Good result for Biggy was done at the RFC and he gets at least another 2 years in the system to make some good coin.Tom Morris on SEN this morning saying Biggie to North all but done.
Good result for Biggy was done at the RFC and he gets at least another 2 years in the system to make some good coin.Tom Morris on SEN this morning saying Biggie to North all but done.
Wanted to leave last year didnt he or the year before .Thanks for your loyalty Biggie
When Butler left he was uncontracted, out of the team and arguably behind Castagna, Rioli, Stack (3rd in rising star that year), Baker and Higgins (4th in rising star in 2018) when competing for a spot.Recruited with the junk pick we accepted for Butler. What a schemozzle. But hey, we're good to deal with, right?
I’m not sure mateWanted to leave last year didnt he or the year before .
Frees up a list spot, and some salary cap relief, if nothing else.Good result for Biggy was done at the RFC and he gets at least another 2 years in the system to make some good coin.
Compare Biggie (2019 draft pick 54) to Tyler Young (rookie selection in 2022) who took his chance, stepped up and became a regular in the season - chalk and cheese to me.
Ultimately, it's zero return for a premiership player and an outstanding clubman.When Butler left he was uncontracted, out of the team and arguably behind Castagna, Rioli, Stack (3rd in rising star that year), Baker and Higgins (4th in rising star in 2018) when competing for a spot.
This was not quite the “schemozzle” of a decision it is often made out to be around here.
This has been debated to death, but the main issue was nobody really wanted him much. St K were last man standing. It was crazy at the time, its much crazier in hindsight, but that was the main issue.Ultimately, it's zero return for a premiership player and an outstanding clubman.
Zero return for a speedy, gut-running tackling machine and proven goal-kicker who has played nearly every game in the past four seasons.
Right now, we'd have him back in a heartbeat. Problem is, we gave away his best years. For a junk pick.
There was no dividend to Richmond whatsoever from this trade.
It was bad then and looks worse as each season passes.
Athletically gifted but not competitive enough for my liking.
He has all the tools to be an AFL player except that and I am not sure he will ever get it.
Totally agree. As my mum used to say, "You can't put in what God left out."From my work in junior footy, you either have it or you don’t. You can’t teach it.
Some people say you can will yourself in to being competitive, but I don’t agree. If you have that will you had the competitiveness in the first place.
Agree. Reckon in recent times we’ve drifted away from valuing players that are ultra-competitive in favor of other attributes in our drafting and it’s hurt us.From my work in junior footy, you either have it or you don’t. You can’t teach it.
Some people say you can will yourself in to being competitive, but I don’t agree. If you have that will you had the competitiveness in the first place.
The problem is we all want ultra competitors with great skills but with the draft picks we have had available the opportunity to find players like that are very slim. They have been overlooked for a reason and have a deficiency in some part of their games.Agree. Reckon in recent times we’ve drifted away from valuing players that are ultra-competitive in favor of other attributes in our drafting and it’s hurt us.
From my work in junior footy, you either have it or you don’t. You can’t teach it.
Some people say you can will yourself in to being competitive, but I don’t agree. If you have that will you had the competitiveness in the first place.
I won a game of laser tag at an 8 year old birthday I think with triple the score of second place.Agree you definitely either have it or you don't. You either have a will to win at anything or you are more relaxed around winning. That relaxed demeanour around professional sport just doesn't take you far.
I've always been ultra competitive and my daughter still remembers this, she was about 6 and we went bowling. I didn't have the best game and she had a great one (had the sides up which helped) but it came down to the last frame. She begged me to roll a gutter ball, so I threw down a strike. Haha. I said I was teaching her a life lesson that you aren't handed things in life, but I just wanted to win. Maybe that was being a bad dad haha. Anyway, she still remembers that and brings it up with me (she's 15 now) and she's very driven at what she wants out of life.
Maybe 1 of the questions recruiters should be asking, is has your dad ever taken winning too far with you haha.
From my work in junior footy, you either have it or you don’t. You can’t teach it.
Some people say you can will yourself in to being competitive, but I don’t agree. If you have that will you had the competitiveness in the first place.
Consistency was always a problem for him except for 2017 when his tackle numbers were consistently high. His first 2 years, 2015 - 16, were spent in the VFL but he had shoulder issues and form issues back then. I recall he had a syndesmosis foot injury July 6, 2018. He was treated conservatively without surgery but it just linguered on for months until he finally had surgery mid-August which did not give him enough time to get fit to be picked for finals. Lambert had a similar injury in August but Richmond put him in for surgery much sooner so Butts would have been pissed about that. 2019 he was in and out of the AFL spending most of it in VFL even though he had some 3-goal hauls. Perhaps his foot injury robbed him of some pace in 2019? I agree that he could have been given another year but it's a cut-throat business and list management mistakes are sometimes made...perhaps this was one of them.Ultimately, it's zero return for a premiership player and an outstanding clubman.
Zero return for a speedy, gut-running tackling machine and proven goal-kicker who has played nearly every game in the past four seasons.
Right now, we'd have him back in a heartbeat. Problem is, we gave away his best years. For a junk pick.
There was no dividend to Richmond whatsoever from this trade.
It was bad then and looks worse as each season passes.