Taylor delisted

[Bleed Red Blood]

Do we gain anything from delisting a rookie after a year of effort went into them and getting a new batch?

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Bleed Red Blood
Do we gain anything from delisting a rookie after a year of effort went into them and getting a new batch?

We do if the one's we get rid off are not going to make the grade.

[sharp9]

Originally posted by Bleed Red Blood
Do we gain anything from delisting a rookie after a year of effort went into them and getting a new batch?

Yes, we do if the new rookie is better than the delisted one.

Persisting with a player who isn't up to it would come under the heading "good money after bad."

Rookies rarely get a second year, that's the facts. It's the same with every team. I guess that we forget that even though they get on to the rookie list with less credentials (ie more hope) than a proper recruit, the decision as to whether or not to keep them for a second year is made with the same criteria as whether or not to delist fully listed players. That is to say that your first year as a rookie is not to demonstrate that you are good enough to deserve a spot on the rookie list, it is to decide whether you are good enough to stay on the full list.

Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that the idea of the rookie list is to produce AFL players, not to develop the abilities of players who are nearly good enough to play at the highest level.

[Bleed Red Blood]

After Bevan's first year he was thought by the coaching staff to not be up to standard, he got the opportunity in his second year to prove them wrong.

How do we know the new rookies will be better?

[sharp9]

Originally posted by Bleed Red Blood
After Bevan's first year he was thought by the coaching staff to not be up to standard, he got the opportunity in his second year to prove them wrong.

How do we know the new rookies will be better?

We don't know the new rookies will be better. That's the footballing department's job to know the correct answer.

AS for Bevan he showed enough to stay on the list. The staff thought he could make it if he, against the odds, improved in particular areas. This is what happened. Obviously they viewed him not as "not up to the standard" but as "having all the right attributes to bridge the gap to the standard!"

That's what I mean by the same criteria as listed players. Anoother player may be closer to AFL standard than Bevo was at the end of 2003, but the coaching staff will delist him if they think that he has pretty much reached his potential. Presumably they felt this way about McGlone.