He and Austin Wonnamari, (I know I’ve butchered his last nam, I’m sorry) we’re shining lights in a dark time for Melbourne. Shame they finished their careers early for different reasons
Liam Jurrah was absolutely insane. I remember going to a game and watching him almost single handedly drag Melbourne across the line against my Roos. Unfortunate that he struggled so much with the lifestyle change
Great work and a really interesting list. One that as a blues supporter that is close to my heart was Fev. He did have a solid career and was a phenomenal match winner on his day but could have been a club all time great if he had pushed himself and not stuffed around like he did. Still loved watching him as their was never a dull moment with Fev on the ground.
Would really love a Part 2! Your more highly scripted, edited and even speculative videos that have been coming out have been absolutely mint. You’ve gotta be my favourite footy youtuber at the minute. Please keep making this kind of content!
i was employed at football park in Adelaide eons ago, and worked with their number one draft pick at the time laurance angwin. young fellow, but even training you could see that he had IT. unfortunately he fell into the, free drinks and available women, everywhere he went in adelaide (his words) and subsequently was traded to Carlton, where he was eventually delisted after turning up to training off his dial on ecstasy or something similar.
He did go to Carlton. He had an all nighter with Fevola and they got into issues on the verge of criminal charges at a dry cleaners of all places. Turned up to training after doing eccies with a team mate. That was the end of a promising career.
Angwin and Karl Norman ,,what a classic that was ...apparently the training session was hilarious ..they were goofing around like idiots ,,and actually running away from the ball instead of marking it ,,,if only they had played a game on eccys...
Nice videos mate! Here are some other ideas! 1. Most controversial rule changes 2. AFL expansion club proposals 3. Why Fitzroy and South Melbourne were relocated 4. Best Indigenous players of all time 5. Best players to have never won a premiership
Glad you enjoyed mate and cheers for the ideas. I have already done your last suggestion in the past actually. Feel free to check that out if you wish.
One player you didn't mention was Phil Carmen. Was a superstar at Norwood in the SANFL from 1970 to 1974 before finally agreeing to go to Collingwood in 1975, who had been wooing him since 1971. Absolutely burst on to the VFL scene (in those days) and would have easily won the 1975 Brownlow if not for injury which kept him out of the side for 8 weeks. Being a bit of a hot head at times, and not suffering fools, was his undoing. Was traded to Melbourne, then Essendon where he had a brain fade and headbutted an over-the-top boundary umpire (I did say not suffering fools!!) and was suspended for 20 matches, and finally played one season with North Melbourne. Still regarded with awe, but could have been a hall of fame player.
Great video mate. Sad that we didnt get to see more of those guys and plenty of others around Australia who have never made it to AFL level but have potential ability to be special
Great video, really hoping someone like Rachele doesn't end up on a list like this in the next 5-10 years, big fan of his season last year as a Crows fan and hope injuries don't become a common thing for him.
I think Nathan was wanting to avoid the public attention, thus is the reason why after the 2007 premiership he decided to avoid the AFL attention so he played in VFL or the Queensland AFL league. There was also a few other players who wasted their potential, Ronnie Burns for Geelong in the 90s and Adelaide in early 2000s, he left the game in only just around 8 years into his career around 2003.
Ronnie burns started his AFL when he was 22/23 that's why only 8 seasons He played till he was 31 so I don't think he would qualify for this list Someone like Lee Walker from wce and Collingwood is a guy who could have been on this list or even a Tony free who only played one game for Richmond but was meant to be all that and a bag of chips
Also Ronnie had too good of a career to be considered a wasted potential Over 30 goals in his first six years playing AFL as a small forward, nothing wasted about that
Lance Picioane was one that I remember also from Adelaide,I know he did well at the Dandenong Stingrays prior to being drafted but he struggled at Adelaide before being traded to Hawthorn in the end.
Yes, it's correct. He is Croatian and the J is pronounced with a Y. Obviously in the footy world it was easier and misunderstood to say Jakovich rather than Yakovic.
Liam Jurrah would of been a top 5 player of the last decade had not got himself into trouble. Never got to see him in his prime. We missed out on something truly great.
Liam Jurrah was a shining light during Melbourne’s darkest days. A great servant to the club given what he had to go through especially in his twilight years. Kicked some truly remarkable goals during his time in Melbourne
So much of the wasted talent here are Aboriginal players. The structure and discipline of the AFL is just too much if you come from a totally different world like Liam Jurrah. I saw him a few years ago walking on the side of the road when I was in Alice Springs. Such a wasted, special talent …
this makes me so sad - so many of these men's lives could have been saved or protected if the AFL offered competent mental health support to all of its players. Clearly many of them struggled with their premature retirement and deserved more support.
