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- Jul 25, 2014
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Hey Jet! Good to hear from you. Best ignore some of the commentary on here mate.Silver Tongue it's a shame about the departures from Rochy but I suppose that it's reasonably commonplace following a change of direction on the coaching front.
Stroobants would obviously have a pretty decent network to tap into so hopefully he can pull some strings in order to secure some solid reinforcements.
The departures were a normal part of Flaherty finishing as Coach at the end of 2019. Five departures including Flaherty and Ash Watson retiring.
Stroobants himself would have been a virtual recruit playing about 2 games across 2018-'19 seasons. He bought ex North Melbourne VFL co-captain Jordan Harper and his brother Lachlan from the Amateurs. Another former North co-captain and current Port Melbourne player Chris Jansen signed and made Rochy his home club although it would have been unlikely we would have sighted him in a Tigers jumper in 2020 anyway. Former player Sean Williams has returned from some good footy at Eaglehawk.
My understanding is they are pursuing a couple more but no idea who they might be. The loss of Gledhill in 2020 will be a huge loss but I believe it's just for one year. Hill back to his home club Colbinabbin is totally understandable, so the two disappointments are probably Wren and particularly McEwen.