AFL: Geelong coach Chris Scott addresses the media after his side defeated the Hawthorn Hawks in an eventful delayed game.
As Mark Blicavs surveyed a gathering of Geelong greats in the rooms after their triumph over Hawthorn on Easter Monday, his eyes sparkled on seeing an old mentor who had travelled the breadth of the country that day.Taylor was a “great man”, Blicavs said. But he then repeated that phrase repeatedly as champions including Gary Ablett Jnr, who leant in to give Blicavs a hug, and Stevie Johnson stopped by to say ‘ g’day ’ as well during a chat with foxsports.com.au.
It might sound strange that Taylor, a dual-All Australian who never appealed as the most-fluent mover, and another premiership Cat Max Rooke became running teachers to a man seemingly born for the pursuit. “Maxy always told me you are never going to feel as good as you do now, that you will be sore going into games, but you just have to get on with it. You learn to manage your body.”
His athletic capabilities have allowed the 2022 All Australian to play in a number of different positions, from key position roles in defence to an alternate ruckman, from roaming up and down the wings to getting his hands dirty in the midfield as an old-fashioned follower. “He really was so far off the grade, it was not funny. It was staggering. At the start, he could not even get a game in our VFL team,” Hawkins told foxsports.com.au.
“He was like a three year old. Everything was ‘why?’, ‘why do we do this?’, ‘how can I get better?’. If ever a young player wanted to learn how to learn, I’d be suggesting he go to Blitz.” A swag of injuries to critical players meant Geelong enjoyed little continuity but also flagged concerns that Father Time might finally be reeling in some of the champions of the game.
“So that was probably the thing about the injuries in Round 20, that it was just a little setback to embrace to try to come back from.”For the third week in succession following Tom Stewart’s 150th match against Adelaide and Hawkins 350th against Hawthorn, the Cats have another big individual milestone to celebrate on Saturday.
“It is very, very rare at footy club and it is something that we have always held dear as a footy club and it started with ‘Bomber’ Thompson.
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