@@timmymorecroft8980 no I never lived in Australia and I wish I could get a chance to kick a sherrin again There was an Australian who came and established footy in Cape Town and I was fortunately recruited and I became good in the sport and in 2017 I came to Australia for international cup representing South Africa, ever since then been trying to get a chance to play again
Then you have players on the other side of the coin like Kane Lambert. Sometimes having set backs early in your career is a blessing, it creates character and resilience.
Liam "Jurricane" Jurrah moved straight from a tribe in the outback to Melbourne. Living with an assistant coach and their family, he would refuse to eat when they sat for meals. They found out later his tribe don't eat in front of women.
It’s examples like that that make me question the narrative that troubled Aboriginal youths need to be closer to their ancient culture. I disagree. The most successful Aborigines are those with very loose ties to their culture.
@@freeassange5151 yeah, better start taking elicit drugs, stealing cars, and god knows what. Sounds like a perfect, natural progression, not a great leap at all. Personally, when I get upset, I might bite my fingernail.
Great video mate. Always wondered what happened to Damien Cupido I went to primary school with his brother, his parents owned a milk bar near me for a long time
Nathan Ablett could have easily been a million dollar player if he wanted. 195cm Ablett skills are extremely rare. Having said that, it's unlikely Geelong would have been able to hang on to him.
On Cupidoll; everyone who knew him in the TAC would say things came too easy and he was given a free pass by everyone because he was so good. Also knocked the money for the footy trip while he was at Croydon and it was common to see him at Dirty Dak with a drink in each hand and a line on each wrist. Some others I would add to your list - Marty McGrath - Lawrence Angwin - Shane Yarran (should have entered the league earlier and stayed in longer) - Marlion Pickett (should have entered the league earlier)
I played on damian cupido in juniors when he was at Croydon. It was always an even contest between us and he was always tough but fair. Also a gun cricketer
An accurate description of Cupido. I'm surprised to see footage of him laying a tackle (never seen him do that in real life) and kicking with his right foot. Could kick 60 metres with his left foot no problem. As someone who went to high school with him for two years, I thought he was play no more than 50 AFL games due to his lack of application and inability to successfully hip and shoulder me (I was thinned built like the late Robbie Flower). I was slightly wrong as he played 53 AFL games.
Great video. I’d put Nathan Freeman and Matt Scharenberg in this category as well. Also as a St Kilda supporter Jack Billings for me should be on this list, still hasn’t proved his worth. I will never get over St Kilda drafting Billings ahead of Marcus Bontempelli 😢
almost certainly is, didnt quit the meth habit at the Hawks, would play great games in the WAFL and go on 3-5 day benders and the club normally couldnt find him until the following thursday
I had the same thought. What a sad story. And, if that’s true, there’s no way the story should have been leaked. It’s far more nuanced and deeply personal than the hysterical reporting it received.
@@danishskiwarehouse If thats true, whats sad is that he is dragging a few champion coaches names through the mud because he wants a payday. The media as usual supporting the wrong parties.
I reckon the concept of wasted talent is a funny one. Here it's presented like "they could've been great if only they were a bit different" which isn't that far from "they could've been better if only they were better". Which is fine and all. Footy, like life, is multi-faceted though and you could say personal quirks or mental skills are part of it. As a different take - you could argue John Coleman had so much more talent to give were his career not cut short. That story is well known but my take here is that the waste comes from blindingly obvious talent that didn't translate into a concrete achievement (like premierships, awards, records), for reasons largely outside the player. These are the people we know had it, top echelon stuff... but who left some greatness on the table. For Coleman, it was largely his era that was the problem. Could've been rehabbed very quickly today. Nic Nat's an intersting one too, I think he would have had 6 or so All-Aus jackets by now (and a premiership), instead of 3, but for bad timing. Honestly, look up his season by season history - clearly the most "talented" ruckman of the past decade but he's juuuust short on enough games most seasons in his prime to be eligible for AA consideration, which to me is a waste. A month or so's difference with a couple of unlucky injuries would have had him up to at least 5 for sure, which would have been a phenomenal achievement. You could make a case for Robert Harvey having his talent wasted too - most games played without a premiership. Peter Hudson too, you could say, while not wasting his talent reeeeally, could have been sitting up the top of the goal-kicking tree and achieved much greater acclaim... if his work had all been done in the same league. Edit: Oh! And Cyril as well! He achieved a lot, sure, but was one of the best with more to give, and you can't really blame him not sticking around.
