I've scanned the article in of Hardwick today talking about individual young players and other things ....
DIMMA'S BRIGHT LIGHTS - THE EMERGING TYPES
Sunday Herald-Sun
04 Dec 2011, Page 49
TRENT COTCHIN and DUSTIN MARTIN
You know you've got some good players in your side when you find yourself as a coach watching them. I used to do it when I was playing with good players. They're wonderful players and you'd like to think as a coach that you've got some sort of say in how they play, but you're kidding yourself if you do. The measure of you as a coach is not how good your stars are but finding out if players can get better at the lower end of the scale.
THE RICHMOND LIST
Over the last three years we've brought in a real core of players that we think can drive this club. We just need to get those guys playing together for a sustained period and that's when you start to formulate a plan for success.
JACK RIEWOLDT
He kicked less goals but he had by far more goal assists. He didn't have the same breakout games as the year before but on a more consistent basis he was kicking his threes and fours, which is exactly what we're after. He's more than capable of playing up the ground Jack, and we don't want to lock him into being a one position player.
THE PRESS
It will all be tinkered. The great thing about coaching, and that's one of the things we are doing over here, is looking for the next big thing. We've got meetings with NFL coaches, soccer coaches and hockey coaches. And that's the art of coaching, you want to get to the next step before the other guys do and steal the march, whether it's from a strength and conditioning point of view or football.
CARLTON
Round 1 is always a special game, there's no doubt about that and it's the game that is forefront in my mind. In Round 1 last year we were competitive but then they gave us an almighty hiding later in the year. Carlton will be a top-four side and we're looking to knock off one of those sides. It's the challenge that we're after.
JOHN McCARTHY
We've committed to John at this stage but what we're not quite sure what Port Adelaide are doing. He's a guy that can give us great flexibility, he can play forward, midfield and a little bit down back. He probably just didn't get the opportunities at Collingwood because of their depth. He can play the game.
MATT DEA
This will be his third year and he's looked outstanding in the pre-season. He's a guy that injury free we expect to play 22 games. I'd be disappointed if he didn't play every game.
JAYDN POST
I'm really hoping he becomes our Alex Rance of next year. We asked him to invest in himself and he went and got a running coach and weights coach outside the club. He'll kill me for saying this, but he's got a boyish body but now we're starting to see it chisel out, which is great. He's been very good over the course of the pre-season.
REECE CONCA
I see him as a player that is similar to Marc Murphy. He's got the same sort of patterns of running as Marc and uses the ball really well.
BRAD HELBIG
I'm a bit of a Helbig fan with the way he plays. He's aggressive and has put on some really good size.
JAKE BATCHELOR
He's a 19-year-old with the maturity of a 35-year-old. He just plays the game and is really, really smart. A lot of people were shocked that we took him where we did (pick 30 last year) but we were very happy.
SHANE EDWARDS
We threw Shane forward last year and were pleased with the pressure he applied, but also he's got an uncanny ability to generate shots on goals, and there's not many guys who can do that.
