The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[ElwoodBlues1]

I'll just leave this here for you to think about ......

2016 Draft
#47 Harrison Macreadie => #48 Darcy Cameron

I believe we did compete for Cameron when he was leaving the Swans but Collingwood offered a bit more and pipped us at the post. Pick 56 was a cheap price to pay....after all the salary cap issues and player give aways ie Treloar etc the Pies have made a fair comeback list management wise all be it aided by some lucky father/son pickups and some astute drafting of retreds, moneyballers and oddball rookies who they have turned into players.

[Thryleon]

^^

Not to mention that Benjamin Button Pendlebury shows no sign of slowing down.  To think him Daisy and Murphy all went same draft.

[ElwoodBlues1]

^^

Not to mention that Benjamin Button Pendlebury shows no sign of slowing down.  To think him Daisy and Murphy all went same draft.

Dont think I have seen a more consistent player than Pendlebury or one with his awareness and disposal skills.......he has never been physically quick, doesnt take big marks and does everything in that laconic slow motion way and I think that has helped him keeping playing at the same pace. Takes his fitness and diet seriously, think his wife is in the nutrition field and always presents in excellent condition and made him a favourite of coaches.
Spent a lot of time with Melbourne United during the last NBL season observing Dean Vickerman coaching. I saw him at a few games down near the bench and he is setting himself up for a AFL coaching career sooner than later. Loves his basketball and doesnt have to be asked twice about joining in a game either and still fancies himself as a player.....all of which probably adds to his ability to still keep playing at a high level.

[LP]

Medicine and player care has progressed at a great rate, better health management, faster healing, better outcomes, less duress, I suspect it all adds up to modern player longevity.

For this reason we should not be judging players too harshly when they are still early 20s, many may now play on comfortably into their mid 30s.

Impatience could be our enemy!

[LordLucifer]

If SOS wasn't so fixated on recycling GWS players, we could have snagged Cameron for nix in the draft.

[kruddler]

If SOS wasn't so fixated on recycling GWS players, we could have snagged Cameron for nix in the draft.

Yawn.

....and the other 16 AFL clubs? What reason did they have for not picking him?

[northernblue]

Yawn.

....and the other 16 AFL clubs? What reason did they have for not picking him?

That was also SOS’s fault.

[Gointocarlton]

That was also SOS’s fault.

So Cameron was picked up by GWS as an under ager in 2010, how is that anyones fault when it was a concession they received? Hard to compete agains that.

[northernblue]

So Cameron was picked up by GWS as an under ager in 2010, how is that anyones fault when it was a concession they received? Hard to compete agains that.

(i think) we are talking about the collingwood one, and I'm taking the piss by blaming everything on sos

[Gointocarlton]

(i think) we are talking about the collingwood one, and I'm taking the piss by blaming everything on sos

Doh! Ill punch my self in the head.