Somehow I'm not surprised how many of these lads were WA boys. Is what it is, I guess. It's mental to think about how overrepresented Noongar players are in the AFL and how many more there could have been if not for the social issues here. Per capita, they'd probably be the single most dominant ethnic group in any sport in the world.
Brent Moloney is someone I’d put down as well he was a brilliant mid fielder for Melbourne over the years during a few of their peak stages but injury started lacking his ability and then a few controversies got in the way and had costed his place with the Dees at times and then ended up retiring because he just lost the ability to maintain his injuries and able to move forward as a player.
The Jakovich fellow was a far greater acquisition for Melbourne than Maloney ever was - unfortunately Maloney’s off field discretions and constantly being hampered by injury saw him traded to Brisbane
According to the information that is starting to come out about TT, he is becoming increasingly likely to waste his talent. I had high hopes for him this year under Clarko and his staff. I'm now starting to wonder whether he'll even play.
That’s very disappointing, Peter. I, too, had hoped he’d flourish under Clarko. I really hope you’re wrong; it’ll be such a waste of exceptional talent
I feel like JHF is going to be the next bust. As a Roos supporter I’ve had to suffer through his first year and he looked completely disinterested and his attitude was shit for the whole season. He looks like he has the talent to succeed but his attitude is going to get him dropped a lot because it seems so entitled.
He reminds me a bit of Nathan Buckley, although Buckley didn’t sook in his one year at Brisbane. I always think of what a poor choice he made: he refused to come to North (missed 2 flags) left Brisbane (missed 3 flags) and could have possibly have gone to Port because of his heritage (missed 1 flag) but chose Collingwood. I wonder if JHF will roo, sorry, rue, his decision…
His professionalism suggests to me he is never going to be the Ablett or Judd some were suggesting, but he will still be just fine at Port, good coaching panel, back home with family and friends - he was one of those kids who get extremely homesick too.
he had some attitude probs but he was 18 and had an inexperienced moron as a coach ,,who was looking over his shoulder for knives every week rather than nurturing younger players ,,,and didnt help he was at a basket-case club.he's been great for Port ,,North are getting it together though this year,,,..
should make a video on the best players to come from nowhere like late draft picks rookie draft ect Port Adelaides Robbie Gray has to be 1 of the best 5th or 6th round pick same as westhoff and look at Tom jonas dan houston all were rookie listed 💪🍐 carn pear
Any of the very highly paid MFC players from the 80’s and 90’s. I’d also like to nominate Matthew Hayden, from cricket. Oodles of talent but he reached a stage of his career where his position might be threatened and miraculously he would pull out a great score and then relax for another year or so.
Jakovich. It does seem like its being pronounced correctly. But then.. his brother Glenn was around along time..and I remember the commentators pronounced it jack-o-vich ... I dunno
Jackovich is the Aussie way of pronouncing it. The European way is Yackovich. Agreed, sounded strange hearing it pronounced that way, especially for someone who watch his brother Glen play over 200 times for West Coast.
That's what Matt Rendell pointed out when he was head of recriuting at the crows. He said if you get an aboriginal player, don't get a full blooded one. He was sacked by the crows for saying this. This video suggests Rendell was right.
Essendon fans and Dodoro hyped him up way too much. Hawthorn didn't bother matching Essendon's bid for him in the draft, which is usually a good indicator that a player probably isn't that good
@@RilesMacca it doesn’t matter it wasn’t pronounced that way once during his career. Nick Riewoldt didn’t like the Australian pronunciation of his name. He went ON TV AND TOLD THE WORLD TO CALL HIM RIEVOLDT. Nobody in the Jakovich family did such a thing by your logic. Every Smith that comes from Germany should be pronounced “Schmidt” He team mates called him JACKO FFS NOT YAKO !!! So take your attempted “smart arsery” somewhere else. You pronounce a name, the way that person pronounces their own name. You don’t take it upon yourself to go back to the way, it was pronounced in the old country when the person in question doesn’t use that pronunciation!! if anybody wants to look up any of these players after watching this video they are gonna see that there is no player called YAKOVITCH. So it’s in accurate regardless of how it was used in the Baltic states, 50 years ago
I think that Nathan Ablett was more about having other commitments that directed his drive elsewhere, rather than a lack of drive. Additionally, he is even more religious than his brother, and the media calling him the "son of God", so that sort of media attention is already vexing to him (at about the same personal level as a racial slur).
you forgot Lawrence Angwin. Crows no. 1 draft pick & Sydney Swans $9m. Guy was a total crybaby, nutjob.. As they say, " looked like Tarzan, played like Jane.. ".
