Luke Edwards Father/Son Discussion

[Apsaalooke]

“While Cousins was still at school, three AFL teams competed to draft him under the father–son rule; the Geelong Football Club, the West Coast Eaglesand the newly formed Fremantle Football Club. Cousins' father Bryan played 238 games for Perth in the WAFL and 67 games for Geelong in the VFL during the 1970s and 1980s. Geelong's recruiting manager, Stephen Wells, said, "Ben barracked for Geelong and we tried everything to get him here."^[7]However, Cousins preferred to remain based in Western Australia and chose West Coast in October 1995.”

Turns out this was a really bad decision.
While we can't be sure how his life would have developed at Geelong, it couldn't have got much worse for him than it did at West Coast.

 

[ChilliP]

Turns out this was a really bad decision.
While we can't be sure how his life would have developed at Geelong, it couldn't have got much worse for him than it did at West Coast.

Geelong were doing a lot of drugs too, just look at what happened to Mathew Stokes and Bomber Thompson. If you take cousins out of west coast their issue doesn't look as bad.

 

[Mego Red]

West Coast still looks pretty bad.

Didn't they have a player who had cardiac arrest in Las Vegas? Plus a premiership wingman who OD'd?

 

[SaltPeter]

West Coast still looks pretty bad.

Didn't they have a player who had cardiac arrest in Las Vegas? Plus a premiership wingman who OD'd?

Yep. Kerr in and out of jail. Similar drug dependence issues as Cousin's. Tried to burn his ex's house down 1 time.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

West Coast still looks pretty bad.

Didn't they have a player who had cardiac arrest in Las Vegas? Plus a premiership wingman who OD'd?

Yep. Chad Fletcher & Chris Mainwaring.

One SA draftee lasted a few years over there but had to seek a trade for his own personal health and well-being. Got sucked into the culture and needed to get out.

 

[Below_me_Port]

West Coast still looks pretty bad.

Didn't they have a player who had cardiac arrest in Las Vegas? Plus a premiership wingman who OD'd?

Chad fletcher

 

[Bicks]

Good game by Luke in the U18's yesterday

22 D - 14 K - 8 Hb - 4 M - 9 T - 6 Cl - 9 i50's

Also a big game from our N.G.A. prospect KPF Daniel Sladojevic apart from errant goal kicking.

19 D - 14K - 5 Hb - 8 M [4CM] - 2 T - 4.6

 

[Next Gen Rookie]

“While Cousins was still at school, three AFL teams competed to draft him under the father–son rule; the Geelong Football Club, the West Coast Eaglesand the newly formed Fremantle Football Club. Cousins' father Bryan played 238 games for Perth in the WAFL and 67 games for Geelong in the VFL during the 1970s and 1980s. Geelong's recruiting manager, Stephen Wells, said, "Ben barracked for Geelong and we tried everything to get him here."^[7]However, Cousins preferred to remain based in Western Australia and chose West Coast in October 1995.”

Thanks for confirming my point.

 

[Below_me_Port]

Thanks for confirming my point.

U R Welcome

 

[FR0GGY]

Yep. Chad Fletcher & Chris Mainwaring.

One SA draftee lasted a few years over there but had to seek a trade for his own personal health and well-being. Got sucked into the culture and needed to get out.

ALao Daniel Chick had issues too didn’t he?

 

[Geoffa32]

Did Jackson Edwards nominate for the mid season draft?

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[Bicks]

Did Jackson Edwards nominate for the mid season draft?

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yes

 

[Next Gen Rookie]

yes

He's not listed on the nominee list though.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05-03/midseason-rookie-draft-the-full-list-of-nominees

 

[Bicks]

He's not listed on the nominee list though.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05-03/midseason-rookie-draft-the-full-list-of-nominees

My bad I was sure he was on the original list.

He definitely played in the 1st Young Guns game of the season a fortnight ago which is usually the pathway for TAC lads that missed out on the draft the last 2 years and VFL players under 22 years of which Jackson is one being on the Werribee list. Generally these games are for players that club recruiters are tracking and want another look at.

 

[xchadders]

we should rookie list jackson again for giggles

 

[Mr_Moogle]

I hate the thread title. How can somebody be gone when they were never there in the first place?

 

[dude316]

I hate the thread title. How can somebody be gone when they were never there in the first place?

It’s Steven Morris all over again.

 

[Pugsley]

Did Jackson Edwards nominate for the mid season draft?

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The Carlton Draught.

 

[Apsaalooke]

I hate the thread title. How can somebody be gone when they were never there in the first place?

The same way Bryce Gibbs was gone when he should have been ours

 

[Bicks]

Jackson Edwards named in the Ammos for Spotswood again on the weekend..Yet to break into Werribee's AFL team, might have been a smarter move to suit up for the Bays.

http://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=SELECT&fixture=125240918&c=1-25-0-516660-0&pool=1

 

[Stiffy_18]

Jackson Edwards named in the Ammos for Spotswood again on the weekend..Yet to break into Werribee's AFL team, might have been a smarter move to suit up for the Bays.

http://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=SELECT&fixture=125240918&c=1-25-0-516660-0&pool=1

But, but, Crows didn’t give him a genuine opportunity.

 

[Stepover]

But, but, Crows didn’t give him a genuine opportunity.

Maybe the Edwards family were a little confused and thought he was participating in the old Foxtel Search for an AFL Superstar show?



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[WheresGroomgone]

Did he manage to play a game for Weribee?

Will he be staying in Vic?

 

[MRB37]

Did he manage to play a game for Weribee?

Will he be staying in Vic?

Only managed to play a couple of games for Spotswood, but think he spent most of the year out injured.

 

[Tex Danger]

Not sure if it was mentioned anywhere but in Ogilves road to the draft podcast interview he pretty much straight out said we only listed Edwards and jarman because they were FS and they felt some kind of need to either to give them a chance and/or because of public expectations.