Hope you're right BT but history says medium sized players have made it or not by the end of their 5th year - even Irish lads have established themselves by then.
History also says Brownlow Medal winners can get overlooked in 4 successive drafts before being rookied. Some players just take longer and it would be a folly to make a decision based on such a simplistic generalisation.
just because priddis was not on a afl list it doesnt mean he wasnt playing great footy. at the lower leve lhe won a sandover medal if i have it right. i keep on saying it, there are many state league players not on lists who perform far better than many who are on lists.
at age 22 and his second yr in afl he went at something like 24 disposals and 5 or 6 tackles a game and since hes basically built on that, his 2011 was exceptional and a better yr than he had this yr.
the knock on his game has been kicking but that has improved a fair bit the last 2 or 3 yrs well not so much the kicking but the decision making.
priddis clearly suffers from being tucked away in the west out of sight out of mind to most in the east.
as for smls by 20 med by 22 talls by 24 ive said its a loose guide and has exceptions.like all things you have processes and criteria that you use to check against that rule.
you guys know processes criteria things that our club hasnt done too well over the yrs.