Football clubs are full of humans who in the end reflect society, they are not all the same. At one end of the scale you have people like Trent Cotchin who was 30 years old in his head when he was 20 and at the other end there is Sydney Stack who seems to me like he is still growing up. He is 22 years old, still a baby in many ways.
I saw a comparison with Nick Kyrgios earlier and I understand the point. Gliding through his career whilst not doing the work but doing enough to show us what he could be. Frustrating.
I get that at some point we have to cut the connection if he underperforms but my opinion is that he was given goals this year that had nothing to do with games in the senior team. From what I saw his attitude at vfl level was great, he was invested and very team focused. I reckon we are building his character, we are telling him that the club believes in him if he does the work. I suspect he hasn’t had too many people in his life in the past who have believed in him given his background.
Very happy for Syd to be given another year.