Jack Reiwoldt

[B.M]

Retiring - nearly 350 games 780 odd goals 3 or 4 Coleman medals

Why a thread about him

He SHOULD have been a fkn SAINT!!!!

We had pick 9
He went pick 13

He was a STAR in TAS as an 17yo played senior footy for Clarence and kicked 5 in a senior GF
His dad played 300+ games for Clarence and is a tas footy Hall of Famer
His cousin was our best player!
He did work experience at Moorabbin
He was a known quantity

We decided on David Armitage- ok selection
And ignored what was right under our nose!

Our recruiter at the time
Couldn’t see a position for him at AFL level.
And didn’t think it’d be a good idea to have the cousins together at StK

What a joke
Another woeful decision- which cost 1 maybe two flags!

[The G Train Legacy]

Agree we should have recruited him, although he was undersized for a key forward and I think that's why they didn't. May have cost us a Premiership, you could also argue that taking Ball instead of Judd cost us one. Or taking McEvoy ahead of Cyril Rioli.

If Hamill hadn't retired prematurely because of his knee, we probably would have gone back to back in 2009/2010.

[magnifisaint]

We've had some seriously bad recruiters in the last 20 years. That would have been Beveridge. A really poor decision. It also shows that John Ralph knows s***. He said a day or two before that he expected Riewoldt to play on next year.

[Scollop]

We've had some seriously bad recruiters in the last 20 years. That would have been Beveridge. A really poor decision. It also shows that John Ralph knows s***. He said a day or two before that he expected Riewoldt to play on next year.

If you're talking about his segment on FoxFooty 'On the Couch' John Ralph said he thought it was 65% he stays...35% he retires

[cwrcyn]

Blame John Beveridge. Grant Thomas was keen but Beveridge said it was not a good idea to have cousins playing together. I think John had lost the plot by that stage

[saynta]

Retiring - nearly 350 games 780 odd goals 3 or 4 Coleman medals

Why a thread about him

He SHOULD have been a fkn SAINT!!!!

We had pick 9
He went pick 13

He was a STAR in TAS as an 17yo played senior footy for Clarence and kicked 5 in a senior GF
His dad played 300+ games for Clarence and is a tas footy Hall of Famer
His cousin was our best player!
He did work experience at Moorabbin
He was a known quantity

We decided on David Armitage- ok selection
And ignored what was right under our nose!

Our recruiter at the time
Couldn’t see a position for him at AFL level.
And didn’t think it’d be a good idea to have the cousins together at StK

What a joke
Another woeful decision- which cost 1 maybe two flags!

I remember that we also signed his dad on a Form 4.

[magnifisaint]

We've had some seriously bad recruiters in the last 20 years. That would have been Beveridge. A really poor decision. It also shows that John Ralph knows s***. He said a day or two before that he expected Riewoldt to play on next year.

If you're talking about his segment on FoxFooty 'On the Couch' John Ralph said he thought it was 65% he stays...35% he retires

Yes and he gave his reasons why. In other words he was just guessing!

[magnifisaint]

Blame John Beveridge. Grant Thomas was keen but Beveridge said it was not a good idea to have cousins playing together. I think John had lost the plot by that stage

Beveridge was ordinary. What a lame excuse. Thomas should have over ruled him!
Jack was twice the player Armitage was. Go figure!
If they were brothers it would have been ok.

[CQ SAINT]

I hope everyone is this thread is doing ok.....










Its time to move on now.

[SaintPav]

Blame John Beveridge. Grant Thomas was keen but Beveridge said it was not a good idea to have cousins playing together. I think John had lost the plot by that stage

But it’s ok to recruit your son.

If that’s true, that is priceless!

[shanegrambeau]

Blame John Beveridge. Grant Thomas was keen but Beveridge said it was not a good idea to have cousins playing together. I think John had lost the plot by that stage

Back then, way back then, from my seat in Bay 412, I did not think he was half as good as his cousin. I thought he lacked discipline.

Only later, did I realise he was a seriously good player.

[older saint]

Remember when he jumped the fence at punt road to avoid the press , ran across punt road and jumped on a train at richmond station .
Now that was funny

[magnifisaint]

Agree we should have recruited him, although he was undersized for a key forward and I think that's why they didn't. May have cost us a Premiership, you could also argue that taking Ball instead of Judd cost us one. Or taking McEvoy ahead of Cyril Rioli.

If Hamill hadn't retired prematurely because of his knee, we probably would have gone back to back in 2009/2010.

He was the same height as his cousin.

[B.M]

Plain and simple stupidity!

Probably because we erred in taking the Clarke brothers

Beveridge was an amateur recruiter

[Ghost Like]

Great career by Jack. We got a bit gun shy in recruiting family members. Ended up pulling the wrong reign several times.

Jack & Cyril should have been Saints and both Premiership players for St Kilda.

But hey, we've only got 3 more months before we consign some more young players to our pain. Let's hope they are made of the right stuff, we certainly need them to be.

[saynta]

Remember when he jumped the fence at punt road to avoid the press , ran across punt road and jumped on a train at richmond station .
Now that was funny

Big f****** sooky lala

[wally]

I don’t know if Hamill would have still even going in 2009 but if fit would have got us over the line in 2004

[Impatient Sainter]

Blame John Beveridge. Grant Thomas was keen but Beveridge said it was not a good idea to have cousins playing together. I think John had lost the plot by that stage

I remember seeing Jack at the draft combine - he was a brash cocky youngster who I guess Beveridge didnt warm to. At the time we had Kosi, Nick and Gehrig still playing and needed midfield talent. In hindsight it was a poor decision as to me Armitage was a very restricted player.

[SaintPav]

Not sure what all the bitching is about.

Bevo senior landed us Justin Sweeney.

[magnifisaint]

Not sure what all the bitching is about.

Bevo senior landed us Justin Sweeney.

Wasn't he caught smoking hooch while still playing?

[SaintPav]

Not sure what all the bitching is about.

Bevo senior landed us Justin Sweeney.

Wasn't he caught smoking hooch while still playing?

Rings a bell..

[Trev from the Bush]

What miserable lives some people lead, truly joyless souls.

Congratulations on a great career Jack and your ongoing contributions to Maddie Reiwoldt's Vision.

[D.B.Cooper]

The rear view mirror on your car is approximately 2% of the size of your windscreen, and this is proportionate to how much time you should spend looking forward than in reverse.

[CQ SAINT]

Haha. We shouldn't bag Seb Ross but we can retrospectively cane John Beveridge a Jack Titus Service award winner. He identified a number of players who actually made the AA team.
Reaching new lows at Saintsational.

[B.M]

Beveridge stuffed up more picks than he got right!

It’s that simple

Not all his fault

Ridiculously under resourced!!!