AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent 2028 or 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 18, doug85

 

[Mercurial89]

I do wonder if they would request some time off.

If you look at Cripps he talked about the struggle with a new baby.

I often wonder about the impact on their performance.

Elite sport is a 24/7 job, in terms of preparation etc and parenting is or should be, too.

They're either doing an amazing job to train, play, recover at the same level even with the sleep deprivation, mental fatigue, creaky joints from laying and squatting in awkward positions, and general time devoted to raising a child.

Or they're half arsing the parenting. Hopefully it's the former.

Often their partners pick up even more of the slack.
I wouldn't say that is half assing parenting.

 

[yodellinhank]

It was being a parent that got Spike in the shit with ASADA. He took vitamins and melatonin for sleeping whilst he had a newborn, obviously the melatonin was a specific kind of Thymosin.

 

[Kong]

If you look at Cripps he talked about the struggle with a new baby.



Often their partners pick up even more of the slack.
I wouldn't say that is half assing parenting.

Fair enough, agree to disagree.

 

[Blind Turn]

Turns out it wasn’t tightness, it was awareness which is much more serious

I think it might actually be parental awareness.

 

[DERO]

I often wonder about the impact on their performance.

Elite sport is a 24/7 job, in terms of preparation etc and parenting is or should be, too.

They're either doing an amazing job to train, play, recover at the same level even with the sleep deprivation, mental fatigue, creaky joints from laying and squatting in awkward positions, and general time devoted to raising a child.

Or they're half arsing the parenting. Hopefully it's the former.

Do you even have kids? lol.

 

[bommer16]

I like that he’s getting a run in the vfl.

 

[yodellinhank]

Do you even have kids? lol.

I'm suspicious whether Kong is even living an Elite AFL Footballer's Lifestyle.

 

[Kong]

Do you even have kids? lol.

Why do you ask?

 

[jmoo wan]

Why do you ask?

he’s got an icecream van

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Has to come in for Perkins next week.

 

[div12ressie]

Needs to come back asap if we're any chance of making finals

 

[Jobe Watson]

No way he returns through the VFL. Even at 75% he's still better than some of the plonkers we're giving games to.

 

[jmoo wan]

Needs to come back asap if we're any chance of making finals

oh man, who’s going to tell him?

 

[Westlo]

No way he returns through the VFL. Even at 75% he's still better than some of the plonkers we're giving games to.

He's been dogshit the first 1-2 weeks every time he's come back from an injury the last few years, maybe put some faith in our #5 pick who's getting 30+ possies and 10+clearances in the vfl at will... and actually play him in the middle for a game instead of on the wing or being made a sub.

 

[Yoda_]

Welcome back DP3

 

[eth-dog]

Needs a good 5 weeks to increase his trade value, am I right?

 

[ghostdog]

I often wonder about the impact on their performance.

Elite sport is a 24/7 job, in terms of preparation etc and parenting is or should be, too.

They're either doing an amazing job to train, play, recover at the same level even with the sleep deprivation, mental fatigue, creaky joints from laying and squatting in awkward positions, and general time devoted to raising a child.

Or they're half arsing the parenting. Hopefully it's the former.

I've often wondered about this, too. The cynic in me says they half-arse the parenting for at least 6 months of the year. But they look like fantastic parents immediately after the game when they go over to collect junior, who's wearing the jumper with 'Daddy' on the back, of course, and immerse the kid in the culture. It's as though putting the kid in the jumper is a way of reclaiming Dad's attention and affections, like, our child is on your team, you know, so come back now. The kid grows up playing the game and forever trying to show Dad that they're just as worthy of attention as da boyz, and the cycle goes on.

But yeah, that's me being cynical. Love is love.

 

[ghostdog]

Needs a good 5 weeks to increase his trade value, am I right?

Not if we're trading out Shiel because they're the same player. Or are we keeping Shiel?

 

[sup3rfish]

Not if we're trading out Shiel because they're the same player. Or are we keeping Shiel?

