Player Watch #44 Sydney Stack

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darcytiger said:
I’m a Mansell hater but Stack has never put in 1/5th of the effort that Mansell does.
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He did up until Rd 22 2019, when he was one of those dropped ('injury') to get Martin and Cotchin back into the team. Did not get a look in for the rest of the season (not even GF emergency - which tells you something).
Stack got pissed off, came back unfit and with a poor mindset for an AFL footballer in 2020 (mostly self-inflicted), played shit, went for a kebab to cheer himself up, 2021 took him half the year to get fit and than he was OK, 2022 was bad from the get-go ......... aaaaaaaand .................. he's gone.

The fact that no other club has taken a flyer on him since (not even the WA teams - you'd think that they would have had someone in his ear for the last 2 years)) shows that he just has not got the right mental attitude (with all that entails) to be a professional footballer. He would have been first on every club's list of 'Anyone worth a look at in the pre- or mid-season draft?'. He's just turned 24, FFS. (He's been in the WAFL the last 2 years and has played 2 reserves games).

We'll be talking about the '2019 Stack' for years to come. For me, he's taken over from Coughlan as the greatest 'what-if' in my time as a Tiger fan (Cogs was tragic, while Stack was just career suicide).
 
Wallaby said:
He did up until Rd 22 2019, when he was one of those dropped ('injury') to get Martin and Cotchin back into the team. Did not get a look in for the rest of the season (not even GF emergency - which tells you something).
Stack got pissed off, came back unfit and with a poor mindset for an AFL footballer in 2020 (mostly self-inflicted), played shit, went for a kebab to cheer himself up, 2021 took him half the year to get fit and than he was OK, 2022 was bad from the get-go ......... aaaaaaaand .................. he's gone.

The fact that no other club has taken a flyer on him since (not even the WA teams - you'd think that they would have had someone in his ear for the last 2 years)) shows that he just has not got the right mental attitude (with all that entails) to be a professional footballer. He would have been first on every club's list of 'Anyone worth a look at in the pre- or mid-season draft?'. He's just turned 24, FFS. (He's been in the WAFL the last 2 years and has played 2 reserves games).

We'll be talking about the '2019 Stack' for years to come. For me, he's taken over from Coughlan as the greatest 'what-if' in my time as a Tiger fan (Cogs was tragic, while Stack was just career suicide).
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He was dropped to retool as a mid, like we did with Caddy on a wing and KMac at half-back.

He had 15 possessions in a half on-ball at Windy Hill but did his ankle ligaments just before half-time.

He got back and 'played' in the VFL grand final. I use the term 'played' loosely as he was clearly not right. He spent easily the least time on ground and when he was on he hobbled about in the forward pocket.

They wanted to give him every chance. If he'd been fit and in form there would have been no Marlion Pickett fairytale.
 
Wallaby said:
He did up until Rd 22 2019, when he was one of those dropped ('injury') to get Martin and Cotchin back into the team. Did not get a look in for the rest of the season (not even GF emergency - which tells you something).
Stack got pissed off, came back unfit and with a poor mindset for an AFL footballer in 2020 (mostly self-inflicted), played shit, went for a kebab to cheer himself up, 2021 took him half the year to get fit and than he was OK, 2022 was bad from the get-go ......... aaaaaaaand .................. he's gone.

The fact that no other club has taken a flyer on him since (not even the WA teams - you'd think that they would have had someone in his ear for the last 2 years)) shows that he just has not got the right mental attitude (with all that entails) to be a professional footballer. He would have been first on every club's list of 'Anyone worth a look at in the pre- or mid-season draft?'. He's just turned 24, FFS. (He's been in the WAFL the last 2 years and has played 2 reserves games).

We'll be talking about the '2019 Stack' for years to come. For me, he's taken over from Coughlan as the greatest 'what-if' in my time as a Tiger fan (Cogs was tragic, while Stack was just career suicide).
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Could have been anything. But in the end wasn't.
 

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Willo_23 said:


God damn this makes me sad. What could have been hey
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Thanks for posting this!! I remember feeling so excited about Stacky when we took a chance on him. I just remember thinking this young man has it all. He was essentially another prolific talent like Shai. I’m sure there are many things going on for SS that we are unaware of…. All the best to him I hope he sorts things out for himself…
 
TJTIGER said:
Thanks for posting this!! I remember feeling so excited about Stacky when we took a chance on him. I just remember thinking this young man has it all. He was essentially another prolific talent like Shai. I’m sure there are many things going on for SS that we are unaware of…. All the best to him I hope he sorts things out for himself…
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Just for you this, 13 minutes is better than 3.

 
I still maintain Stack could be anything. I’ve said it before. He strikes me a little like a Dennis Rodman character, super talented. But from the outside I don’t believe talent was ever the issue? It appeared to be around focus & application(but I could be wrong, my opinion only).
I still wish him all the very best in whatever he chooses to do. For the record if he does get his off field issues ok Id love it if we threw him another chance…

Anyone know if SS is playing any footy? Cheers!
 
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Stack played his best when he had a chip on his shoulder and a point to prove.

In 2019 he made his point showed he could cut it and then some.

Then lost his focus and fell victim to Tik Tok and his own publicity.

Was huge from his first game, and was one of a handful of players that held the side up over the first 10 weeks after JR8 and Rance and Nank and Bash and Grigg, Short, and others went down.
 

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