Best Zero to Hero Story.....

[reigning premier]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Best Zero to Hero Story.....

Originally posted by hammo
White was considered a better player. It would be hard to argue that Jolly is an all round better player even now.

Maybe not all round player.....

But considering that we use him as a ruck man.. where White is a good player who can ruck.... I think that you COULD reasonabley argue that Jolly is a better ruck man...

[Go Swannies]

Goodes. I remember in the Eade days when he'd be erratic and get pulled back to the bench for a tirade and just looked under the pump. I know he'd been rated highly as a kid but it looked like it was never going to happen. If you had told Eade (at the time) that he'd be a dual Brownlow medallist he would have laughed.

Watching Goodes play under the scope Roos gave him was a revelation. Finally you could see what the fuss had been about. But then he looked like he'd lost it again after he did his knee. And here he is again - one of the most admired players in the comp (and a community leader!) A great success story that looked very unlikely.

[Zlatorog]

Two names for me: Craig and Amon.

[ItsAllGoodes]

I agree that Amon is a similar story to Kirky...probably just hasnt reached the heights...yet, e.g. captain or B&F

I visited two websites lately that mentioned him

One had a worse players to play for Sydney 1999-2003 and he was in it

The other had a revised 2000 draft based on current form. He was originally drafted at 52 - the revised draft had him at 12.

Thats a big leap up in his football 'share price'

[Schneiderman]

Darren 'Fatty' Cresswell by a mile. Thanks Geelong!!

[AnnieH]

Davis.

[reigning premier]

Originally posted by Annie Haddad
Davis.

Did it hurt to say that??? C'mon Annie.. you can tell me...

[AnnieH]

Originally posted by reigning premier
Did it hurt to say that??? C'mon Annie.. you can tell me...

More than you could ever know.

It's ok pet ... he's likely to slip back down to zero at the flip of a chicken-burger!!

[Q...]

[i]The other had a revised 2000 draft based on current form. He was originally drafted at 52 - the revised draft had him at 12. [/B]

Who were the 11 above him?

[Chow-Chicker]

Paul Williams

[NMWBloods]

Williams was never a zero.

[Chow-Chicker]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Williams was never a zero.

Anyone who played for Collingwood is in my book.

[ItsAllGoodes]

Originally posted by Q...
Who were the 11 above him?

1 St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt (pick 1 in actual 2000 draft)
2 St Kilda: Drew Petrie (23)
3 Collingwood: Daniel Kerr (18)
4 Carlton: Kane Cornes (20)
5 West Coast: Alan Didak (3)
6 Kangaroos: Graham John@@@@ (67)
7 Adelaide: Daniel Cross (56)
8 Kangaroos: Shaun Burgoyne (12)
9 Richmond: Adam McPhee (39)
10 Western Bulldogs: Justin Koschitzke (2)
11 Carlton: Mark Coughlan (25)
12 Port Adelaide: Amon Buchanan (52)
13 Brisbane: Luke Ablett (24)
14 Kangaroos: Ryan Lonie (34)
15 Carlton: Saverio Rocca (30)
16 Melbourne: Nathan Lonie (58)
17 Essendon: Daniel Harris (14)
18 West Coast: Kayne Pettifer (9)
19 Collingwood Jason Cloke (Father/son pick)
20 Port Adelaide: Mark L. Williams (43)


Drew Petrie at 2 looks a bit high...but i think they assume that StKilda would have wanted his 'type' of player

Source http://www.aflinsider.net/

[Xie Shan]

It's a tough one, but I'm going to go with Monty. He might not have gotten the recognition of some of the others, but he too was a pretty late pick - drafted as a goalsneak from Geelong IIRC - but to come back after being delisted to kick the winning goal in a grand final is pretty heroic.

[swantastic]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Craig Bolton by a mile.

I dont know about that NMW,he was on the emergency list in the GF's.So brisbane must have thought he was a good player it was pretty hard to break into that team dont forget.So i dont think he was ever a zero.