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  • wolftone57
    Veterans List
    • Aug 2008
    • 5851

    #61
    Originally posted by SeanM
    It would not surprise me if Rampe started to play more like a medium defender rather than having to match up against the biggest forwards every week.
    I agree with you


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    • Thunder Shaker
      Aut vincere aut mori
      • Apr 2004
      • 4187

      #62
      Paddy got #39, Grundy's old number. A good choice.
      "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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      • Mark26
        Senior Player
        • Jan 2017
        • 1535

        #63
        Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
        Paddy got #39, Grundy's old number. A good choice.
        Great news. We'll need a new sign at the footy: Our edge is Paddy.

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        • KSAS
          Senior Player
          • Mar 2018
          • 1785

          #64
          Caught snippet of an SEN interview this morning discussing who on our list becomes eligible for Free Agency at the end of the year and to my surprise Paddy McCartin was mentioned!!! Surely this can't be right???? Didn't catch name of the interviewee but said Paddy qualified because he's been in AFL system for 8 seasons. Paddy has not been on an AFL list for at least couple of years so how can he qualify for FA? Have the AFL changed Free Agency qualification recently? Though you had to be 8 seasons at the one club? Did not anyone here catch this interview? Making sure i heard right.

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          • Mark26
            Senior Player
            • Jan 2017
            • 1535

            #65
            Originally posted by KSAS
            Caught snippet of an SEN interview this morning discussing who on our list becomes eligible for Free Agency at the end of the year and to my surprise Paddy McCartin was mentioned!!! Surely this can't be right???? Didn't catch name of the interviewee but said Paddy qualified because he's been in AFL system for 8 seasons. Paddy has not been on an AFL list for at least couple of years so how can he qualify for FA? Have the AFL changed Free Agency qualification recently? Though you had to be 8 seasons at the one club? Did not anyone here catch this interview? Making sure i heard right.
            I didn't catch the SEN broadcast, but the article on the AFL site stated that Paddy was eligible for free agency at the end of the year. Why would he leave though? We placed faith in him and gave him a second chance when no-one else appeared to be interested. And there is the other little incentive of playing with your brother! I would think he stays.

            The article also mentioned that Rampe extended his contract by a year. I thought he was out this year and don't recall hearing that coming from the Swans.

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            • liz
              Veteran
              Site Admin
              • Jan 2003
              • 16758

              #66
              Originally posted by KSAS
              Caught snippet of an SEN interview this morning discussing who on our list becomes eligible for Free Agency at the end of the year and to my surprise Paddy McCartin was mentioned!!! Surely this can't be right???? Didn't catch name of the interviewee but said Paddy qualified because he's been in AFL system for 8 seasons. Paddy has not been on an AFL list for at least couple of years so how can he qualify for FA? Have the AFL changed Free Agency qualification recently? Though you had to be 8 seasons at the one club? Did not anyone here catch this interview? Making sure i heard right.
              Any player who has previously been delisted by any club retains free agency status for the rest of their career. So if McCartin has signed a one year contract and is therefore out of contract at the end of this season, he is a (delisted) free agent.

              It's really no different from the mechanism that enabled us to sign him in the first place without him having to first go through the draft process.

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              • KSAS
                Senior Player
                • Mar 2018
                • 1785

                #67
                Originally posted by liz
                Any player who has previously been delisted by any club retains free agency status for the rest of their career.
                I wasn't aware of that rule. Thanks for clarifying Liz. As Mark26 pointed out, there's no reason for Paddy to leave at season's end in any case. But he does have that option under current rules.

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                • Aprilbr
                  Senior Player
                  • Oct 2016
                  • 1803

                  #68
                  Originally posted by bloodspirit
                  Returning to Paddy, I managed a snippet of conversation with Tom McCartin. He said he could see a backline featuring himself, Paddy, Rampe and Melican at the same time. Given that I would say Lloyd and Harry C are non-negotiables, can you then fit in Blakey as the 7th? That's a tall backline - although apart from the three keys they are all capable of playing against smaller players. It doesn't omit anyone that is a certain selection - does it? Could that be a R1 backline?
                  Thanks for sharing that conversation, BS. Personally, I cannot see all of those guys together in the one backline as we would lose too much run from the back. Our coaching team like to have a lot of running options in defence. Tom is a lock so if Paddy plays too then I think the Pelican misses out or vice versa. Happy to be proven wrong.

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                  • bloodspirit
                    Clubman
                    • Apr 2015
                    • 4448

                    #69
                    Originally posted by Aprilbr
                    Thanks for sharing that conversation, BS. Personally, I cannot see all of those guys together in the one backline as we would lose too much run from the back. Our coaching team like to have a lot of running options in defence. Tom is a lock so if Paddy plays too then I think the Pelican misses out or vice versa. Happy to be proven wrong.
                    Yeah, I tend to agree with you. Possibly Tom was being diplomatic in not having to vote for either Melican (who was standing next to him) or his brother.
                    All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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                    • Bangalore Swans
                      Suspended by the MRP
                      • Mar 2021
                      • 1049

                      #70
                      I sadly read that Will Pucofski (exceptionally talented cricketer) has suffered another concussion in his State Cricket comeback. That is concussion number 11.

                      Pucoski seems to walk in the same concussion shoes as Paddy McCartin.

                      Would GoSwannies or other medical experts be able to shed some light on how an athlete becomes concussion prone? Is it sheer bad luck or are these concussion prone athletes unable to absorb the enivitable hits that other athletes can absorb without becoming concussed?

                      Could GoSwannies shed some light on whether being out of elite sport for a period of time has build up McCartins concussion resilience?

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                      • Thunder Shaker
                        Aut vincere aut mori
                        • Apr 2004
                        • 4187

                        #71
                        Paddy gets compared to Grundy. Swans recruit “the off-season steal of the year”
                        "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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                        • dejavoodoo44
                          Veterans List
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 8578

                          #72
                          Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
                          While I'm pleased that we signed Paddy, a few days after the first practice match, is possibly a bit too early, for King to pronounce him as "the off-season steal of the year". And since we signed him from our VFL team, I could probably quibble about him being labelled a steal.

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                          • bloodspirit
                            Clubman
                            • Apr 2015
                            • 4448

                            #73
                            Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
                            What about Jarrod Brander? Another former first round pick picked up basically for free. Didn't he get 5 goals or something in his first game for GWS?
                            All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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                            • wolftone57
                              Veterans List
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 5851

                              #74
                              Originally posted by bloodspirit
                              What about Jarrod Brander? Another former first round pick picked up basically for free. Didn't he get 5 goals or something in his first game for GWS?
                              Yes he did but 3 of those came later. When we had less tall backs out there

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                              • Thunder Shaker
                                Aut vincere aut mori
                                • Apr 2004
                                • 4187

                                #75
                                The unbelievable return that no one saw coming: Paddy McCartin reveals all
                                "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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