Retired # 5: Brent Stanton - Essendon VFL Head Coach

[Zach Package]

Bort

 

[Bombermania]

Sad but predictable announcement.

I've always been a fan of Stants and feel that he got 110% out of himself for the club.

Can see both Stants and Kelly becoming coaches in the next year or two.

 

[Killer_Mike]

 

[daffo]

I will miss Stants.

Was always underrated by the club and AFL in general.

 

[Vindicater]

MY BOY!

Have him replace Green this week and send him off with a couple of goals!

 

[Knox Harrington]

He was a very good player and would've gotten a game in any essendon side over the years.

Was tagged by opposition coaches. So other clubs rated him highly and knew his run and carry was vital to us.

I recall his game in the 2011 draw against Carlton. We had one in the bench and 3 injuries, no rotations. Every player was stuffed and Stanton that last quarter got 10 or 11 touches and kept running and presenting as an option that last quarter due to his fitness.

I will remember him and jobe as our two best during very lean decade. In a good side would've carved them up.

 

[pepsi]

A lot of admiration, respect and love for stants. Has been outstanding for us since he got to the club and worked his butt off to get the most out of himself!

 

[bombre-boy]

It took me longer than I'd care to admit to appreciate Stanton. With the benefit of hindsight I can see that the problem was never with Stanton but with the crappy sides he played in until about 2011.

All you can really ask of a player is for him to work as hard as Stanton worked and to get as much as possible out of his skill level and his body. Not everyone can be a star and we all know that good teams are usually made up of a much larger support cast.

He was a perfectly solid footballer who would have been good enough to play in any of the premiership sides from the point that his game matured (in about 2009 from memory) - had he been drafted to any of those sides.

Stanton would have been a more popular player had he played in a better side where the expectation was not on him to lead a midfield. Having said that, in the 100 games he played between his 100th and his 200th he did a pretty damn good job of leading the midfield with Watson.

It's extremely unfair that he toiled away during the dark ages only for the supplements saga to have robbed him of the chance to be part of a decent side during his prime.

Bruno, this sums up my thinking as well.
Anyone that gives themselves to Essendon deserves all the praise they can get.
Cheers for the efforts Stants.

 

[windyhill]

**** I loved this bloke, the more he copped the more I loved him.

 

[astrowizzle]

Wonder what he could have done without the lung busters. Fantastic club man. Would like to see him in some type of fitness coach role at the club

 

[mayhem20202]

I will miss Stants.

Was always underrated by the club and AFL in general.

Underrated by the club??? Finished top 3 in b&f 4 or 5 times, leadership group, played 255 games, he wasn't underrated by the club at all. Was underrated by a lot of idiot supporters who don't watch the game closely or understand the game


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[Bombers36]

Couldn't help myself but to look back through some stats on Stants - how was his 2012 season...!!!

20 games - ave possessions - 24.8, inside 50's - 4.7, goals - 0.6, marks - 6.4, tackles - 4.3 - plus 14 Brownlow votes..and I believe the highest ever dreamteam score for a mid field player of 193 points.

He was not a champion but in his prime (that 2012 season) not far off...

 

[ghostdog]

Thank you for being an outstanding, professional Essendon FC person, Stants.

 

[Lore]

Now a development coach at Carlton according to trade radio.

 

[PeaTea]

Ugh

 

[DonsRule]

Now a development coach at Carlton according to trade radio.

Yep

 

[Mr_McBoogerBalls]

I feel violated just imagining him working there. All the best to him nonetheless!

 

[Blind Turn]

No, no, no...
No crossover allowed.

 

[Howard Moon]

Could have got a seagull for quarter the price, non smoker too....loves a chip however

 

[carnthedons]

All the best Boo-rent but **** Carlton

 

[vast]

Go forth Brent and destroy the enemy from within

 

[Kettles]

Now I really and most definitely do not like him.

 

[emblurr]

Gonna leave a bad taste in the mouth to see Mr Essendon in a navy blue tracksuit.

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[Gumby2Hurley]

operation cripps2essendon begins

 

[tesla1962]

Nowhere near as bad as Glen Hawker playing his last few games for them. Good luck Brent.