Chad Morrison-A Profile

[richie_cole#13]

Chad Morrison-A Profile. A MUST READ!!!

Chad Morrison
Guernsey Number: 42, 5
Height 184cm
Weight: 86kg
Recruited From: Dandenong/Southern U18
Debut: 1996
Date of Birth: 29 March 1978

Personal Profile
Born: March 29, 1978
Kitchen
Most cooked dish: Pasta bake
Most used appliance: Oven
Greatest accomplishment: Serving a meal
Bedroom
Usual bedtime: 11.30pm
Preferred PJs: None
Favourite colour bedlinen: Grey
Bathroom
Electric or blade razor: Blade
Hair products: Wax
Fragrance: Rexona
Wardrobe
Best buy: Alas cardigan for $15
Worst mistake: Buying a red shirt
Cannot live without: Hong Kong thongs
Accessories
Brand of sunglasses: Black Flys
Brand of watch: No watch
Favourite hat/cap: Puma
Outdoors
Must-have power tool: Drill
Garden duties: Sweep
Preferred pet: Daschund
Sounds
Best sound: DJs
Favourite song: Something Beautiful
Never want to hear again: Popcorn song
Fitness
Favourite form of exercise: Training
Exercise/drill you hate: Beep test
Sporting dream (non-football): Pool nine-ball champion
Football
Career highlight: 1999 qualifying win against Western Bulldogs
Most admired player: Brett Heady
Good luck charm: Routine

Player Statistics - Chad Morrison
Season
AFL 2004 Premiership Season

Round Date vs. K H P M HO T FF FA G B
Round 1 28/03/2004 Western Bulldogs 7 13 20 7 0 2 1 1 0 1
Round 2 03/04/2004 Port Adelaide 7 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Round 3 10/04/2004 Essendon 10 3 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Round 4 17/04/2004 Brisbane Lions 8 5 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
Round 5 24/04/2004 Carlton 8 4 12 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
Round 6 01/05/2004 Fremantle 10 4 14 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
Round 9 23/05/2004 St Kilda 7 8 15 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
Round 13 20/06/2004 Kangaroos 10 8 18 2 0 2 2 0 0 1
Round 14 03/07/2004 Geelong 14 3 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Round 15 10/07/2004 Hawthorn 12 6 18 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
Round 16 16/07/2004 Essendon 18 9 27 7 0 2 0 0 2 0
Round 17 25/07/2004 Port Adelaide 14 11 25 8 0 1 1 0 0 0
Round 18 01/08/2004 Western Bulldogs 19 8 27 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
Round 19 08/08/2004 Brisbane Lions 21 9 30 10 0 0 0 0 1 1
Round 20 15/08/2004 Carlton 11 10 21 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
Round 21 22/08/2004 Fremantle 15 9 24 8 0 2 0 0 0 1
Round 22 28/08/2004 Melbourne 8 7 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
QUALIFYING FINALS 04/09/2004 Sydney Swans 12 5 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 1

ABOUT
Everything appeared to be going well for Chad Morrison up to the start of the 2001 season. A couple of high finishes in the club champion award and he had relatively quickly racked up close to 120 games. Then disaster struck in round 13 against Melbourne when he landed awkwardly and badly damaged a knee which required a reconstruction. He was well advanced in his recovery the next season, going through a routine drill at training and then it “went” again. After missing virtually two full seasons of football, Morrison was eased back into football and went on to play another 28 games for the club before requesting a return to his native Victoria and joining Collingwood for the 2005 season. Morrison could ultimately blame his knees for falling just two games short of life membership of the club, finishing on 148.

PLAYER HONORS
3rd best and fairest 1997 (equal), 2000; AFL Rising Star nominee 1996.

PLAYER STATS
Brownlow Medal: career votes 5.

FROM ARTICLES
In better news, the 26 year-old is enjoying his finest football since a return from two knee reconstructions that destroyed his 2001 and 2002 seasons. His 25 possessions at the weekend followed 27 against Essendon, and an average of 18 per game across three weeks in defence.

 

[WZA]

Some very good stats there from this season. 30 possies against the Lions is a fair effort.

 

[richie_cole#13]

Some other stats from this year:
Chad Morrison Kicks: 199
Other:
Paul WIlliams:206
Michael Wilson:203
Chris Johnson:202
Brodie Holland:198

Chad Morrison Possesions: 317
Other:
Buckley:319
Josh Carr:310
Scott Burns:308
Brodie Holland:311
James Clement:328
James McDonald:310

Chad Morrison Handballs:118
Other:
Chris Heffernan:119
Brent Harvey:117
Shane O'Bree:117
Shane Woewodin:120
Brady Rawlings:121

