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Not IMO, how many Americans have made it so far? Sure Cox has done well but remember he’s a pretty smart cookie, IMO Sudanese players are the way to go, many have a grounding in Aussie rules now or at least know the rules, most Giant recruits from America won’t have the cardio for AFL, they would also struggle with the physical aspect considering they call many NBA players ‘hard’, they will end up going home with a new definition of hard.
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Who honestly cares? It's money that is appropriate specifically to allow an international kid to get involved in football and do it at Collingwood to boot. It's not like the club suddenly can't afford to pay its staff or run its community service programs simply because we're providing a scholarship to Bassirou Faye.
I'll accept the bet mate. The Roo will play senior footy and he will be better than Cox.
I’m fairly certain Jarrod Witts was on a club scholarship when he first started at Collingwood.
A much harder transition than a basketball background like Roo.
I'd wonder if we would see a few more of them make the jump to the AFL, Mason Cox could work as the ambassador for them arriving.
I'm glad we've already got our whipping boy nomination sorted, I was worried we'd go without one now that Madgen was delisted.
Hey played for Beaumaris Reserves last year (Guy McKenna was the senior coach).
Can someone post the photo?
Any idea of how he’s developing? Did he play any decent games?
Don't know much mate although I heard he's very aggressive and kicks the occasional goal when forward.
Yes, was quite severe as well, pain below both knees which would swell if he did too much, he grew very quickly from 13–14, he went from being his teams second best player in basketball to a bench player during the peak of it, physio recommended he kept playing but he just lost power in his legs and it blew his confidence apart, seems like he’s over it now fingers crossed, does flare up when he’s asked to mow the lawn though.
I find it bizarre the US don’t have lower level gridiron leagues, wonder if it’s due to insurance reasons etc, it’s a brutal sport.
Going by this the vertical leap doesn’t matter much, apart from Croad there’s no players of note on the list, pretty sure this is for standing vertical, upon further investigation the AFL combine don’t run a running vertical, which I find strange.
At 6ft 9 a 84cm leap is a big effort.
Yeah that’s massive if it’s a standing vertical considering his height, shit, it’s massive either way.
