Here's an article on Post from Oct...Williamstown’s Post stands tall in final countdown
Hobson Bay Leader
21 Oct 08 @ 04:18pm by Terry Mallinder
THE football season may be over, but the hard work is continuing for Jayden Post on and off the field.
With his sights set firmly on being picked up at next month’s AFL Draft, the 19-year-old from Altona is doing what he can to try to impress prospective clubs.
While remaining committed to training, in particular improving his strength and fitness, he has been interviewed by officials from several AFL clubs in recent weeks.
North Melbourne, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, and West Coast just last Saturday, are among those who have sounded out the talented key position player who starred for the Western Jets this season.
“It’s more about you as a person, what makes you tick,” Post said of the interview process the clubs have been putting him through.
“There’s a lot of questions about your football, and your own stuff on it, but there’s also a lot about you as a person, and family to some extent.”
The Western Bulldogs (who he supports) are yet to call, but there is still time ahead of the November 29 National Draft.
“I’m spewing about it as well,” he said, half-joking.
“But, look, it doesn’t really phase me. I would be just as happy going to Fremantle as I would the Bulldogs. I just want to get picked up.”
Post, who at 194cm possesses amazing agility and spring, has done his chances no harm in the last month and a bit.
He starred in the Jets’ elimination final loss to eventual TAC Cup premier Murray, and performed well at the AFL’s State Screening Day earlier this month, before comfortably claiming the Jets best and fairest, the Barry Round Medal.
“A lot of interest (from AFL clubs) has been through the final,” Post said.
“But winning the best and fairest (showed) I was all right over the whole season, not just the final.
“I played nine games in my first year (2007) and didn’t get a vote, so it’s a bit of a turnaround as well.”
Post, who has shown he can play well at both ends of the ground, won with 206 votes, 41 ahead of the next best, Kyle Hartigan (165).
Matt Notman (160) was third and Mitchell Banner (155) fourth.
Post scored the maximum 30 votes in that final game against the Bushrangers.
“We had a pretty even team. There were up to five, six, seven guys who had a chance (to win the B&F;),” Post said.
A couple of days earlier, Post’s physical prowess was on display in the various tasks at the screening day, held in each state for those young players who missed out on being invited to Draft Camp in Canberra.
Watched on by AFL scouts, Post registered 14.2 in the beep test, “which I was pretty excited about,” he said. The figure would’ve placed him equal-seventh at the camp, as would his standing vertical leap mark of 69cm.
“I was pretty ecstatic,” he said. “What I was hoping to get was less than I actually got.”
Post, who is capable of taking a big pack mark as well as breaking tackles and breaking lines with his run, must now endure the agonisingly wait until the draft.
“I’m pretty excited, but at the same time I wish it wasn’t so long away I guess,” he said.
“I kind of want to know now.”
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