Discussion Re-Signings, Retirements, Delistings, Trade & Drafting

Professor

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PORT Adelaide has axed speedster Martin Frederick, while Dylan Williams has also been delisted but will return to the club via the NAB AFL Rookie Draft.

Frederick, the twin brother of Fremantle's Michael, was delisted after 14 games for the Power.

Taken as a Category B rookie in 2018, the 22-year-old featured six times this year.

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Williams, 21, was also delisted, but Port has said it will reselect him as a rookie.

The forward, selected with pick No.23 in the 2019 NAB AFL Draft, has played just one AFL game, making his debut against Sydney in round 15 last year.

The Power have also re-signed Trent Dumont and Jed McEntee for next year.


"Marty is a much-loved player at our club who came through our Next Generation Academy program," Port list manager Jason Cripps said.

"Unfortunately, we have reached the time of the year where we have to make tough decisions regarding the future of our list.

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"After four years on our list, Marty was unable to establish himself as a consistent performer within our AFL team and we have had to make the difficult decision not to offer him a contract moving forward.

"We wish Marty all the best for the future and he will always be welcome here at Port Adelaide."


Cripps added: "Trent, Jed and Dylan are all at different stages of their careers but we are equally pleased to have them continue for at least another year.

"Jed has attributes that we value and we were impressed with his finish to this season at AFL level as a small pressure forward.

"Trent has played more than 100 AFL games providing experience and leadership for our younger emerging players and continues to play a role as a hard-running midfielder.

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"And whilst we will delist Dylan from our primary list we have committed to recruiting him via the National Rookie Draft in November."

The Power hold picks No.33 and 60 in next month's NAB AFL Draft.

Jason Horne-Francis and Junior Rioli joined the club from North Melbourne and West Coast respectively during the Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period.

 
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P155 poor effort by St Kalamity. If you believe a Ch 9 report the president of St K stated

The Saints president went a step further, suggesting that the coach was failed by those around him.
"We can't look back and say that Brett was absolutely set up for success. I can't say that with honesty," Bassat said.
"I needed to adjust for that and took that into account, and that made this decision even harsher.
"I won't pretend that Brett was given every opportunity to be the best coach he could be.
"This isn't all about our coaching program and all about Brett. If we don't fix those things, the new coach will also struggle to be successful, so we're really mindful of that and we're going to fix the order of the organisation."

So the president of the club admits the club failed their coach but we will get rid of him anyway. Any reason the club doesn't fix the issues and keeps the coach? As a casual observer IMO the coach only ever brings 75% of the chance of succeeding to the table. The assist coaches and the club bring the rest. Buckley at the Pies was subject to a review and they identified the missing parts of the puzzle and the team improved. Hardwicke at the Tigers another classic example. He was gone for all money several times. Did a review got rid of the deadwood around him and the team improved and won premierships. Hardwicke did not wake up one morning and suddenly realise "Oh that's what I am doing wrong!" The club forced him to accept changes to the coaching staff and it worked.
 
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I haven't fully thought this through, or fleshed out completely, but .......

What if the AFL reversed the order of things a bit. Instead of all these Clubs delisting players straight after the trade period, how about they are made to do it before the trade period?
All those delisted players are then thrown into the "bargain bin" for any Club to take, in return for their lowest available Draft pick, in this years, or next years Draft.
Obviously very few would get snapped up, but I reckon one or two would, and at least the players know just that little bit earlier where they stand.
 
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