Closest Collingwood player after totals.
Came equal 7th in West Coast's kicks. (Total 211) -Brodie Holland(Total 198)
Outright 7th disposals. (334) -James Clement(328)
Equal 19th in goals. (4) -Ben Johnson(4)
Outright 5th in marks. (85) -Richard Cole(85)
Equal 12th in behinds. (7) -Ben Johnson(7)
Outright 7th in handballs. (123) -Ben Johnson(121)
Equal 26th in tackles. (14) -Anthony Rocca(14)
Outright 7th in frees for. (13) -Tarkyn Lockyer(13)
Equal 27th frees against. (3) -Nick Maxwell(3)

Had he played at Collingwood and still gained the same stats in 2004 he would have come in the following positions in our stats:
Kicks:6th
Handballs:3rd
Disposals:4th
Goals:EQ 18th
Behinds:EQ 13th
Tackles:EQ 24th
Marks:EQ 7th
Frees For:EQ 12th
Frees Against:EQ 26th

Going by the top three stats (Kicks, Handball, Disposals) he would have realistically come in the top 4 or 5 of the best and fairest this year at Collingwood.

ATTN:Stats may differ due to using afl.com.au and westcoasteagles.com.au for references, their tallies were different.

 

[leonmagic]

Great stuff Richie, cheers.

 

[richie_cole#13]

Do you reckon he would have come top five in the b&f with those stats?

 

[Nic]

His best buy is a cardigan?!?!

Off with his head.

 

[leonmagic]

His best buy is a cardigan?!?!

Off with his head.

haha!!!

Was about to say something similar

 

[The Scarecrow]

Do you reckon he would have come top five in the b&f with those stats?

Probably, he would be in the top 10 atleast.

 

[richie_cole#13]

Anything else you want to know about him???

 

[Stakerz]

Good Luck Chad

 

[BuckleysBest]

Welcome Chad

 

[silky-smooth]

2004 stats:

Kicks - Ranked #104th in the AFL
Handballs - #87
Disposals - #99
Marks - #128
Tackles - #388
Inside 50s - #258
Rebound 50s - #72
Clearances - #195
Clangers - #290
Frees For - #162
Frees Agst - #420
Goals - #300
Behinds - #182

 

[Mead]

Here's my two cents on the Chad-

Pros: Very good reader of the play. Finds the ball virtually at will, and can get 25-30 touches seemingly without any effort at all whether he plays in the midfield or backline.
Is quite a damaging goal kicker when played up forward also- again, his knack for being in the right place at the right time means he gets a lot of opportunistic goals when used up forward.
Pretty good mark overhead, composed under pressure. Whilst not always accurate, his kicking on the run has pretty good depth- give him the ball 55m from goal on the run, and he'll have a fair crack at nailing it.

Cons: Dual AC means he is not overly quick or agile. Certainly not slow, but just not lightning fast. In defence he certainly isn't an accountable player- he's more of a loose sweeper.
Not a natural hard nut. Generally he's disciplined enough to put his head over the ball or back into a pack but there are times when his concentration lapses- the impression I've always gotten is of a guy whose first instinct might be to pull out, but is well drilled enough to commit his body to contests.
Biggest weakness imo is his disposal, which at times is pretty sub-standard. Often when he marks the ball in general play he takes a maddening amount of time to dispose of the ball because he isn't at all confident of hitting a target. This is the big limiting factor on him- he gets a lot of stats but doesn't use the ball especially well.

He's not a star and he has some weaknesses, but he's basically a decent player with a lot of good football left in him.

Ironically, though, I think Callum Chambers was the far better prospect of the two guys we traded.

 

[Stakerz]

So really he isnt that bad of a player, coming back to melbourne he might play a bit better?

 

[WoeyFanclub]

im pretty sure he played for the Big V aswell one year

 

[jess-jess]

im pretty sure he played for the Big V aswell one year

he played in 1999 before his did his knees.

What Mead said pretty much sums Morrison up.

This season he played 18 games. Started poorly, was dropped back to the WAFL in the middle of the year but came back and played a very good last half for us. Gets a lot of the footy and was generally one for us that got under the guard of other clubs, but his disposal and decision making are dodgy at times. He's a good player and i think the move back to Melbourne will be good for him, especially having MM and Bluey on the coaching staff. They both know his game well so wouldn't have to spend a season figuring out where/how to play him.

He's played 148 games and will be 27 next year so i would say he has another 50-80 games in him if he can stay injury free meaning you'll probably get about 4-5 years out of him.

 

[Monocle]

A very handy pick up ,but I totaly agree with Mead for your side Chambers would have been a better option. He will do very well at Carlton as he can run all day, and he should be as effective for them as Scotland was this year.

From your perspective he could release Ben Johnson from the HBF . Johnson IMO would make an outstanding midfielder.

Anyway well done on a good pick up and I wish Chad all the best as I thought highly of him when he was with us,

 

[FIGJAM]

Here's my two cents on the Chad-

Pros: Very good reader of the play. Finds the ball virtually at will, and can get 25-30 touches seemingly without any effort at all whether he plays in the midfield or backline.
Is quite a damaging goal kicker when played up forward also- again, his knack for being in the right place at the right time means he gets a lot of opportunistic goals when used up forward.
Pretty good mark overhead, composed under pressure. Whilst not always accurate, his kicking on the run has pretty good depth- give him the ball 55m from goal on the run, and he'll have a fair crack at nailing it.

