Tommy Walsh

[royboy42]

Only saw Tommy in the Int Rules so it's hard for me to comment on his AFL prospects. However our recruiters don't make too many clangers so I'll put my faith in them.

Al, I have great faith in our recruiters as well,and hope they've kicked another goal.
I was impressed by Tommy's Int Rules game..he was awesome, but the best man on ground that night was TK....and his AFL days were pretty much long gone.
Maybe the form from that night is questionable?
Regardless, Tommy has my total support...as does the whole operation at Moore Park.

[wolftone57]

Off-topic, but has to be mentioned, is Crackers' praise in that column for our seamless coaching succession. It worked so well that it has barely been commented on.

Contrast that with the number of coaches who were axed last year and the amusingly botched Collingwood coaching handover. Just one more sign of how well the Swans are run.

I don't think anyone really asked Mick about the Collingwood transition until it was announced. I remember the first interview he had about it after Eddie put the notion to the press. He said basically it was the first he had heard about it. It was then just an Eddie notion but obviously gained momentum. Collingwood love their hero players the same as Port Adelaide. but neither has won a string of Premierships in the modern era and only one ex-star has coached a premiership for either team in this era. Shaw and Weideman were both flops as coaches even though they were both premiership captains.
Russell Ebert was a star for Port but a flop as a coach. The only ex-player to coach Port to a premiership is Mark Williams and he played in the AFL with both the Pies & Bears before going back. Interestingly his father Foster Williams is a Port (SANFL) hero who Port stole from West Adelaide. John Cahill was the last Port (SANFL) star to coach a premiership in the 1980's making it 10 for him. He is the only one in the SANFL in the modern era. But the Port attitude came from a bloke from West Adelaide called Foster Williams.

[wolftone57]

On Tommy which this is about I can see him playing forward when needed then back at need. He is a pretty mobile big man and I see him being used for his mobility. I can see a day when the coach will say if Buddy comes any near the centre of the ground take him Tommy! That is an advantage of being mobile and big