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Literally no one is saying that, it's just one person pushing that agenda and a couple of bandwagoners jumping on. The only issue with him is that he doesn't intercept as much as you'd like, but that can be developed once he's in the systemSome notes below on Cole matched up against Jobe Shanahan who is rated one of the better tall forwards in the draft
Taking on arguably the toughest matchup in defence, Cole competed hard with high-marking forward Jobe Shanahan all day. He had the athleticism to go with him on the lead and did his best to either apply body contact or force a spoil as both players took to the air. Cole’s defensive diligence was adapted to suit ground level recovery and he was quite confident with ball in hand, either fending off opponents or bursting away on the rebound.
"Bursting away on rebound" .... but but .... all the experts on here are saying he can't rebound
Shanahan kicked only 1 goal that day
Cole definitely will not be a Steven May type distributor, but he's a solid kick and once he has a year or two of development at AFL/VFL level, he'll be reliable with ball in hand just like any other full back in the AFL - like how Dougal was taught to be more reliable with ball in hand even in his late 20s
I don't know why people are so obsessive over this topic, unless another club decides to go for a massive reach inside the top 30, at this point the club is 99.99% going to take Cole whether there's a bid or not