Jed Adcock
Moderator: bbmods
-
- Posts: 736
- Joined: Wed May 13, 2015 1:01 pm
Jed Adcock
Something out of left field, but if we could draft him for nothing or next to, I think he'd be a useful acquisition down back. Thoughts? He's got at least three more years in him.
-
- Posts: 736
- Joined: Wed May 13, 2015 1:01 pm
Football is sadly becoming more and more ageist. There's always a window in professional sport but with the direction the competition is heading, it's unfortunate that players are being moved on maybe a little prematurely.
It depends on how close we think we are to being a top side. This certainly wouldn't be the worst decision we've made. It would only work if he's cheap. Anyway food for thought...
It depends on how close we think we are to being a top side. This certainly wouldn't be the worst decision we've made. It would only work if he's cheap. Anyway food for thought...
- jackcass
- Posts: 12529
- Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:17 pm
- Location: Bendigo
All good, I'm just being too lazy to write my reasoning again.SwansWay wrote:Sorry, I wasn't aware of that. My bad.jackcass wrote:Pass.
As discussed in JW's 2015 trade thread.
EDIT: Ok, now I feel guilty... here's what I wrote then and please note the Blair reference is because Adcock was suggested as a Blair replacement.
Yeah, pass. I think we've endured 2-3 years of playing huge numbers of <50 gamers getting experience and exposure into them and fail to see how playing a 30 year old not quite good enough to be retained on the Bears list player does anything to progress the development of those kids. If anything, it's a negative list management strategy as players like Broomhead, BK, Fasolo, Elliott, Abbott, Goodyear, Scharenberg, Marsh etc have 1 less senior spot available to them.
And before you get too carried away suggesting he could take Blair's spot please check the stats (link below). Blair's got him covered and he's a few years younger. I'd be happy to see Blair overtaken but it should be by 1 of our emerging kids, not someone who's career has come to an end and isn't performing as well.
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p ... 1=S&fid2=S
-
- Posts: 13521
- Joined: Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:29 am
jackcass wrote:All good, I'm just being too lazy to write my reasoning again.SwansWay wrote:Sorry, I wasn't aware of that. My bad.jackcass wrote:Pass.
As discussed in JW's 2015 trade thread.
EDIT: Ok, now I feel guilty... here's what I wrote then and please note the Blair reference is because Adcock was suggested as a Blair replacement.
Yeah, pass. I think we've endured 2-3 years of playing huge numbers of <50 gamers getting experience and exposure into them and fail to see how playing a 30 year old not quite good enough to be retained on the Bears list player does anything to progress the development of those kids. If anything, it's a negative list management strategy as players like Broomhead, BK, Fasolo, Elliott, Abbott, Goodyear, Scharenberg, Marsh etc have 1 less senior spot available to them.
And before you get too carried away suggesting he could take Blair's spot please check the stats (link below). Blair's got him covered and he's a few years younger. I'd be happy to see Blair overtaken but it should be by 1 of our emerging kids, not someone who's career has come to an end and isn't performing as well.
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p ... 1=S&fid2=S
C'mon Jackcass the "Blair Comparer blog" again?? fess up to being his Father, Brother, Uncle or boyfriend! Enough is enough.
I love the Pies, hate Carlscum