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Q&A: Joel Cochran (Swans Academy)

Joel Cochran hails from a strong athletics background and has impressed in the Swans Academy. We spoke to him during preseason.
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35Daicos said:
I'm not sure where they got the South Australian bit from!! Mixed him up with our new key forward, I guess!
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Work Experience Kid Stuffed Up
 
TradeDraft said:
Swans don't rate him - Why?
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IlovethePies said:
Swans did not rate Darcy Cameron either.
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DialMforMagro said:
J ust like they didn't rate Sam Murray...

Just like we didn't rate Paul Williams or Rhyce Shaw either... lol
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There's no point getting into a pissing contest about the relative value of players.

Sydney literally passed on Joel Cochran to take a Melbourne NGA player that Melbourne didn't match on - It's not really a question of "who did they rate or not rate".

They're not going to match an NGA player if they still have 2-3 players on their board that they rate higher, and they're guaranteed to get one.

Different clubs have different rankings and it's too early in the piece to see which club will prove to be correct.

Maybe they're all spuds and this is just shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. Maybe Cochran and Riak Andrew will be side by side All Australians in 2029. Who knows?
 

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IlovethePies said:
Swans did not rate Darcy Cameron either.
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And yet Brisbane matched on Blake Coleman… so sometimes it works out well for us when they do match too.
 
TradeDraft said:
Swans don't rate him - Why?
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Kirby said:
The reason they didn’t match is obviously because they rated Riak higher.

That’s fine. Doesn’t mean that they are right.
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3rdMan said:
Has traits as an interceptor and elite runner. Question mark might be on defending.

Can't complain. A type we're in need of, now we see how he develops.
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76woodenspooners said:
Every player has their unique strengths and weaknesses.

Every team has their unique list needs. And player traits they value. And internal culture. And risk profile.

The fact that they didn’t just means that the Swans thought that another player(s) (Riak Andrew) fitted better within their own list needs and/or had traits they valued more and/or would be more suited to their own culture and/or fitted their risk profile.
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I broadly agree with 76woodenspooners .

I don't think it was as simple as we didn't rate Cochran. We wanted a key defender and we decided that Andrew was a better bet for our list need. Cochran is called a tall defender but really he could be anything. And that's both part of his appeal and maybe part of why we looked past him. I think if Cochran does settle in defence he'll be an interceptor and rebounder who can run all day. I think he's at least as likely to settle somewhere else, like wing (if he makes it at all, which of course is a genuine question with any player selected this far back).

Cochran is a project with a lot of upside and if he works out he will be a good get. He's an awesome athlete but he's a bit more than that, he's got some good footballing in him too.

I met Cochran when he was training with rest of our team in the pre-season in about January. He was smooth and pleasant. Has a bit of a private school vibe (although I have no idea if he actually is from a private school).
 
Callipygian said:
I don't think it was as simple as we didn't rate Cochran. We wanted a key defender and we decided that Andrew was a better bet for our list need.
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I find it funny that people are panicking that it must mean that Sydney thinks Cochran is a dud, when Sydney passed on him to draft Andrew, who Melbourne "must think is a dud" because they didn't match on him.

Probably just goes to show that every club's board diverges wildly after the top 25 or so.
 
Callipygian said:
I broadly agree with 76woodenspooners .

I don't think it was as simple as we didn't rate Cochran. We wanted a key defender and we decided that Andrew was a better bet for our list need. Cochran is called a tall defender but really he could be anything. And that's both part of his appeal and maybe part of why we looked past him. I think if Cochran does settle in defence he'll be an interceptor and rebounder who can run all day. I think he's at least as likely to settle somewhere else, like wing (if he makes it at all, which of course is a genuine question with any player selected this far back).

Cochran is a project with a lot of upside and if he works out he will be a good get. He's an awesome athlete but he's a bit more than that, he's got some good footballing in him too.

I met Cochran when he was training with rest of our team in the pre-season in about January. He was smooth and pleasant. Has a bit of a private school vibe (although I have no idea if he actually is from a private school).
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So you have a nice arse?
 

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