Suns in the Media - Part II

[Big Red Machine]

Buddy Franklin

Kind of a strange move.

We already have footy icon Mac Andrew at the club.

 

[GC2015]

Buddy Franklin

Presumably he'll be heavily involved in our Indigenous programs in both North Qld and Darwin, but I'd also like to see him get involved in mentoring some of the young players like Jed Walter in the way that we've seen Alex Rance do this year.

 

[Supersuns]

Presumably he'll be heavily involved in our Indigenous programs in both North Qld and Darwin, but I'd also like to see him get involved in mentoring some of the young players like Jed Walter in the way that we've seen Alex Rance do this year.

What has Alex Rance actually done? Apart from promote that Loop company?

 

[CanYouFeelTheSunburn]

What has Alex Rance actually done? Apart from promote that Loop company?

Worked with Collo and he’s having the best season of his career. Buddy can help develop Jed

 

[Supersuns]

Worked with Collo and he’s having the best season of his career. Buddy can help develop Jed

Collo is just doing Collo things, a more cohesive backline has helped him be more aggressive. From everything I've heard Rance is barely at the club.

 

[Southern Sun]

Collo is just doing Collo things, a more cohesive backline has helped him be more aggressive. From everything I've heard Rance is barely at the club.

Seems to be at the main training each week. Collins has been a lot better this year, his positioning better doesn't get lost looking at the player as much, also doesn't blame his team mates as much when his player takes a mark. Will be right up there with Rowell Anderson and Flanders for the bnf

 

[TheGoldPersons]

Where buddy announcement

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Collo is just doing Collo things, a more cohesive backline has helped him be more aggressive. From everything I've heard Rance is barely at the club.

He was at a function I went to a couple months back having lunch n a beer with members lol

 

[Supersuns]

He was at a function I went to a couple months back having lunch n a beer with members lol

Well at least the gravy train is working for him.

 

[Iva Bigun]

Apparently, buddies big announcement was to do with an Auskick ambassadorship, whoopty do

 

[Supersuns]

Apparently, buddies big announcement was to do with an Auskick ambassadorship, whoopty do

Classic Suns, all the hype and build up and deliver on nothing.

 

[GC2015]

Where buddy announcement

Apparently, buddies big announcement was to do with an Auskick ambassadorship, whoopty do

A super-cool program calls for a superstar ambassador

Lance 'Buddy' Franklin is the official ambassador for NAB AFL Superkick

www.afl.com.au

Bud was at Helensvale State School today for the announcement. This program is actually the missing piece in terms of retaining youth in our game. They all get a chance to play AusKick in early primary school, then there's gap around 8-12 years of age when they are picking a sport they want to play, then at 12 years of age our academy program kicks in. It'd be better if we just kept them going the whole way with Auskick to Superkick to Academy.

I'd guess Buddy is going to do most of his work within Queensland and I'm sure he'll do the rounds of primary schools around the GC. There's definitely some kind of tie in with our club because you can see Ben Ainsworth was present in the video below:

Lance Franklin has new AFL goal

The AFL legend has become an ambassador for the new Superkick program and wants to inspire the next generation of stars.

7news.com.au

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/buddy-franklin-excited-to-give-back-in-new-role/video/db78904f6b74504767ad39268f5fe076

 

[lommy]

Classic Suns, all the hype and build up and deliver on nothing.

Actually don’t think it ever had anything to do with the suns. But afl 360 thought it did.


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[Albertonarmy]

I think us members are entitled to know why someone on massive coin did not play VFL when Omitted from the Senior side.
Is that asking too much.?

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A mate in Adelaide said Greg Blewett on the Triple N Rush Hr radio said he was dropped from the VFL side before the game

 

[ajhgcs]

A mate in Adelaide said Greg Blewett on the Triple N Rush Hr radio said he was dropped from the VFL side before the game

Going off what Dimma said about Luko.
Luko wanted to play VFL, but Dimma shut it down.
He said he wanted Luko to have a "circuit breaker".

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[Albertonarmy]

Going off what Dimma said about Luko.
Luko wanted to play VFL, but Dimma shut it down.
He said he wanted Luko to have a "circuit breaker".

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Who knows the truth but apparently Luko is massive news down there, Nicks probably needs him to keep his job beyond 2025

 

[Iva Bigun]

Who knows the truth but apparently Luko is massive news down there, Nicks probably needs him to keep his job beyond 2025

Agree about who knows the truth. But if Nicks flew to the GC to talk with a multi year contracted player about to come into his prime then he needs to pay a fair price. Just like we have to with Rioli.

