COTCHIN IN 9 (weeks)

"The Roar Is Back" · Feb 5, 2008

Trent is yet to fully run, end of this week, and is expected to spend 4 weeks running before contact and is expected to spend another 5 weeks of contact before being considered available for AFL selection.
source - family, captain and dr. pink

PHX · Feb 5, 2008

Thats ok, its half expected. Good luck to the kid getting it all right.

Rancid_Beasties · Feb 5, 2008

Thats fine...no point rushing him hes got a 15 year, 200+ game career ahead of him hopefully so whats a few weeks in his first year going to do. No guarantee of a spot in our 22 anyway given his lack of preparation.

Harvey Leadpipe · Feb 6, 2008

Yep RB. First year player, no pre-season, no rush. We'll wait.

Bojangles17 · Feb 6, 2008

pace to freeze said:
Trent is yet to fully run, end of this week, and is expected to spend 4 weeks running before contact and is expected to spend another 5 weeks of contact before being considered available for AFL selection.
source - family, captain and dr. pink

well thats ahead of my estimation of R8-12 before we saw the kid in yellow and black...considering he has yet to get into stride has a long way to go...being a blue chip investment and a tender age, we have a long time. I wouldnt expoect to see him in action until R2-3 of VFL season...No probs with that , wrap thorougbreds in cotton wool :thumbsu:

RichosGuns · Feb 6, 2008

No point playing him more then 10 matches in 2008 - Conners rising start in 08', which gives Cotchin and Collins good competition for rising start 09'

thegrach · Feb 6, 2008

The wraps on him before the draft were that he could step up and play the first game, before the injury. That being said, I agree that he should play a couple of VFL games first, just to gradually adjust to the tempo.

But, remember Lids played Round 1 in his first season, so it probably shouldn't be ruled out for any draftee.

RECORDS! · Feb 6, 2008

The friggen curse strikes again.

I presume this 9 weeks is a best case scenario.

Can't believe everyone is so ho hum about this, I am absolutely spewing. This kid, if fit, has the capabilities to step straight into our side and be a solid contributor. Does anyone remember how good Lids was in his first season, in his first quarter against the cats he took about 7 marks.

Make no mistake, Cotchin is good enough for this to be a serious setback to our season.

roostertalk · Feb 6, 2008

agree RECORDS but we did draft him with a broken ankle, with that in mind starting round 1 would only ever be a bonus. He'll be right slip him in round four and watch him take the competition by storm. Would be nice to see him carve up the blues to rub salt on the wound. It's nice to know we're in a reasonable position to be on the good side of a recruiting blunder

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W. Smithers · Feb 6, 2008

RECORDS! said:
Can't believe everyone is so ho hum about this

Because we've just seen first hand with Judd that rushing a player can do more harm than good.

Heisenberg_ · Feb 6, 2008

RECORDS! said:
The friggen curse strikes again.

I presume this 9 weeks is a best case scenario.

Can't believe everyone is so ho hum about this, I am absolutely spewing. This kid, if fit, has the capabilities to step straight into our side and be a solid contributor. Does anyone remember how good Lids was in his first season, in his first quarter against the cats he took about 7 marks.

Make no mistake, Cotchin is good enough for this to be a serious setback to our season.

He is 17-18 years old, still a kid with a long career in front of him.
Sure, I would like to see him play round 1, but not a big deal if he misses the first few weeks

peejay · Feb 6, 2008

plays for the burgers around round 3 - 4, maybe gets a game around round 11- 12, plays a half a dozen or so and then back to the burgers for some games at the end of the season would be fine by me.

Anymore a bonus.

roostertalk · Feb 6, 2008

peejay said:
plays for the burgers around round 3 - 4, maybe gets a game around round 11- 12, plays a half a dozen or so and then back to the burgers for some games at the end of the season would be fine by me.

Anymore a bonus.

after his first game with the tiges there will be no going back to the burgers.

The Dice Man · Feb 6, 2008

He had a busted ankle in the TAC finals didnt he?

Is this the longest recovery from an ankle ever, or are our medicos up to their old tricks?

tony_montana · Feb 6, 2008

nah dice, ankles are dodgy propositions at best...lots of discomfort for many months after its healed. They're just erring on the side of caution here, no need to push him through early and crush his confidence by making him play not at 100%

peejay · Feb 6, 2008

roostertalk said:
after his first game with the tiges there will be no going back to the burgers.

Big ask for a kid - i was thinking more the "its better to play a full game for the two's then sit on the bench and get 5 - 10 minute bursts in the ones" theory after he has play half a dozen or so.

As i said this is what i would be happy with - any more and its a bonus in my mind (for a kid in his first season).

CoggaRules · Feb 6, 2008

peejay said:
Big ask for a kid - i was thinking more the "its better to play a full game for the two's then sit on the bench and get 5 - 10 minute bursts in the ones" theory after he has play half a dozen or so.

As i said this is what i would be happy with - any more and its a bonus in my mind (for a kid in his first season).

No way, a win in the rising star, win or place in the brownlow, a debut game netting 36 possies and 5 goals, goal of the year and play of the year, will be deemed reasonable for me.
Anything else is a bonus for a kid in his first season.

thegrach · Feb 6, 2008

CoggaRules said:
No way, a win in the rising star, win or place in the brownlow, a debut game netting 36 possies and 5 goals, goal of the year and play of the year, will be deemed reasonable for me.
Anything else is a bonus for a kid in his first season.

He's not Andy Collins you know.

CoggaRules · Feb 6, 2008

thegrach said:
He's not Andy Collins you know.

ok so he doesnt win the Norm Smith before he raises the cup, after taking over the captaincy mid way through the year..leave those to Andy

Tigersman · Feb 6, 2008

let him sit down at Coburg till well into the second half of the year if thats whats needed. I'd like to see him smashing them down there before he gets a run with the ones, not just match fit and in you go.

Would have been great to see him rip Carlton up though!

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