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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
My preference is to identify, encourage and promote the positive attributes of our players..... particularly those newer players whose future RFC is heavily reliant upon. As such I'm proud to be Jake King's 2008 player President as he displays the attitude and desire reminiscent of many of my favourite past Tiger players.
Here are some pertinent quotes taken from his PRE interview and Coburg profile of a year or so back http://www.puntroadend.com/jake_king.htm
PRE: What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses in your game?
JK: My strength is probably my hardness at the ball and I’d have to say my main weakness is my temper.
PRE: You play hard and tough and lack fear, so tell us have you ever been suspended in your playing career and if so how many games in total have you missed?
JK: Yes, I have been suspended in the past…once, maybe twice….too many times to keep count actually!
PRE: Who do you get along best with on the Richmond list?
JK: Richard Tambling.
PRE: Do you think you will ever be moved out of the back pocket and into the midfield? & would you like to play midfield..?
JK: I’d love to play in the midfield but I can’t see that happening for a while.
PRE: Can you tell us about your junior career. Which league, favourite positions, both team and personal success achieved.
JK: I played at North Heidelberg in the Diamond Valley League. I’ve won a couple of best & fairests and been lucky enough to have been in teams that have won junior and senior Grand Finals.
Andy Collins jokes that the Coburg Tigers have been trying to keep recruit Jake King under wraps. However, it’s tough to do, when King, 22, consistently finds his way into Coburg’s best players.
At Cricket Victoria, where Collins is the career and welfare manager, there is a program called ‘diamonds in the rough’. This term is certainly applicable to King. As Collins explained, not everyone has to come through the conventional system. Collins believes you could go to a local football match on any given weekend and if you spoke to the right people, they would be able to identify the special players in the competition. “If you think if they are young enough and have a really good upside to them, then why not? All this boy (King) wanted was a chance,” Collins said.
King made his way to the City Oval after being North Heidelberg’s best player in its 2005 premiership. It was a performance that saw him invited to do a pre-season with Essendon, but, when things didn’t pan out at Windy Hill, Collins was quick to swoop.
In an unqualified endorsement of King, Collins noted: “I look at him and think, ‘I wish I played the back pocket like that’ – and I played a few AFL games (212)’.
“Jake plays it pretty tough and quick and fair, and he has good hands and he is a good kick. He still has a lot to learn about the game, but in one way that is really promising, because he was never in the system. “I’m really excited to coach a kid like that.”
Here are some pertinent quotes taken from his PRE interview and Coburg profile of a year or so back http://www.puntroadend.com/jake_king.htm
PRE: What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses in your game?
JK: My strength is probably my hardness at the ball and I’d have to say my main weakness is my temper.
PRE: You play hard and tough and lack fear, so tell us have you ever been suspended in your playing career and if so how many games in total have you missed?
JK: Yes, I have been suspended in the past…once, maybe twice….too many times to keep count actually!
PRE: Who do you get along best with on the Richmond list?
JK: Richard Tambling.
PRE: Do you think you will ever be moved out of the back pocket and into the midfield? & would you like to play midfield..?
JK: I’d love to play in the midfield but I can’t see that happening for a while.
PRE: Can you tell us about your junior career. Which league, favourite positions, both team and personal success achieved.
JK: I played at North Heidelberg in the Diamond Valley League. I’ve won a couple of best & fairests and been lucky enough to have been in teams that have won junior and senior Grand Finals.
Andy Collins jokes that the Coburg Tigers have been trying to keep recruit Jake King under wraps. However, it’s tough to do, when King, 22, consistently finds his way into Coburg’s best players.
At Cricket Victoria, where Collins is the career and welfare manager, there is a program called ‘diamonds in the rough’. This term is certainly applicable to King. As Collins explained, not everyone has to come through the conventional system. Collins believes you could go to a local football match on any given weekend and if you spoke to the right people, they would be able to identify the special players in the competition. “If you think if they are young enough and have a really good upside to them, then why not? All this boy (King) wanted was a chance,” Collins said.
King made his way to the City Oval after being North Heidelberg’s best player in its 2005 premiership. It was a performance that saw him invited to do a pre-season with Essendon, but, when things didn’t pan out at Windy Hill, Collins was quick to swoop.
In an unqualified endorsement of King, Collins noted: “I look at him and think, ‘I wish I played the back pocket like that’ – and I played a few AFL games (212)’.
“Jake plays it pretty tough and quick and fair, and he has good hands and he is a good kick. He still has a lot to learn about the game, but in one way that is really promising, because he was never in the system. “I’m really excited to coach a kid like that.”