Ripping bloke. Spoke to him for about 15 minutes at one of the family days and he asked more questions about me than I did to him. Genuine, caring, fantastic human being.
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Massive loss for our recruitment team. seems like a great person. has been through absolute hell so its understandable that he needs some fresh air. wishing him all the very best
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Heās a ripping fella, merve. Would always stop for a chat about the game/players if asked and was quite honest in his appraisal of how guys (who he had played a part in drafting) were going.
Hopefully his new venture is both successful and satisfying after everything he has been through.
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Clearly an outstanding bloke and talent spotter but he will always live on in my memory for:
āGāDAY TIPPA, MERVE SPEAKINGā
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This is a HUGE loss for the EFC! I think our drafting has been outstanding since he joined forces with Dodoro. Was it 2007? his first draft picking up Myers, Pears, D.Daniher, Hooker and Bellchambers. First 3 have been plagued by injury but pretty much all of them (except maybe Daniher) could have/will play 200 games injuries aside. Thatās pretty outstanding! With Keane as the chief recruiter heās clearly the best in the league at identifying talls.
With him at the helm with Dodoro heās brought our clubs list health to a ātop 4 in the league talentā level twice. One of those during the expansion club talent suck and the saga draft restrictions which is extraordinary. That shows how good heās been for us over a decade. Iām sad to hear this news and a little nervous of whatās to come. I really hope we can poach one of the other clubs top recruiters because I really feel our drafting is at an all time high.
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Huge loss.
And Darcy was a good chance to make it. Looked really promising pre-injury.
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Good luck to Merv, only met him once and that was at a Sandringham game with he and Dodoro overseeing McGrath and Setterfield puting on a clinic
Always seemed a good bloke to me and hopefully Rob can successfully fill the large gap he has left.
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Forster-Knight his likely successor?
Hope he stays apart of our recruiting network as a scout
He is the one I see at games the most, Iām yet to see Dodoro this year actually. When I do see him though it means we are drafting a player from that game
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Which could indicate that we are looking at some interstate guys or we arenāt expecting to have a big draft haul due to some other additions
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I didnāt see him much last year and we took 2 SA guys and a WA guy so your theory has Merrett
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Merv is an absolute legend no doubt about it. A true gentleman and someone with vast amount of knowledge of the game.
Forster- Knight carries a reputation as being elite so he might be the man.
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He has always appeared to be highly rated internally and theyāve probably been grooming him for some time
One of the great people Iāve met in footy, a huge loss to the culture of the club. Heās one of the people Iāve really missed catching up with not being around the club much this year, Iām sure heāll have a great impact in his next chapter.
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Yes thatās already been confirmed in the article on the website.
Anyone that knowās anything that can elaborate on RFK? would be greatly appreciated
I think he played in two games on one day when he was playing.
But what is there to know? Heās been on our recruiting staff for a few years now.
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We usually recruit from within, by encouring career progression in the organisation.
But with Dan Richardson now head of football, maybe heāll want to change it up. Richmond havenāt been overly impressive with their drafting. Many players have come from trade and their VFL system. For Richmond itās been more about coaching & systems, than quality drafting imo.
Like what heās been doing since his illustrious playing career. Who heās been working for, how long. How long in recruiting, how long in other roles. If heās highly rated, why is that?