Cons: Dual AC means he is not overly quick or agile. Certainly not slow, but just not lightning fast. In defence he certainly isn't an accountable player- he's more of a loose sweeper.
Not a natural hard nut. Generally he's disciplined enough to put his head over the ball or back into a pack but there are times when his concentration lapses- the impression I've always gotten is of a guy whose first instinct might be to pull out, but is well drilled enough to commit his body to contests.
Biggest weakness imo is his disposal, which at times is pretty sub-standard. Often when he marks the ball in general play he takes a maddening amount of time to dispose of the ball because he isn't at all confident of hitting a target. This is the big limiting factor on him- he gets a lot of stats but doesn't use the ball especially well.

He's not a star and he has some weaknesses, but he's basically a decent player with a lot of good football left in him.

Ironically, though, I think Callum Chambers was the far better prospect of the two guys we traded.

Thanks for that.

I still maintain he plays like O'Bree except for with better footskills!

 

[Lonie_from_50]

Chad Morrison

Career Statistics

1996 - 18 Games - 24 Goals - 23 Behinds - 149 Kicks - 48 Marks - 50 Handballs - 199 Disposals - 23 Tackles.
1997 - 24 Games - 9 Goals - 11 Behinds - 282 Kicks - 103 Marks - 126 Handballs - 408 Disposals - 29 Tackles.
1998 - 22 Games - 21 Goals - 10 Behinds - 260 Kicks - 104 Marks - 103 Handballs - 363 Disposals - 19 Tackles.
1999 - 23 Games - 13 Goals - 4 Behinds - 215 Kicks - 89 Marks - 142 Hanballs - 357 Disposals - 24 Tackles.
2000 - 22 Games - 13 Goals - 7 Behinds - 338 Kicks - 101 Marks - 169 Handballs - 507 Disposals - 33 Tackles.
2001 - 11 Games - 3 Goals - 120 Kicks - 46 Marks - 71 Handballs - 191 Disposals - 10 Tackles.
2002 - 0 Games.
2003 - 10 Games - 0 Goals - 1 Behind - 72 Kicks - 21 Marks - 64 Handballs - 136 Disposals - 12 Tackles.
2004 - 18 Games - 4 Goals - 7 Behinds - 211 Kicks - 85 Marks - 123 Handballs - 334 Disposals - 14 Tackles.

Career - 148 Games - 87 Goals - 63 Behinds - 11.1 Kicks - 4.0 Marks - 5.7 Handballs - 16.9 Disposals - 1.1 Tackles.

30 Disposals or more in a game
Rnd 17, 1997 - 22 Kicks - 8 Handballs - 30
Rnd 14, 2000 - 22 Kicks - 9 Handballs - 31
Rnd 17, 2000 - 23 Kicks - 12 Handballs - 35
Rnd 22, 2000 - 22 Kicks - 8 Handballs - 30
Rnd 1, 2001 - 18 Kicks - 13 Handballs - 31
Rnd 19, 2004 - 21 Kicks - 9 Handballs - 30

Rnd 14, 2000 - Rnd 1, 2001
Rnd 14 - 22 Kicks - 9 Handballs - 31 Disposals - 3 Marks
Rnd 15 - 22 Kicks - 7 Handballs - 29 Disposals - 9 Marks
Rnd 16 - 17 Kicks - 8 Handballs - 25 Disposals - 7 Marks
Rnd 17 - 23 Kicks - 12 Handballs - 35 Disposals - 3 Marks
Rnd 18 - 17 Kicks - 12 Handballs - 29 Disposals - 10 Marks
Rnd 19 - 19 Kicks - 5 Handballs - 24 Disposals - 2 Marks
Rnd 20 - 17 Kicks - 11 Handballs - 28 Disposals - 5 Marks
Rnd 21 - 8 Kicks - 7 Handballs - 15 Disposals - 4 Marks
Rnd 22 - 22 Kicks - 8 Handballs - 30 Disposals - 3 Marks
Rnd 1 - 18 Kicks - 13 Handballs - 31 Disposals - 12 Marks
TOTAL - 185 Kicks - 92 Handballs - 277 Disposals (27.7) - 58 Marks

 

[derro]

the dude looks like a washed up soft ********. avg of 1.1 tackles a game? hahaha

 

[Lonie_from_50]

the dude looks like a washed up soft ********. avg of 1.1 tackles a game? hahaha

I marked it up before - not sure if so on bigfooty - but Chad Morrison plays most of his football as a loose back flanker, and rarely has an opponent. He tends to stand out of the play as a reciever.

Morrison is not soft, but he will need to be damaging when loose.

 

[richie_cole#13]

Some interesting comparisons I believe.

http://finalsiren.com/PlayerCompare...297,40,&Compare=Go&Sort=AverageDisposals Desc