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Welcome To Richmond - Steely Green

Punt n Brunton

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With 5 mins or so on the clock to make each pick, it's enough time for a club person in that room to put in a phone call to a family member and say 'get the video rolling'
 
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tigerdell

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With 5 mins or so on the clock to make each pick, it's enough time for a club person in that room to put in a phone call to a family member and say 'get the video rolling'
It could be on delay. The pick is selected as normal.
Then there is a minute for an Afl marketing dude to call the family
 

spook

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It could be on delay. The pick is selected as normal.
Then there is a minute for an Afl marketing dude to call the family
Nup. Club would word up the player. Text him a few picks earlier: "Mate, if you're there at 55 you're a Tiger."
 
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Streak

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Nup. Club would word up the player. Text him a few picks earlier: "Mate, if you're there at 55 you're a Tiger."

True with the later picks, but not sure with the earlier picks. Clubs tend to have too much to do during the early draft picks especially if a player slides or the preceding picks don't go according to projection.
 

spook

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True with the later picks, but not sure with the earlier picks. Clubs tend to have too much to do during the early draft picks especially if a player slides or the preceding picks don't go according to projection.
Yeah but the early kids know they're getting picked and are waiting on every selection.
 

craig

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Nup. Club would word up the player. Text him a few picks earlier: "Mate, if you're there at 55 you're a Tiger."
Might be onto something there Spooker!

I think its the Steely Green reaction vid that one of the lads with him can be heard to say "here wee go" just before he is selected.
 

turk-d-tiger

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Might be onto something there Spooker!

I think its the Steely Green reaction vid that one of the lads with him can be heard to say "here wee go" just before he is selected.
Yeah but that same kid said it 36 times before Steely was picked
 
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TigerMasochist

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I hope his legs grow longer. They’re lil stumps
Nah. There's been a few serious footballers had the dreaded stumpy legs n long torso, seems to give them some real lower body strength n balance.
Obviously Duck Carey n the Masodonian Marvel were standouts.
 
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toothless

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Or is it showbusiness?
The screening of picks are delayed, while messages are sent to families to turn the cameras on.
This gives every draftee a video moment, without having the camera running for the entire draft
Wouldn't surprise me. The footage of the player's family/friends continued to roll on despite each player turning their recording off once their conversations ended
 
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Tortured Tiger

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Interesting to see the WAFL stats of Green vs Hewett. I know stat’s aren’t everything but if Hewett is as good as what some good judges think, Green stacks up pretty well for a pick 55.
 
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snags

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Well I still can’t play the piano, but after a few beers and couple of bottles of red I can speak languages foreign to many.
Does that qualify?
Is this what they call the language of love?
 
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tigerman

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Loved the interview, Steely is just like Bakes, a deadset, salt of the earth country boy.
 
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