Big Cox

[Kirby]

I'm not one for hyperbole but seriously this guy amazes me. It's not the things you would expect him to do that does it's the little intrinsic things that you wouldn't expect. I just have no potential ceiling I could place on him.....if he stays no better it's amazing.....if he keeps improving then I just don't know how far up he can go.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

I'm not one for hyperbole but seriously this guy amazes me. It's not the things you would expect him to do that does it's the little intrinsic things that you wouldn't expect. I just have no potential ceiling I could place on him.....if he stays no better it's amazing.....if he keeps improving then I just don't know how far up he can go.

He just has smarts, that's what I like.
Football smarts.
And his height, reach, his nous

 

[Kirby]

He just has smarts, that's what I like.
Football smarts.
And his height, reach, his nous

But how do you have those smarts 2nd year in?

I'm going to try to reign myself in because maybe I'm getting too hopeful.

 

[eddiebankbalance]

I never thought I'd say this but I love Cox.

I MASON

 

[DAWESOME!!]

He's my favourite player at the moment. Love the big bloke.

 

[DAWESOME!!]

But how do you have those smarts 2nd year in?

I'm going to try to reign myself in because maybe I'm getting too hopeful.

He's a smart guy who has the ability to adapt to new games - like he did from soccer to basketball.

 

[eddiebankbalance]

But how do you have those smarts 2nd year in?

I'm going to try to reign myself in because maybe I'm getting too hopeful.

I reckon NOT having prior experience might just be an advantage for him in this current day.

 

[Kappa]

I reckon NOT having prior experience might just be an advantage for him in this current day.

It's something talked about a lot by coaches, often the new guys with no bad habits are the easiest ones to coach as they come with a blank slate you can easily mould... most draftees come to clubs already with 10 years of habits that most will never get out of.

 

[PepperFace]

Cox was massive today

 

[Pie eyed]

I'm not one for hyperbole but seriously this guy amazes me. It's not the things you would expect him to do that does it's the little intrinsic things that you wouldn't expect. I just have no potential ceiling I could place on him.....if he stays no better it's amazing.....if he keeps improving then I just don't know how far up he can go.

The beauty is he knows nothing about what a bloke his size is supposed to be capable of....he just does.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Also, IIRC, because he's category B, we can keep him on our rookie list for 3 years and pay him outside of the salary cap?

 

[Saintly Viewed]

But how do you have those smarts 2nd year in?

I'm going to try to reign myself in because maybe I'm getting too hopeful.

Likely he is sports smart in general, likely he is a "natural" for our game,
And maybe he works super hard

He is a highly intelligent fellow anyway

 

[Saintly Viewed]

It's something talked about a lot by coaches, often the new guys with no bad habits are the easiest ones to coach as they come with a blank slate you can easily mould... most draftees come to clubs already with 10 years of habits that most will never get out of.

Correct.
Bad habits from childhood eg dropping ball wrong, may not be coached out.

 

[Hong Kong Pie]

Also, IIRC, because he's category B, we can keep him on our rookie list for 3 years and pay him outside of the salary cap?

Yep, i think that's right too. It's like we got handed a lottery ticket for free, and when we checked it a few weeks while buying a paper start seeing zeros everywhere.

 

[Vicky Park]

memo Peter Dutton: hands off our Cox!

Think Dutton will leave him alone. Cox can write and count and...play footy!

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Think Dutton will leave him alone. Cox can write and count and...play footy!

And came on a big plane

 

[Kappa]

Also, IIRC, because he's category B, we can keep him on our rookie list for 3 years and pay him outside of the salary cap?

How long is he contracted to?

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Cox was massive today

Hen pepper face says this with his avatar, it kind of fits

Giggidy

 

[eddiebankbalance]

Hen pepper face says this with his avatar, it kind of fits

Giggidy

doodles## is the person you seek. Where is he?

 

[jjsmitty8]

Cox was massive today

so was mine!

 

[the_champ_2004]

Travis Cloke right now!!

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Also, IIRC, because he's category B, we can keep him on our rookie list for 3 years and pay him outside of the salary cap?

If we can, we should.

 

[Hong Kong Pie]

I know it's STILL very early days, but i think he might just turn out to be the greatest human being who has ever lived.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Travis Cloke right now!!

I was doing that precise quote for Trav when Cox kicked his first today! Gold.

 

[the_champ_2004]

How good was his attack at the ball and mark in the third quarter?

Keep it up Coxy, defences don't know what to do with you.