@@wilson2455 Yeah mate, it was pretty common knowledge what he'd been up to.. I thought he went to Carlton after, but ur probably right my memory isn't the best! Oh...the acrobat who was inside the Crows mascot got caught pinching players gear too...same result. I'm positive he didn't go to Sydney!!
Liam Jarah was absolute Box Office back in the day. Only reason to watch Melbourne for a couple of years there.
He and Austin Wonnamari, (I know I’ve butchered his last nam, I’m sorry) we’re shining lights in a dark time for Melbourne. Shame they finished their careers early for different reasons
Yeah na yeah Jarah was a weap totally agree
Liam Jurrah was absolutely insane. I remember going to a game and watching him almost single handedly drag Melbourne across the line against my Roos. Unfortunate that he struggled so much with the lifestyle change
Amazing work. Love it. So many of those names are recognizable but just fell short due to off-field issues. Sad to see.
Great clip. I saw most of McAdam's 1993 season and he was unbelievable. He could have been elite at a dozen sports.
I was there when he kicked 10
against the Swans …
I heard he was also a very good fast bowler.
Great work and a really interesting list. One that as a blues supporter that is close to my heart was Fev.
He did have a solid career and was a phenomenal match winner on his day but could have been a club all time great if he had pushed himself and not stuffed around like he did.
Still loved watching him as their was never a dull moment with Fev on the ground.
Jack Trengove was so promisng for dees and almost made a move to Richmond, but injuries caused him not to, Jimmy Toumpas and Tom Scully as well
@@andrewrogers5962 there was a time where he was dominating, just plagued by injuries
Scully was average at best
Would really love a Part 2! Your more highly scripted, edited and even speculative videos that have been coming out have been absolutely mint. You’ve gotta be my favourite footy youtuber at the minute. Please keep making this kind of content!
i was employed at football park in Adelaide eons ago, and worked with their number one draft pick at the time laurance angwin. young fellow, but even training you could see that he had IT. unfortunately he fell into the, free drinks and available women, everywhere he went in adelaide (his words) and subsequently was traded to Carlton, where he was eventually delisted after turning up to training off his dial on ecstasy or something similar.
he was traded to Sydney, not Carlton..
He did go to Carlton. He had an all nighter with Fevola and they got into issues on the verge of criminal charges at a dry cleaners of all places. Turned up to training after doing eccies with a team mate. That was the end of a promising career.
Angwin and Karl Norman ,,what a classic that was ...apparently the training session was hilarious ..they were goofing around like idiots ,,and actually running away from the ball instead of marking it ,,,if only they had played a game on eccys...
Nice videos mate! Here are some other ideas!
1. Most controversial rule changes
2. AFL expansion club proposals
3. Why Fitzroy and South Melbourne were relocated
4. Best Indigenous players of all time
5. Best players to have never won a premiership
Glad you enjoyed mate and cheers for the ideas. I have already done your last suggestion in the past actually. Feel free to check that out if you wish.
One player you didn't mention was Phil Carmen. Was a superstar at Norwood in the SANFL from 1970 to 1974 before finally agreeing to go to Collingwood in 1975, who had been wooing him since 1971. Absolutely burst on to the VFL scene (in those days) and would have easily won the 1975 Brownlow if not for injury which kept him out of the side for 8 weeks. Being a bit of a hot head at times, and not suffering fools, was his undoing. Was traded to Melbourne, then Essendon where he had a brain fade and headbutted an over-the-top boundary umpire (I did say not suffering fools!!) and was suspended for 20 matches, and finally played one season with North Melbourne. Still regarded with awe, but could have been a hall of fame player.
Great video mate. Sad that we didnt get to see more of those guys and plenty of others around Australia who have never made it to AFL level but have potential ability to be special
Chris yarran the most naturally gifted I've seen clean on both sides got the pace and can win games from half-back.
Hey riley, big fan of AFL from India...discovered footy and I'm loving it... Love your content, Mate... ✌🏻🙌🏻
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed. Awesome to see more international fans showing interest!
Hey Rama well done. I’m in Australia and we love afl. It’s a great game. I hope you barrack for richmond
@@RilesMacca ✌🏻🙌🏻
@@patkelly6349yeah, I barrack for them.. Go tigers🐅 🙌🏻
@@ramanandabhat7025 good man. They are the best. Dusty Martin. Great player and Trent Cotchin.
harley grew up in the same area as me, always was a nice bloke, he made alot of people proud, was great to see him reach the heights he did
Who’s Harley
@@bc8099 Bennell?
Great video, really hoping someone like Rachele doesn't end up on a list like this in the next 5-10 years, big fan of his season last year as a Crows fan and hope injuries don't become a common thing for him.
