winning club who has forgotten how to win premierships.
Not sure I'm wallowing in '99. That was the ground zero beginning of 20 years of pain.I don't see it happening at Carlton. It took a very specific set of circumstances that let it happen for him at Richmond, and there's no certainty it'd ever have happened here.
There, he was one of 6-10 who took that next step in 2017. If he was here in 2017, he'd have been yet another bloke to need to get used to the ball going over his head or to get rotated through a position he'd spent less than 2 weeks training due to injury.
And I'm as sick of us wallowing in what we shoulda/coulda as I am in '95, 1999, and any of the finals or H and A wins in the new century. It's time for us to stop living in the past, even if it's been all we've had for 25 years.
Certainly in those kinds of cases, he was only one of quite a number of players we could have had if we played our cards right. The fact that he played for our reserves is technically irrelevant. To be pretentious, I'm more concerned with foresight rather than hindsight.I agree, but I wasn't talking about the club so much as us, the fans. We need to stop kicking ourselves over the ones that got away.
Theoretically, we can and should feel awful about each and every player that goes after each and every pick we've ever made. Think of how much wonderful FOMO we're missing out on, by limiting it to Lucas ahead of Talia, Townsend, Gowers and Butler.Certainly in those kinds of cases, he was only one of quite a number of players we could have had if we played our cards right. The fact that he played for our reserves is technically irrelevant. To be pretentious, I'm more concerned with foresight rather than hindsight.
I really wanted Carrol at Richmond even with our first pick and when we traded it i thought ohh well , But then he was still there at our 2nd and we still didnt take him and selected an unknown Ruckman (our 5th Ruck) - Disappointing but good luck to the blues and hope he develops into a great player.
But there is 1 thing thats been playing on my mind that made me kind of ok with not selecting him and i dont mean to be coming across as salty but made me think. Fremantle would have had the best access to jack and would have had everybody that has had anything to do with him on speed dial and walker and Carroll were really close at east fremantle i believe and they didnt select him . I think they had 3 chances and also could have traded down if they really wanted him. This makes me think Why ??
So in saying this i think maybe be a little more patient & little more conservative with expectations. But still a bargain at 41
Yes, I can't get a handle on what to make of him, TBH. He seems to play a type of game beyond his height/weight. I'm hoping he's a Cripps/Fyfe type; they were both players drafted slightly above (as opposed to below) where they were expected to go, who grew bit after being drafted. I know he has a late birthdate but that's not always an indicator.I really wanted Carrol at Richmond even with our first pick and when we traded it i thought ohh well , But then he was still there at our 2nd and we still didnt take him and selected an unknown Ruckman (our 5th Ruck) - Disappointing but good luck to the blues and hope he develops into a great player.
But there is 1 thing thats been playing on my mind that made me kind of ok with not selecting him and i dont mean to be coming across as salty but made me think. Fremantle would have had the best access to jack and would have had everybody that has had anything to do with him on speed dial and walker and Carroll were really close at east fremantle i believe and they didnt select him . I think they had 3 chances and also could have traded down if they really wanted him. This makes me think Why ??
So in saying this i think maybe be a little more patient & little more conservative with expectations. But still a bargain at 41
I have seen some opinions from people out west that he plays similar to Cotchin without the same amount of agro but who knows really with so little vision availableYes, I can't get a handle on what to make of him, TBH. He seems to play a type of game beyond his height/weight. I'm hoping he's a Cripps/Fyfe type; they were both players drafted slightly above (as opposed to below) where they were expected to go, who grew bit after being drafted. I know he has a late birthdate but that's not always an indicator.
cotchin's Agro only started about 5 years ago beforethat he was relatively passiveI have seen some opinions from people out west that he plays similar to Cotchin without the same amount of agro but who knows really with so little vision available
cotchin? agro? ok........I have seen some opinions from people out west that he plays similar to Cotchin without the same amount of agro but who knows really with so little vision available
Yeah sure, I didn't see you calling for us to pick him.
Jack Carroll still on the board!!!
Carroll or Neale might get through!!!
Winder or Carroll
I'm thinking the same thing
CARROLL CARROLL CARROLL!!!!!
PICK CARROLL!!!
Please pick Carroll!!!!!
Mu-um. Do I have to?Clean your room, katmanblue.