Jack Riewoldt jumping for crack at Tiger hotspot (Herald-Sun)

[Infamy]

I think he should zip it - cart before the horse a bit.
Talk up the team and playing a role but the turning matches come making his mark bit needs to actually happen first before he talks about it. He'll be the target on field (and most probably on this forum!!!) for the rest of the season if he doesn't back it up.

We knew he was like that when we drafted him and it is part of why he is considered a young leader at the club. You can't stifle that enthusiasm, that's just silly.

[Smokey]

In Jack's defence, he never said he could do all those things - he said he wanted to.

"I want to be kicking the winning goal and taking the winning mark and being involved in the winning play, Riewoldt said."

"They are the situations I want to put myself in to make it as a top-line AFL player."

That is just verbalizing his goals and frankly I am far more comfortable and confident of a player shooting for the top than just being content with the ride.

[Francois Jackson]

In Jack's defence, he never said he could do all those things - he said he wanted to.

"I want to be kicking the winning goal and taking the winning mark and being involved in the winning play, Riewoldt said."

"They are the situations I want to put myself in to make it as a top-line AFL player."

That is just verbalizing his goals and frankly I am far more comfortable and confident of a player shooting for the top than just being content with the ride.

exactly we have enough passengers in this side and its about time we find a player like jack who wants to succeed instead of the usual Cleve hughes, Jay Schulz and Pettifer who are so lazy they shouldn't even be called Footballers

[yellowandback]

I think he should zip it - cart before the horse a bit.
Talk up the team and playing a role but the turning matches come making his mark bit needs to actually happen first before he talks about it. He'll be the target on field (and most probably on this forum!!!) for the rest of the season if he doesn't back it up.

We knew he was like that when we drafted him and it is part of why he is considered a young leader at the club. You can't stifle that enthusiasm, that's just silly.

I would say that letting a 19yo kid say whatever he likes is silly, that is why they have things like media training.
You don't need to stifle his enthusiasm, just help him direct it into the right areas during media interviews to avoid him being exposed or putting unnecessary pressure on performance.
The really good ones deliver the performance and respond with humility when asked about it - not the other way around, whether it is
aspirational or due to over exuberance.

[Smokey]

I think he should zip it - cart before the horse a bit.
Talk up the team and playing a role but the turning matches come making his mark bit needs to actually happen first before he talks about it. He'll be the target on field (and most probably on this forum!!!) for the rest of the season if he doesn't back it up.

We knew he was like that when we drafted him and it is part of why he is considered a young leader at the club. You can't stifle that enthusiasm, that's just silly.

I would say that letting a 19yo kid say whatever he likes is silly, that is why they have things like media training.
You don't need to stifle his enthusiasm, just help him direct it into the right areas during media interviews to avoid him being exposed or putting unnecessary pressure on performance.
The really good ones deliver the performance and respond with humility when asked about it - not the other way around, whether it is
aspirational or due to over exuberance.

But what did he say that was wrong?  He wasn't being asked to review a performance - he was being very honest about his capabilities and limitations and what he believed to be the next step to aim for.  Reading the interview again, I would say he has been media-coached to some extent and he presented very well.

[Ox]

Jack Riewoldt jumping for crack at Tiger hotspot


LMAOOOO @ This

[blaisee]

I remember talking to Francis Jackson about young Jack a little while ago.

FJ reckons the thing about Jack that sets him apart is that Jack actually believes that he is a genuine champion AFL footballer. Jack is the most confident and gregarious young man at the RFC, its just a matter of time until he delivers.


Jack is an emerging superstar. By the end of  2009 he will be considered our great young hope along with Lids and Cotch, he is that good.

[one-eyed]

Didn't want start a new thread for this but Jack is another Tiger helping out a Aussie athlete....

Jack had a hammer
Martin Boulton | March 20, 2009

THE season opener between Carlton and Richmond, plus the much-anticipated showdown between former West Coast teammates Chris Judd and Ben Cousins, is less than a week away, but, in the frenzied build-up, Tigers forward Jack Riewoldt has been busy beyond the sphere of football.

Now in his third season at Tigerland, Riewoldt had a former life as a junior athlete specialising in discus and hammer throwing and he has been happy to offer encouragement to promising discus thrower and shot-putter Kim Mulhall, 18, who is competing at this week's Australian championships in Brisbane.

Mulhall, above, who won the Victorian championships in the disciplines last year, is working towards a spot on the Australian Olympic team for London 2012.

Recently, she has been dropping into Punt Road to chat with Riewoldt.

"He's a really nice guy and it's good to watch those boys train and gain some knowledge from other sports, as well as my own," she told Sporting Life.

"He's really interested in what I'm doing and I'll head back to the club in future when I get a chance."

Mulhall, who tasted victory in the discus as a 15-year-old at the Australian athletics championships, said her training ahead of the national championships had been ideal.

"Hopefully I can get some PBs out, which would be great," she said.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/jack-had-a-hammer/2009/03/19/1237055003338.html

[torch]

Go Riewoldt!

[big tone]

I find it very hard to believe that Jack is a 1cm taller than Nick?? I think Jack may have been standing on his ego!
I hope he can stand-up this year.
Pardon the pun...

[yellowandback]

I remember talking to Francis Jackson about young Jack a little while ago.

FJ reckons the thing about Jack that sets him apart is that Jack actually believes that he is a genuine champion AFL footballer. Jack is the most confident and gregarious young man at the RFC, its just a matter of time until he delivers.


Jack is an
emerging superstar. By the end of  2009 he will be considered our great young hope along with Lids and Cotch, he is that good.

And you might be right but this is the problem. Over the past 30 years too many tiger players have been wrapped up supporters and the media only to get ahead of themselves and blow it. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

[mightytiges]

It took to round 5 and he was lucky to still be in the side based on his first 4 games this year but a big welcome back to form Jack. Stood up big time tonight.