He seems to have his head in the right spot I'd be more surprised if he didn't become a star crow for years
What an idiot. I went to china and had to get used to So many customs I wasn’t used to. Not once did I push my shit on them or refuse to participate.
I think Nathan was wanting to avoid the public attention, thus is the reason why after the 2007 premiership he decided to avoid the AFL attention so he played in VFL or the Queensland AFL league.
There was also a few other players who wasted their potential, Ronnie Burns for Geelong in the 90s and Adelaide in early 2000s, he left the game in only just around 8 years into his career around 2003.
Ronnie burns started his AFL when he was 22/23 that's why only 8 seasons
He played till he was 31 so I don't think he would qualify for this list
Someone like Lee Walker from wce and Collingwood is a guy who could have been on this list or even a Tony free who only played one game for Richmond but was meant to be all that and a bag of chips
Also Ronnie had too good of a career to be considered a wasted potential
Over 30 goals in his first six years playing AFL as a small forward, nothing wasted about that
Jakovich's waste was mainly injuries which caused to lack of passion.Half of the other blokes problems were drugs and alcohol
Lance Picioane was one that I remember also from Adelaide,I know he did well at the Dandenong Stingrays prior to being drafted but he struggled at Adelaide before being traded to Hawthorn in the end.
Remember lance too
Lol Lance picioane didn't have half the talent these guys did. He was a battler at best
Love this video🙌🏼Allen Yakovich tho?
Yeah Jakovich shouldn't be on here
Yes, it's correct. He is Croatian and the J is pronounced with a Y. Obviously in the footy world it was easier and misunderstood to say Jakovich rather than Yakovic.
Liam Jurrah would of been a top 5 player of the last decade had not got himself into trouble. Never got to see him in his prime. We missed out on something truly great.
@@andrewrogers5962 no, I just named my CZcams name after him.
Top 5 of the decade 😅 fair shake
Liam Jurrah was a shining light during Melbourne’s darkest days. A great servant to the club given what he had to go through especially in his twilight years. Kicked some truly remarkable goals during his time in Melbourne
Great video! Really shows if you want to be a professional Aussie rules player, you need to put it lots of effort and discipline.
hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
So much of the wasted talent here are Aboriginal players. The structure and discipline of the AFL is just too much if you come from a totally different world like Liam Jurrah. I saw him a few years ago walking on the side of the road when I was in Alice Springs. Such a wasted, special talent …
this makes me so sad - so many of these men's lives could have been saved or protected if the AFL offered competent mental health support to all of its players. Clearly many of them struggled with their premature retirement and deserved more support.
Oh yeah mental health help was goanna help crooks. Dumbest thing I've heard today.
@@BigTommyBoy2009 tell me you know nothing about metal illness without telling me you know nothing about mental illness 💀
@I challenge everything nah you just refuse to consider anything outside of you're world view champ. Sorry to say
Chris Yarran still hurts me, all the way from South Africa Cape Town mate
You are a South African who watches AFL? Did you live in Australia previously?
@@timmymorecroft8980 no I never lived in Australia and I wish I could get a chance to kick a sherrin again
There was an Australian who came and established footy in Cape Town and I was fortunately recruited and I became good in the sport and in 2017 I came to Australia for international cup representing South Africa, ever since then been trying to get a chance to play again
Then you have players on the other side of the coin like Kane Lambert. Sometimes having set backs early in your career is a blessing, it creates character and resilience.
Liam "Jurricane" Jurrah moved straight from a tribe in the outback to Melbourne. Living with an assistant coach and their family, he would refuse to eat when they sat for meals. They found out later his tribe don't eat in front of women.
Just shows how ignorant the AFL is to the plight and wonders of the Indigenous of the game.
It’s examples like that that make me question the narrative that troubled Aboriginal youths need to be closer to their ancient culture. I disagree. The most successful Aborigines are those with very loose ties to their culture.
@@freeassange5151 yeah, better start taking elicit drugs, stealing cars, and god knows what. Sounds like a perfect, natural progression, not a great leap at all. Personally, when I get upset, I might bite my fingernail.
@@robinaboy It’s strange it’s there Culture when there’s trouble,but our Country’s gold medal when it’s to our benefit
@@freeassange5151 or how arrogant Jurrah was
Ripping content, Liam Jurrah is one of the best players I've witnessed play on the MCG, he did things I'll never see replicated
Chris Yarran 119 games is hardly a waste of a career. Anyone is lucky to get 100 games in the AFL
Good video, but hearing Yakovich over and over almost killed me.
Great video mate. Always wondered what happened to Damien Cupido I went to primary school with his brother, his parents owned a milk bar near me for a long time
Nathan Ablett could have easily been a million dollar player if he wanted. 195cm Ablett skills are extremely rare. Having said that, it's unlikely Geelong would have been able to hang on to him.
