(07-15-2017, 10:49 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:Gorringe was recruited by SOS under Bolton.
Gorringe is in the system because he is an athlete, not because he is a footballer.
All coaches in the AFL system have this affliction, they think they can teach any athlete to be a footballer.
I see it right through to TAC Cup level were the AFL controlled selection and coaching process is ruining young footballers careers because they are not as gifted athletically as some code jumpers. TAC Cup is particularly interested in kids who fail to get US college basketball scholarships. The AFL system is full of them, footy is their fallback position when the US offer doesn't come, but they are not a footballers ar5ehole! Yet they hold their spot while the footballer gets cut.
Some of those potential mature age recruits, the ones everyone keeps posting about that surprisingly aren't drafted, are examples of footballers who miss because they aren't athletes. Yet they make the athlete look like a goose at the 2nd tier level!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"