09-14-2024, 03:42 AM
I wouldnt call us hard as a team in an old school sense, we have a couple of harder players like Cripps who can look after themselves but I think other teams think they can get at us physically and upset us.
In terms of recruitment we do look for the Von Trapp athlete types who are are of good character and wont rock the boat with undisciplined off field stuff or being a bit different to the rest of the group.
We would never recruit players like Maynard, Ginnivan, DeGoey, Stringer or any other rough diamonds and we play safe with selections. Id prefer we loosened up on that front and looked for footballers first even if they were a bit spicy and backed our system in to manage those players.
When we were successful we always had a few renegades amongst the bunch who were different and maybe played hard off the field but got the job done on the field when it mattered.
JayJay is in his 60's and obviously remembers the good old days like I do but its clear the modern younger supporters see the game different and are happy with a more sanitised approach which conforms with what the AFL want and that characters in the game and extra physicality are not required especially with how the branding of the game has to show safety for players being of higher importance and the game being squeaky clean in all respects.
In terms of recruitment we do look for the Von Trapp athlete types who are are of good character and wont rock the boat with undisciplined off field stuff or being a bit different to the rest of the group.
We would never recruit players like Maynard, Ginnivan, DeGoey, Stringer or any other rough diamonds and we play safe with selections. Id prefer we loosened up on that front and looked for footballers first even if they were a bit spicy and backed our system in to manage those players.
When we were successful we always had a few renegades amongst the bunch who were different and maybe played hard off the field but got the job done on the field when it mattered.
JayJay is in his 60's and obviously remembers the good old days like I do but its clear the modern younger supporters see the game different and are happy with a more sanitised approach which conforms with what the AFL want and that characters in the game and extra physicality are not required especially with how the branding of the game has to show safety for players being of higher importance and the game being squeaky clean in all respects.