Tom Scully is one, I recommend breaking down the Swans Premiership Season in 2012 for next video!
Sean Rusling for Collingwood could have been something special but sadly he had constant injuries mostly with his shoulder.
On Cupidoll; everyone who knew him in the TAC would say things came too easy and he was given a free pass by everyone because he was so good. Also knocked the money for the footy trip while he was at Croydon and it was common to see him at Dirty Dak with a drink in each hand and a line on each wrist.
Some others I would add to your list
- Marty McGrath
- Lawrence Angwin
- Shane Yarran (should have entered the league earlier and stayed in longer)
- Marlion Pickett (should have entered the league earlier)
Dan Connors is a big one. Definitely had the talent to become a great player, but had massive behavioural issues that continue to this day
So sad to see young people with the potential for a better life, wasted on drugs.
I played on damian cupido in juniors when he was at Croydon. It was always an even contest between us and he was always tough but fair. Also a gun cricketer
An accurate description of Cupido. I'm surprised to see footage of him laying a tackle (never seen him do that in real life) and kicking with his right foot. Could kick 60 metres with his left foot no problem.
As someone who went to high school with him for two years, I thought he was play no more than 50 AFL games due to his lack of application and inability to successfully hip and shoulder me (I was thinned built like the late Robbie Flower). I was slightly wrong as he played 53 AFL games.
stoopido !!
Great video. I’d put Nathan Freeman and Matt Scharenberg in this category as well. Also as a St Kilda supporter Jack Billings for me should be on this list, still hasn’t proved his worth. I will never get over St Kilda drafting Billings ahead of Marcus Bontempelli 😢
Media, build them up, call them champions, legends, and then can't wait to rip into them and pull them down and then put the boots in.
Wonder if Dayle Garlett is the player at the centre of the Clakson/ Fagan investigation.
almost certainly is, didnt quit the meth habit at the Hawks, would play great games in the WAFL and go on 3-5 day benders and the club normally couldnt find him until the following thursday
I had the same thought. What a sad story. And, if that’s true, there’s no way the story should have been leaked. It’s far more nuanced and deeply personal than the hysterical reporting it received.
@@danishskiwarehouse If thats true, whats sad is that he is dragging a few champion coaches names through the mud because he wants a payday. The media as usual supporting the wrong parties.
Spot on Kaleb
McCadam must have had some off field issues, no way a player that good could not to some degree back that up
I reckon the concept of wasted talent is a funny one. Here it's presented like "they could've been great if only they were a bit different" which isn't that far from "they could've been better if only they were better". Which is fine and all. Footy, like life, is multi-faceted though and you could say personal quirks or mental skills are part of it.
As a different take - you could argue John Coleman had so much more talent to give were his career not cut short. That story is well known but my take here is that the waste comes from blindingly obvious talent that didn't translate into a concrete achievement (like premierships, awards, records), for reasons largely outside the player. These are the people we know had it, top echelon stuff... but who left some greatness on the table. For Coleman, it was largely his era that was the problem. Could've been rehabbed very quickly today.
Nic Nat's an intersting one too, I think he would have had 6 or so All-Aus jackets by now (and a premiership), instead of 3, but for bad timing. Honestly, look up his season by season history - clearly the most "talented" ruckman of the past decade but he's juuuust short on enough games most seasons in his prime to be eligible for AA consideration, which to me is a waste. A month or so's difference with a couple of unlucky injuries would have had him up to at least 5 for sure, which would have been a phenomenal achievement.
You could make a case for Robert Harvey having his talent wasted too - most games played without a premiership.
Peter Hudson too, you could say, while not wasting his talent reeeeally, could have been sitting up the top of the goal-kicking tree and achieved much greater acclaim... if his work had all been done in the same league.
Edit: Oh! And Cyril as well! He achieved a lot, sure, but was one of the best with more to give, and you can't really blame him not sticking around.
Harley Bennell was actually good which is a real shame
yeah mate he really was! he made everyone here in mandurah proud
@@zacflemo1994 he had that flare!
he played last year for our local side sw wa he was still very good
I knew Harley Bennell sounded familiar
Love from Perth my guy
Andrew Lovett is worth a mention.
Somehow I'm not surprised how many of these lads were WA boys. Is what it is, I guess. It's mental to think about how overrepresented Noongar players are in the AFL and how many more there could have been if not for the social issues here. Per capita, they'd probably be the single most dominant ethnic group in any sport in the world.
Yeah it’s our fault I suppose.
West Coast and Freo need to do a bit more to keep Noongar players in country.
