(08-04-2020, 11:54 PM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:Cotterell couldn't get the ball at U18 level, played tagging roles and on the wing.True, the U18s stuff wasn't great, but he won't be on his own in that regard, the last part of the VFL season he got to play in he was pretty good for those that got to see it. Better than we've seen from a bunch of other guys on our list and that is all I can judge him by!
Had a shocker U18 GF too... Pros.. he is quick, tackles OK. Philp has more upside but Cotterell will probably follow direction better as that was one of his strengths at U18 level that he will sacrifice his own game, is mature and happy to be a negative player. I prefer to be aggressive and introduce players like Philp or Dow back into the team that can win games..
While I don;t know the coaching instructions, when you a a role player sometimes how you go depends on how well others around you follow the rules! Often the U18 stuff is a side-show, with 22 individuals all trying to impress the recruiters. You get stars come out of that the fall dead flat in the AFL system because even if they had diarrhoea the couldn't or wouldn't follow a map to a dunny.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"