 

[Jirik13]

Agree about who knows the truth. But if Nicks flew to the GC to talk with a multi year contracted player about to come into his prime then he needs to pay a fair price. Just like we have to with Rioli.

Interestingly, Twomey, who usually has good intel stayed away from Nicks met Luko. Who knows. I guess it's encouraging Twomey saying it would not be cheap trade and someone would have to pay 1M.

To me it seems Luko does not fit Dimma's plan. Is it on Dimma or Luko or both? I thought Luko played well last year in 2nd half.

Drafting Read, Walter, Andrew probably sealed Luko's fate with us.

 

[KaySwizzle]

Drafting Read, Walter, Andrew probably sealed Luko's fate with us.

Just like drafting King and Luko sealed the fate of Wright?

We seem to be caught in a cycle of a player doing well for a year or two, re-signing, then having a down year, then being replaced by a younger player on the up.

But who’s to say Mac’s form continues up forward, or if Jed and Read even make it to a 40 goal season like Luko (and how long do we wait for that to happen?).

Obviously we can’t play (or pay) them all, especially if they are underperforming. Just something to think about.

 

[Jirik13]

Just like drafting King and Luko sealed the fate of Wright?

We seem to be caught in a cycle of a player doing well for a year or two, re-signing, then having a down year, then being replaced by a younger player on the up.

But who’s to say Mac’s form continues up forward, or if Jed and Read even make it to a 40 goal season like Luko (and how long do we wait for that to happen?).

Obviously we can’t play (or pay) them all, especially if they are underperforming. Just something to think about.

Wright was definitely cap issue (Dew mentioned it). And he's not that good either.

I would keep Luko for at least one more year. Surely Read, Walter, Andrew still have a lot of growth ahead of them.
I liked how he played last year. Surely, Dimma could use him the same way. A lot of times teammates just ignore him.

But down the track it's probably a cap factor. Mac will be asking for 1M soon, Rowell too, then Walter, ...

 

[Jen2310]

Luko is your 3rd tall, just a matter of working out how to best use him that's all.
The beauty of Mac is he can be the ultimate swingman. Looked good forward, but looks a natural intercepting defender, which allows a bit of flexibility.

 

[Big Red Machine]

Interestingly, Twomey, who usually has good intel stayed away from Nicks met Luko. Who knows. I guess it's encouraging Twomey saying it would not be cheap trade and someone would have to pay 1M.

To me it seems Luko does not fit Dimma's plan. Is it on Dimma or Luko or both? I thought Luko played well last year in 2nd half.

Drafting Read, Walter, Andrew probably sealed Luko's fate with us.

Dimma said in the press conference after the game that it's partially on both.

Luko needs to figure some stuff out and Dimma needs to learn how to best use him.

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Luko is your 3rd tall, just a matter of working out how to best use him that's all.
The beauty of Mac is he can be the ultimate swingman. Looked good forward, but looks a natural intercepting defender, which allows a bit of flexibility.

Most teams play 3 tall forwards, one of which rucks a bit. None of Walter, King or Luko can do that effectively. Mac can, but that's probably too many talls up forward. Luko needs a different role imo.

 

[StreetBob2013]

Most teams play 3 tall forwards, one of which rucks a bit. None of Walter, King or Luko can do that effectively. Mac can, but that's probably too many talls up forward. Luko needs a different role imo.

Ethan Read can as he was drafted as the best Ruck man for his draft year in 2023 probably just needs more game time and experience

 

[KaySwizzle]

Wright was definitely cap issue (Dew mentioned it). And he's not that good either.

I would keep Luko for at least one more year. Surely Read, Walter, Andrew still have a lot of growth ahead of them.
I liked how he played last year. Surely, Dimma could use him the same way. A lot of times teammates just ignore him.

But down the track it's probably a cap factor. Mac will be asking for 1M soon, Rowell too, then Walter, ...

Agreed that Wright isn’t that good. He’s fine. A perfectly average forward/ruck—sometimes he wins a games, sometimes he does nothing but frustrate supporters. Rory Lobb has made a whole career at being that very player.

My point was more about our mentality to trade out players in the mid 20s age bracket for essentially 18 year olds who might be better.

But if we want to trade Luko, we have to do it now. His trade value won’t get any higher unless he recaptures his form, in which point we won’t want to trade him anymore anyway…

Ethan Read can as he was drafted as the best Ruck man for his draft year in 2023 probably just needs more game time and experience

I feel Read won’t be ready to ruck for some time. 3rd tall defender at best next year, following in the footsteps of Mac. But having Mac and Read in the same team will be exciting in a few years.