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no one is arguing he's not a talent but at days end the AFL clubs can only go by the evidence in front of them. there is a huge cost in recruiting someone and taking them across to melbourne or anywhere else for that matter and setting them up. there's salary and overhead costs such as coaches etc but more importantly there's the opportunity cost of recruiting someone with question marks over his head. if they don't take garlett then there's an extra draft spot for someone else who does tick all the boxes...so why wouldn't AFL clubs take a young player with the right attitude and background?

yep, we only should be recruiting solid citizens into the AFL and then let the AFL clubs turn them into drunks and drug users !

just like plenty of others at AFL clubs have chosen their path..
obviously its not too late for Michael Johnson is it Anchorman ?

can you please provide evidence where i have "blown smoke up his clacker" ?

and to be honest now he is not on an AFL list, he is a state level player so therefore he doesnt concern you so why do you care ?

ok..anything to stop you posting about this..

no, I believe you are talking a pile of shite but I am finding it boring..

truth hurts ? how am i hurt by Dayle Garlett not getting drafted ?

all you are doing is giving an opinion, like me its neither right nor wrong..its just an opinion..

i think you have given enough of your thoughts on the matter though..

i'm only sour on you for writing such tripe..

and unless you have something new to post on Dayle Garlett why are you still posting ?

MarkOlsen wrote: kicked out of the AIS - yes
dropped for missing rehab - yes
drinking and smoking before a final - beat up by the West, the picture was taken earlier in the year

the point Samrt was makign was for some reason Garlett is being treated differently to other kids who want to get drafted or people on AFL lists - Dustin Martin missed training for Richmond, Dane Swan turned up blind at training, one club had 7 blokes on 2 drug charges yet did any of those blokes get sacked ?

check out the photo of Eddie Betts on the internet drinking and smoking, did he get sacked..?

the only reason the West did the good new stories on Garlett was after Swans contacting them and saying they were publishing incorrect information and any chance of a good news story on Garlett, their pathetic journos helped create media hype about the kid..

double standards..

Aren't the incidents above you point out the reason why they try not to limit the risk of it happening by not drafting those who don't meet the values of the club. Not sure how a double standard? Once employed they have a duty to try and correct behaviour or move on - no different to any workplace.

I personally think Hawk that values and behaviours can be changed in a positive way, those clubs obviously thought so otherwise they would have sacked those players wouldnt they ?

or did they not sack them cos they were good players ?

I personally think its good in society to give people a chance to see if their behaviour can change considering the support areas AFL clubs have at their disposal, i'd think Garlett was a pretty low risk investment as a rookie to be honest...