He's 31 ffs
Never let the facts get in the way of a mrakov story hey im 21 in juLy
Was 1 year off he'll be 30 in March. Will spend 1-2 seasons max at Tigerland.
Will be 29 in March.
http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aaron_Edwards.html
Do you reckon he'll play till he's 31? I don't. As soon as he starts spudding it up he'll be gone.
1-2 seasons max. My guess is delisted after this year. That's my call.
at age 29 its pretty obvious he was taken very much as a short term option. i disagree as long as the process is the correct one. i have one question did we take our fair share of kids in the off season. if yes there is no harm in taking older players even for just a yr or two.
it seems people dont think clubs should targeet short term solutions.
imo we got it the process spot on.
we also went from having just the one medium forward two if you include macdonald who we all knew was gonski a long way out, to potentially 4 in knights, petterd, edwards, and ohanlon.
with 3 very cheap mature picks that is a f/a pick 74 and a rookie pick we went from a glaring hole in the list to adequate cover. the process was right in adressing this area this yr.
the one i wanted us to take in 2011 was max duffy as a rookie. we may not have had a need to take an older player if we had done so.
how many picks in the 70s even play a game yet alone come straight in and provide something you dont have. even 1 yr of edwards will give us a better return than 95% of young players taken in the 60s or later.
if we had used a top 50 pick to get him we would have been negligent but we got him for practically nothing.