Resource Some testing results - updated for 2025
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What was his as a 18 yr old
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The SIG has a 15.1 beep test and 3.0 sec 20m sprint by the TAC cup testing
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What the hell is up with Dean Gore he actually stacks up as quite the athlete but doesn't seem to Translate to a footy field.
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doesn't seem to have the nous for footy, if you're too busy concentrating on that its impossible for any athletic traits to shine through.
you need to be able to play on instinct, at least IMO. Last time I was playing footy I could easily do my whole side by 10m in sprints across the centre square, but I got done holding the ball on Saturdays more than anyone
the difference between someone like Judd and the dozens of players who can run the same times but are half as good as him is that he can see more moves ahead on the footy field (plus he had great skills, but the burst through and away from packs was his standout trait). Its not like he could run a 2.6 to everyone else's 2.9, it was speed of mind that set him apart.
same reason Eddie turns every defender in the country inside out on such a regular basis, has complete control over the chess match before the ball is even in the hands of the guy who's about to kick it to him.
Here are some additions from the 2018 draft:
Chayce Jones: 2.97 (same as fellow Tassie speedster Hugh Greenwood)
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5686222/star-blue-jones-prepares-for-afl/
Will Hamill: 2.91 Elite!
https://www.topendsports.com/sport/afl/testing-draft-results-2018.htm
Chayce Jones: 2.97 (same as fellow Tassie speedster Hugh Greenwood)
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5686222/star-blue-jones-prepares-for-afl/
Will Hamill: 2.91 Elite!
https://www.topendsports.com/sport/afl/testing-draft-results-2018.htm
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Adding Further:
Standing vertical:
Chayce Jones: 66 cm (=10)
Will Hamill: 66 cm (=10)
Running Vertical Jump
Chayce Jones: 91 cm (=2)
Will Hamill: 86 cm (=6)
Agility Run
Chayce Jones: 8.270 s (6)
Will Hamill: 8.222 s (4)
YoYo
Ned McHenry: 22.2 (1)
Will Hamill: 21.4 (=7)
2KM Time Trial
Chayce Jones: 6.05 min (2)
Ned McHenry: 6.11 min (6)
Kicking Efficiency
Chayce Jones: 22/30 (=7)
Jesus, didnt realise what an athletic freak Chayce Jones is. Will Hamil looks like he'll be running for days at speed. These youngsters are making me mightily excited!!
Also, that came out wrong...
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Good results, now just need the football side of things to come together.
I like results for giving an idea of the type of player they may be, but it has little to no baring on quality.
Shane McAdam
Equaled West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui’s running vertical jump record (102cm),
finished first in the 20m sprint (2.89 seconds)
second in the agility test (8.04 seconds).
Equaled West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui’s running vertical jump record (102cm),
finished first in the 20m sprint (2.89 seconds)
second in the agility test (8.04 seconds).
Lachlan Sholl also came equal 7th in the YoYo test with 21.4
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I'm actually really excited to see this kid play. No doubt consistentcy will be the issue but I'm sure he will rip a game apart at some point
Not just an athlete, 7th in kicking efficiency is impressive. Can football as well.
For some perspective after his test results he was undrafted.
Then a couple of years in the WAFL, a couple in the football wilderness, and then a year in the SANFL. There's a reason he was undrafted despite his test results.
He has the ability and talent, and the testing shows he has athleticism he would have been unlikely to lose.
It's a big step up for him and as long as he puts in the work he'll be a player for us. He's 23 so it really is last roll of the dice for him, I hope he realises that.
If he fulfils his potential he'll be a beauty. He's the type that could have an immediate impact at AFL level.
I think it helps enormously we have Marty Mattner in as a coach.
I'm excited by his potential.
2015 I believe the year he was overlooked, Unable to find anything recent.
Thinking his problem back then was between the ears, and it took the rejection and some hard truths to get him in the right frame of mind.
That’s what I mean, how can he be in that physical shape and be lacking commitment and right frame of mind
Now we now he was overlooked, seemingly not for talent or conditioning, interesting to see what has changed
Dayle Garlett for all his problems still got picked up. I’m assuming McAdam is nothing like that, but I wonder if there is a bit of Rendell like prophecy coming true here?
And not in a good way.
When he gave up on afl he used to eat 10-12 pies a week, sometimes for breakfast. Maybe he had too many party pies at the interviews
Rejection was part of it. After not being drafted he went back to Halls Creek and was working as a refrigerator mechanic and played footy part time, but not seriously. He signed a deal to play country football in Melbourne for 2017 thinking he might use that as a pathway to the VFL and then AFL (and to get out of a Halls Creek bubble that was perhaps a bad influence for him), but Shane Radbone (played football for Sturt and Essendon, big businessman now) convinced him to come to Adelaide and live with him to play for Scotch Old Collegians in the Div2 amateurs and work at Cheap as Chips (Radbone is a bigwig with them).
Basically because he'd been out of any real organised football for 18 months they expected it take 18-24 months before he'd get enough attention to be AFL drafted. He was 8-10kgs overweight to start with, a bit like Willie Rioli in that regard who spent a couple of years at Glenelg and pretty much spent all of the first year just losing weight. So he spent the first year in the amateurs to get SANFL attention (he actually got offered a gig with South's halfway through 2017, but Radbone told him to stick it out in the amateurs for the full year), Radbone got him a tryout at Sturts with 59 other blokes, he won a spot and then played his year at Sturt which got him drafted.
Basically the initial support of Radbone and then having Mattner as a mentor for Sturt helped get him to where he is now. We've got Mattner at the club now and Radbone is Adelaide based. Part of why Radbone helped him was because he said his goal in all this was to be drafted, so after that initial rejection he's put his bum down and worked hard to get where he is.
Also, apparently we've signed McAdams brother Ash Johnson to our SANFL side next year. He was playing for Scotch Old Collegians Div3 side last year.
Also grabbed Jy Farrer, who is also from Halls Creek and was playing with Scotch Old Collegians. He seems to have a bit more hype about him.
Marcus Hamilton, who surprise surprise, is from Halls Creek, and is the brother of Sam Petrevski-Seton, is also playing in the SANFL next year, though not sure if that's with the Crows or not.
Also grabbed Jy Farrer, who is also from Halls Creek and was playing with Scotch Old Collegians. He seems to have a bit more hype about him.
Marcus Hamilton, who surprise surprise, is from Halls Creek, and is the brother of Sam Petrevski-Seton, is also playing in the SANFL next year, though not sure if that's with the Crows or not.
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What was the knock on him why he was originally overlooked
Not sure. I don't think he was ever considered a lock to be drafted, despite the quality athletic traits he showed. Plenty of guys who have had questions about their commitment and those sort of things added in there too. I think the fact he only went to the state combine instead of the national would be a sign he wasn't rated super highly as an 18 year old.
McGovern was the same. He wasn't drafted for 2-3 years after he first entered the draft as an 18 year old.