@@CrabmanGaming Yeah but the sheer number of AFL level Noongar players means we can't keep all of them at home
Brent Moloney is someone I’d put down as well he was a brilliant mid fielder for Melbourne over the years during a few of their peak stages but injury started lacking his ability and then a few controversies got in the way and had costed his place with the Dees at times and then ended up retiring because he just lost the ability to maintain his injuries and able to move forward as a player.
He was traded to the lions but never regained what he originally had.
The Jakovich fellow was a far greater acquisition for Melbourne than Maloney ever was - unfortunately Maloney’s off field discretions and constantly being hampered by injury saw him traded to Brisbane
Ashley Sampi. To a degree also Scott Cummings.
The J in jakovich is not a y sound, it’s a j sound Jack o vich
This North fan is hoping Tarryn Thomas and Jaidyn Stephenson do not show up on a vid like this in the future.
According to the information that is starting to come out about TT, he is becoming increasingly likely to waste his talent. I had high hopes for him this year under Clarko and his staff. I'm now starting to wonder whether he'll even play.
That’s very disappointing, Peter. I, too, had hoped he’d flourish under Clarko. I really hope you’re wrong; it’ll be such a waste of exceptional talent
I would have put Jarred Polec on the list, although I guess you could argue he had some great games at Port.
Laurence Angwin, stealing from teammates to support his Coke habit.
Peter Taylor… well your mail about TT was spot on! This is such a shame. A real football tragedy.
Travis Tuck instantly came to mind, how missed?
Mitch Thorpe breathes a sigh of relief. Rhan Hooper also
I feel like JHF is going to be the next bust. As a Roos supporter I’ve had to suffer through his first year and he looked completely disinterested and his attitude was shit for the whole season. He looks like he has the talent to succeed but his attitude is going to get him dropped a lot because it seems so entitled.
He reminds me a bit of Nathan Buckley, although Buckley didn’t sook in his one year at Brisbane. I always think of what a poor choice he made: he refused to come to North (missed 2 flags) left Brisbane (missed 3 flags) and could have possibly have gone to Port because of his heritage (missed 1 flag) but chose Collingwood. I wonder if JHF will roo, sorry, rue, his decision…
The club was a shambles and he missed home. I'd bank on him killing it at Port.
His professionalism suggests to me he is never going to be the Ablett or Judd some were suggesting, but he will still be just fine at Port, good coaching panel, back home with family and friends - he was one of those kids who get extremely homesick too.
he had some attitude probs but he was 18 and had an inexperienced moron as a coach ,,who was looking over his shoulder for knives every week rather than nurturing younger players ,,,and didnt help he was at a basket-case club.he's been great for Port ,,North are getting it together though this year,,,..
Nathan is probably 100x happier out of the AFL system, whereas a lot of there guys ended up in jail. For him, he chose rightly.
Shows how ice is really damaging peoples lives.
6:03 Famous sport player then ends up in prison, like Ronaldinho.
Tarryn Thomas working on securing a feature spot in a potential sequel of this video...
Have no doubt there is alot you could have placed in this list, I reckon Majak Daw could be put on here
Loving the video ideas 🔥
should make a video on the best players to come from nowhere like late draft picks rookie draft ect Port Adelaides Robbie Gray has to be 1 of the best 5th or 6th round pick same as westhoff and look at Tom jonas dan houston all were rookie listed 💪🍐 carn pear
Jono O’Rourke was one I had high hopes for, but unfortunately couldn’t get going in the big league
Any of the very highly paid MFC players from the 80’s and 90’s.
I’d also like to nominate Matthew Hayden, from cricket. Oodles of talent but he reached a stage of his career where his position might be threatened and miraculously he would pull out a great score and then relax for another year or so.
I always wonder what bennels career would be like if he had his head screwed on right.
Mc Cartin was lucky he didnt get knocked out from that handshake. Weakest chin in history
Mark "Jacko" Jackson....Biggest waste of talent of the lot
Sometimes it's injuries, sometimes people don't want to be pro athletes.. it's not always behaviour
Jakovich. It does seem like its being pronounced correctly. But then.. his brother Glenn was around along time..and I remember the commentators pronounced it jack-o-vich ... I dunno
Yeah I guess both are correct, cause yakovich is also pronounced correctly because of it being a croatian name .
Jackovich is the Aussie way of pronouncing it. The European way is Yackovich.
Agreed, sounded strange hearing it pronounced that way, especially for someone who watch his brother Glen play over 200 times for West Coast.
remember the 2 players Illija and Brent Grgic pronounced their surnames differently ...
