Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gerard Waitley. Here's a snapshot of Thursday, April 30. Adam Simpson cast his eye over the changes to the AFL's draft bidding system.
Yeah, it sort of makes sense to me, but I'm in the industry and you, but for a lot of people out there, it gets confusing. So the clarity around it, you've got to read it a couple of times, but I think it makes sense.
Chapter 2: What changes were made to the AFL's draft bidding system?
I think it lands in a space where Um, we can all, you know, what will happen now is strategy kicks in for clubs. There's a loophole there. There's, we haven't seen it yet, but there will be one. There'll be a club. We'll get to draft night. We'll go, oh, gee, you can do that. We better change that rule. That's going to happen, isn't it? It feels like it's going to happen.
Over time it will happen. Um, and the only issue I see with it all from a, from club land, it's just so quick. Like it's. The planning for the draft is two years ago. So to do it eight months out from the draft now, it's a challenge. To give us a longer runway is probably the only criticism I see on this. I know, rip off the Band-Aid and get going with it and what will be, will be.
But there'll be some clubs who are really disadvantaged with this. And there'll be some clubs who'll swoop in with a different look and they've gone from, we're okay this year to, well, we can really do some damage. So... It's the only criticism I would have. And Simmo unveiled his ruck ladder. You know, and in the top of your head, I mean, I know you've seen the list, but who would you have?
So I would have guessed Max Gorn.
Yeah. So he's averaging 21 disposals, 14 hit-outs to advantage, 15 contested possessions, four marks, six clearances. And six score involvement. So that's pretty good. But Jackson's above him. Yeah. So, you know, Jackson's 19 disposals, 17 hit outs to advantage. Contested possessions, he's 11, four marks, five clearances, seven score involvements. So he's having a great year.
We just don't see him as much as, imagine if they still were together.
Yeah.
Yes. Well, they would be individually diminished, but as a superpower collection.
Yeah. So Jackson, number one, Gorn's number two and Grundy's three.
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Chapter 3: How do clubs strategize around the new draft rules?
So there's, and then Sherry's four. So they're all averaging close to 20 possessions. You know, hit outs to advantage are all above 12. You know, they're all above 15 contested possessions. They're all getting above five clearances. And they're all getting above four scoring involvements, although Sherry's just a bit down. He's four. The rest are eight, seven and six. So that's it.
They're game-changing stats.
Calling with President Barry Karp on the planning around Scott Pendlebury's record-breaking game.
Well, if it lands in that MCG fixture, I think it is going to be just the most incredible tribute and the most incredible day devoted to his family, to his friends, to people that have been on the journey with him, acknowledging something that...
uh you know you and i've watched football for a long time but 433 games i mean this is an incredible record two decades of service um very unlikely to be you know given the uh the football environment that we have unlikely to be broken this is a this is probably more than a once in a generational achievement so um it's going to be a very very special day and we're going to honor and honor him 90 plus thousand i would hope so i would hope so i think um
You know, growing up as a Collingwood supporter and all our fans and members out there, just recognising the joy that Scott has given us and paying that back in a sense, going there and being there and showing him what he means. to Collingwood, I'll certainly be there.
And Shannon Gill made the case for Pendlebury as the greatest of magpies on Know Your History.
Now, I'm just going to give you a hypothetical player. I'm not going to mention a name, a hypothetical Collingwood player. If you think of that 25, well, now this hypothetical common player played 195 games, averaging 24 disposal a game. Four times he got 10 plus Brownlow votes, three times second in the best and fairest, two times third in the best and fairest.
He played in a flag and two grand finals. Now that's a good career that might push, even push for top 25 on that list. That's Scott Pendlebury post that list. It's a powerful combination. After that list is done, after he was nominated as the 10th best player at Collingwood ever, that is what he's done.
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Chapter 4: Who are the top ruck players according to Adam Simpson?
Their retention rate's good inside forward 50 as well. So when the ball goes in there, it's not bouncing out. which is really important. And that has been a problem in the last couple of seasons. I just think we're seeing the emergence of some really great young talent too with great role clarity. So I mentioned Cozzy Pickett. I love Windsor as well.
But there's half a dozen young players now that look like they belong in this game style. They're scoring from stoppage, which is great. They're scoring from turnover. So there are a lot of positives, I think, with the way that Stephen King has brought a new system and a different looking culture into the Melbourne Footy Club.
How's he done it so quickly as a rookie coach?
He spoke about, in his first couple of press conferences, he spoke about player empowerment and building trust. So he's got this belief now, trust in empowering players. We've seen a stronger, clearer ownership of standards. And I think we're seeing collaborative leadership at Melbourne at the moment.
But sometimes it doesn't matter if it's a footy team or an organisation or whoever, but sometimes when you get a leader come in with a fresh start, you see change and you see players have the confidence to step up. So I didn't see this coming, the departure of Petrarca and... And Oliver, a lot of coaching changes, list upheaval.
But yeah, King's arrival appears to have given the club a real psychological reset. New voice, new expectations, new optimism. And they are running with it, which has been awesome. And that's just a snapshot. The full program and all interviews are available through the Waitley podcast.
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