Ben Cousins And His Possible New AFL Club
Nothing is official in any of this, and although it is unlikely to happen here are some items that could be mentioned as clubs think about the prospect of adding Ben Cousins, if the opportunity does arise via the preseason draft.
Adelaide
They have not had anything to Crow about lately, and their coach might need to pull the proverbial rabbit out of his hat to get the club going again.
Brisbane
According to Jared Brennan, AFL players can walk around unnoticed in public up there which might be a good thing, another point is their coach has taken a risky gamble or two with player recruitment before and he has the trophies to show that he probably made the right decision to take the wrong type of person. The Lions may be the team that does try to draft him, if he is in the preseason draft.
Carlton
They have given players a second chance before, and it didn't work out too well, but this offseason they have been acquiring premiership midfielders and there is another one out there.
Collingwood
They missed out on Judd, so the other Eagle midfielder would be a lot cheaper to acquire, the coach at the Magpies is not a stranger to him either.
Essendon
Camporeale is going to be "teaching" them how to play, so anything is possible there. They should have kept the old guy around as the coach, it would have been his biggest ever reclamation project, or maybe second biggest because they did have The Doc.
Fremantle
They have not ruled it out completely, and if they wanted to annoy the big boys in town it would certainly accomplish that.
Geelong
The father played 67 games there, so there is a link.
Hawthorn
They are at the stage of being a young team that is close to contending but need to add a veteran or two that has done it before.
Kangaroos
They need crowds, they need publicity and hype, their prospective sponsors want to know that the Kangaroos are going to be getting attention. If they are not staying, they will be thinking that the Bears took Capper to the Gold Coast, so the Kangaroos need more than Todd Goldstein and Matt Riggio to excite the people up North.
Melbourne
At least he knows how to behave overseas and doesn't get into repeated fracas when he travels, so at Melbourne they could point to some positives of the potential drafting.
Port Adelaide
Maybe they were one player away from a Grand Final win, although looking at the final margin that one player needed to be very good.
Richmond
First pick in the preseason draft, that is supposed to be a very valuable asset, but the best player available might be Danny Meyer so the Tigers need to find someone better to select
St Kilda
Would the Saints really want a player with some baggage from the Eagles, it is enough baggage to fill a 747 but they have done it before.
Sydney
They have a window that is going to slam shut soon, and they need to win now because they will rapidly fall away when Hall, Kirk, Barry, Everitt, Fosdike, Mathews and O'Loughlin retire.
West Coast
They did have a chance to delist him already, but they have yet to do it officially.
Western Bulldogs
It would create some entertainment there, as well as bigger crowds and better TV ratings would also follow. They won't be contending next year so it would be something to take their minds off that.
Adelaide
They have not had anything to Crow about lately, and their coach might need to pull the proverbial rabbit out of his hat to get the club going again.
Brisbane
According to Jared Brennan, AFL players can walk around unnoticed in public up there which might be a good thing, another point is their coach has taken a risky gamble or two with player recruitment before and he has the trophies to show that he probably made the right decision to take the wrong type of person. The Lions may be the team that does try to draft him, if he is in the preseason draft.
Carlton
They have given players a second chance before, and it didn't work out too well, but this offseason they have been acquiring premiership midfielders and there is another one out there.
Collingwood
They missed out on Judd, so the other Eagle midfielder would be a lot cheaper to acquire, the coach at the Magpies is not a stranger to him either.
Essendon
Camporeale is going to be "teaching" them how to play, so anything is possible there. They should have kept the old guy around as the coach, it would have been his biggest ever reclamation project, or maybe second biggest because they did have The Doc.
Fremantle
They have not ruled it out completely, and if they wanted to annoy the big boys in town it would certainly accomplish that.
Geelong
The father played 67 games there, so there is a link.
Hawthorn
They are at the stage of being a young team that is close to contending but need to add a veteran or two that has done it before.
Kangaroos
They need crowds, they need publicity and hype, their prospective sponsors want to know that the Kangaroos are going to be getting attention. If they are not staying, they will be thinking that the Bears took Capper to the Gold Coast, so the Kangaroos need more than Todd Goldstein and Matt Riggio to excite the people up North.
Melbourne
At least he knows how to behave overseas and doesn't get into repeated fracas when he travels, so at Melbourne they could point to some positives of the potential drafting.
Port Adelaide
Maybe they were one player away from a Grand Final win, although looking at the final margin that one player needed to be very good.
Richmond
First pick in the preseason draft, that is supposed to be a very valuable asset, but the best player available might be Danny Meyer so the Tigers need to find someone better to select
St Kilda
Would the Saints really want a player with some baggage from the Eagles, it is enough baggage to fill a 747 but they have done it before.
Sydney
They have a window that is going to slam shut soon, and they need to win now because they will rapidly fall away when Hall, Kirk, Barry, Everitt, Fosdike, Mathews and O'Loughlin retire.
West Coast
They did have a chance to delist him already, but they have yet to do it officially.
Western Bulldogs
It would create some entertainment there, as well as bigger crowds and better TV ratings would also follow. They won't be contending next year so it would be something to take their minds off that.