What we will be doing is increasing their trade values, both Parish and Shiel, then typical essendon we will keep them both on 4 year contract extensions

 

[TheGrizz]

When we lost Caldwell last week we were a mid short in the rotation and had to see way too much of Perkins, Martin and Gresham at centre bounce and it cost us. But I just don't see how you can pick Darcy after such a long lay-off with Hobbs and Tsatas (and even Setterfield) in good form at VFL level. Surely they have earned it.

I get the positional need which has necessitated bringing Parish in, I just don't agree with the personnel choice.

It just screams to me Scott is desperate to win this game and has gone with the 'lowest risk' 22 he could, but has effectively lost the forest through the trees.
Meaning that for the benfit of the long term plan they keep banging on about, surely rewarding Hobbs and Tsatas with game time is more important than Shiel (who is likely out the door) and a half baked Parish (who could do with a VFL runabout first) getting us closer to maybe scraping into a first round finals loss.

 

[MiguelM]

What we will be doing is increasing their trade values, both Parish and Shiel, then typical essendon we will keep them both on 4 year contract extensions

Lol, Parish going nowhere.

 

[jdstorm]

Is a pretty good forward so hopefully helps in that HHF role when he rotates through

When we lost Caldwell last week we were a mid short in the rotation and had to see way too much of Perkins, Martin and Gresham at centre bounce and it cost us. But I just don't see how you can pick Darcy after such a long lay-off with Hobbs and Tsatas (and even Setterfield) in good form at VFL level. Surely they have earned it.

I get the positional need which has necessitated bringing Parish in, I just don't agree with the personnel choice.

It just screams to me Scott is desperate to win this game and has gone with the 'lowest risk' 22 he could, but has effectively lost the forest through the trees.
Meaning that for the benfit of the long term plan they keep banging on about, surely rewarding Hobbs and Tsatas with game time is more important than Shiel (who is likely out the door) and a half baked Parish (who could do with a VFL runabout first) getting us closer to maybe scraping into a first round finals loss.

Liked because I think “low risk” is the best way to describe Brad Scott’s coaching and selection philosophy.

 

[ant555]

When we lost Caldwell last week we were a mid short in the rotation and had to see way too much of Perkins, Martin and Gresham at centre bounce and it cost us. But I just don't see how you can pick Darcy after such a long lay-off with Hobbs and Tsatas (and even Setterfield) in good form at VFL level. Surely they have earned it.

I get the positional need which has necessitated bringing Parish in, I just don't agree with the personnel choice.

It just screams to me Scott is desperate to win this game and has gone with the 'lowest risk' 22 he could, but has effectively lost the forest through the trees.
Meaning that for the benfit of the long term plan they keep banging on about, surely rewarding Hobbs and Tsatas with game time is more important than Shiel (who is likely out the door) and a half baked Parish (who could do with a VFL runabout first) getting us closer to maybe scraping into a first round finals loss.

It raised my eyebrows as well but it could be he has just as much time playing forward . Still think he should be playing VFL. They will not reward Tsatas with any game time. Word is it is not only the kicking issues but they have been putting a lot of time into defensive transition.
Hobbs is interesting now. He dropped a fair bit of fitness while the rehabbed his calf and from all reports needed the games in the VFL to get the fitness levels back up.

 

[TheGrizz]

It raised my eyebrows as well but it could be he has just as much time playing forward . Still think he should be playing VFL. They will not reward Tsatas with any game time. Word is it is not only the kicking issues but they have been putting a lot of time into defensive transition.
Hobbs is interesting now. He dropped a fair bit of fitness while the rehabbed his calf and from all reports needed the games in the VFL to get the fitness levels back up.

I've defended Parish alot over the years, but I can't get behind the idea they have brought him in to play forward for any significant period of time. Not saying it's incorrect, just that I don't agree with it.

I still would have preferred Hobbs (who at least is rounding into fitness) or Setterfield (who is better than both defensively and brings a little variation to our mix) over Darcy, but we will see. I still see Parish as part of our top midfield going forward, just not this week.

 

[Westlo]

I still see Parish as part of our top midfield going forward, just not this week.

100% agreed, like I said earlier he's taken 2-3 games to get back into the mix every time he's been out the last couple of years.... watch him have a mid game and get 15-19 touches and Kane Cornes will lay into him even though he's been out for 10+ weeks.... but 3 weeks later when he has 30+ he won't say shit.