What an amazing video
No more waste of talent than Phil Carmen
Scott Gumbleton for Essendon. Although 100% due to injuries and through no fault of his own.
I wonder if Fev could be on this list.
What about Cleve Hughes ?? He had such massive potential
anyone notice a theme with the aboriginal players?
Same in the general population though, weird how it happens.
@@Retiredroamers it's almost like there are intrinsic differences which make them incompatible with certain substances
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That's what Matt Rendell pointed out when he was head of recriuting at the crows.
He said if you get an aboriginal player, don't get a full blooded one. He was sacked by the crows for saying this.
This video suggests Rendell was right.
@@beverleyfryer3455 😂
Irving mosquito has to be up there
He was never that good though?
Essendon fans and Dodoro hyped him up way too much. Hawthorn didn't bother matching Essendon's bid for him in the draft, which is usually a good indicator that a player probably isn't that good
Albert Proud was another wasted talent. He was lucky he didn’t end up spending life in prison after bashing his girlfriend who nearly died.
Adrian McAdam is a sad story. He would have been an ATG and had a long career these days but the 90’s weren’t great for indigenous fellas.
Anthony Morabito is the saddest story for me
Probably worth learning how to pronounce the name, “Jakovich” (not Yakovich) if you’re going to make a video with him in it.
Commentators and such said Jakovich but since it’s a Croatian name it can be pronounced Yakovich.
@@RilesMacca it doesn’t matter it wasn’t pronounced that way once during his career. Nick Riewoldt didn’t like the Australian pronunciation of his name. He went ON TV AND TOLD THE WORLD TO CALL HIM RIEVOLDT. Nobody in the Jakovich family did such a thing by your logic. Every Smith that comes from Germany should be pronounced “Schmidt” He team mates called him JACKO FFS NOT YAKO !!!
So take your attempted “smart arsery” somewhere else. You pronounce a name, the way that person pronounces their own name. You don’t take it upon yourself to go back to the way, it was pronounced in the old country when the person in question doesn’t use that pronunciation!! if anybody wants to look up any of these players after watching this video they are gonna see that there is no player called YAKOVITCH. So it’s in accurate regardless of how it was used in the Baltic states, 50 years ago
Laurence Angwin, one the biggest wasted talents ever. Stealing from teammates at Adelaide, drugs at Carlton . Could have been anything.
not to mention his bullshit reasons for missing training.. a legend!!!
Cousins suffered untreated bipolar disorder, so he was doomed from the start. His norm was our high, so he self-medicated to feel "normal." Sad.
I think you're a bit unfair on jackovich. It was mainly injuries that curtailed his career not drugs and booze
Morabitto was one unlucky fella
I think that Nathan Ablett was more about having other commitments that directed his drive elsewhere, rather than a lack of drive. Additionally, he is even more religious than his brother, and the media calling him the "son of God", so that sort of media attention is already vexing to him (at about the same personal level as a racial slur).
It’s sad how many of these guys are indigenous blokes and their downfall is more commonly than not drugs and alcohol
Awesome video
you forgot Lawrence Angwin. Crows no. 1 draft pick & Sydney Swans $9m. Guy was a total crybaby, nutjob.. As they say, " looked like Tarzan, played like Jane.. ".
He was a tea leaf (allegedly) got caught...& was 'dropped' by the Crows... wasn't a well liked bloke.
@@baabaabaa2293 more like " loathed by the entire Club "..
@@wilson2455 Yeah mate, it was pretty common knowledge what he'd been up to..
I thought he went to Carlton after, but ur probably right my memory isn't the best!
Oh...the acrobat who was inside the Crows mascot got caught pinching players gear too...same result.
I'm positive he didn't go to Sydney!!
Great vid
You missed the greatest wasted talent of all time,Phil Carmen.
Chris yarran naturally gifted i still think what could have been ..
I hate the AFL they offer nothing no support
Its not the AFLs fault some players are druggos and useless c#nts, ppl need to take responsibility for there own actions
Same thing happens in Nrl so many talented aboriginal players get homesick
Nathan Ablett was pretty ordinary. Liam Jurrah is the best I’ve seen that never went on with it.
Jacko kicked two tons in a row in SANFL
Dan Conners and Sydney Stack
yachovich was a gun
Everyone in the port Augusta love Liam jurah
Last photo of the video is Paul puopolo don't think he was a wasted talent
You’ll Probably be able to throw tarryn thomas in that in a few years
Liam jurrah..!!!! 👍
A common theme was the wasted, talented players were mostly Aborigines.
Winston Abraham, could run like the wind, kick the ball for miles......... what happened?
Knee injury ended his career but only after a flag, mark of the year and goal of the year. More than most.