Blicavs was a very skinny distance runner when he was the same age as Cox.
Yes, but Blicavs body shape is different. Itās not just about weight but the body profile that determines strength and ability to put on mass.
We were actually the perfect positioned club to take a risk on Cox. We had 3 first round picks, so could go for the upside risk reward with one. He was rated as potentially the best player in the draft and thereās absolutely no reason to question that. Heās a young tall, heās allowed to take time.
Plus Blicavs was training/preparing for an entire different sport.
Disagree. I think it was too much risk for the type of player and profile of our list.
We donāt have elite talent players. We are good at getting very good players, but we donāt have any real stars. Cox is a potential star.
Iām fine with taking that risk. In fact I far prefer it. But I can understand why you wouldnāt feel that way.
How on earth can you reach that conclusion, unless you have conversations with Brad Scott
Heās finished ankles made of glass
We love that at essendon
Coxy,
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Essendonās plan for Nikā¦
Gumby 2.0, or was that Jonesā¦ hard to keep up now days
Yep 100% agreeā¦.but like Jones and Reid our young talls keep getting these injuries that set them back a long way - we are the syndesmosis and stress fracture capital of the AFL. āCome to Esendon and will get you a stress fracture or a bung ankle in no time - maybe severalāā¦ā¦I know Iām taking the p1ss but our young talls always seem to be in rehab and never develop physically (and miss large chunks of development) ā¦. Frustrating beyond belief
you gotta remember with the 2020 and 2021 drafts, the kids missed significant time to develop. have to give them a couple of extra years to really see what theyāre capable of. with cox, his best is awesome, so so so worth the wait and minimising risk from here
Standing on it so thats a positive.
I took it as him standing without putting weight on it. So sore, but not iced.
Hopefully he has got his Essendon fc library card with him so he can borrow the syndesmosis rehab guide.
That book will be wearing thin, the amount of use it would have had.
Cox has a sore ankle.