What a unbelievably negative post WP, you should be on the RFC match commitee, always looking for reasons not to give young players a chance (hoped the Wallace weaknesses had gone) I'll agree Gourdis is inconsistent and has skills to work on but do you really think he does'nt have the attibutes to impact at AFL level, would'nt we rather be working on a player with speed, strength, marking and tackling abillity, ground skills and a 60 meter kick, then players who posess little KPF traits, you CANNOT have enjoyed watching Gus, Patto and Simmo lumbering around the forward line pretending to be key forwards, in the last few game they were an embarrassment.
A reminder of our key forward development over the past few years: J Schulz 24....kpp ..............traded or delisted
A Patterson 23 ruck/kpp...... 99% delisted
C Hughes 22...kpp...............99% delisted
D Putt 20....ruck/kpp.........99% delisted
D Gourdis 20...kpp..............50/50 delisted
What a top job we are doing.
And regarding Coburg, we WERE watching different games, "no existant" was the kindess term I could use, and I'm not laying a blame on anyone, the Coburg players are what they are, I would like to know what you expect from Coburg, most of this year we played 12 senior (VFL rule) and 5 or 6 in the ressis neither side had any real success. Coburg is a very good club but has had a lot of player movement past couple of years, there is no real game plan in the seniors and none in the ressies, (maybe expected when the coaches dont know their squads till thursday nite) but very hard for forwards, their succsess is the result of a solid game plan. It is obvious the affiliated clubs that succeed view their AFL players as strengths, not so at Coburg, and that's not a coach or commitee or player thing its a club psyche, more Richmond players played at Coburg then any other VFL club this year, for little result the 2 clubs will have to bond a lot better if the alliance is to be successfull, very hard to gauge young player performances in such a poor year and if you use Post and Vickery as an example while they had ok years at Coburg and well deserved their opportunities, their biggest achievement this year was not having Wallace as coach.
I agree with the point you make about Jack, he did demand the ball at VFL level, but did he the previous 2 years, it just shows you the improvment in confidence and commitment when the boys start to play at AFL level, its called development
Finally, and although unconfirmed at this stage I find the delisting of Dean Putt distressing (such an UNTRIED talent) and hope he blossoms at his new club.