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Message: [QUOTE="Lockysillegitimatechild, post: 3468508, member: 8814"] "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard" He seems talented, may even be the best in his age group, but unless there is a dramatic change in his attitude, all the while in a new city in a new state mind you, I doubt we will regret this loss. For a year maybe, perhaps even 2, but talent will only get you so far in elite sport. Heck, the last 10 years of our retention and recruitment is a testament to this. His attitude SCREAMS entitlement and poor drive. What will he do when the newspapers say he is amazing? When he cops a season ending injury? When players target him? When he loses his team a game? When he faces hardship or form drops or criticism. I watched a video of a game Walsh played in his debut year. Ennis said something along the lines of a once in a generation player who brisbane will rue losing for decades. A couple months ago it was debatable whether we wanted to swap him for a player who was 2 years out of the game after an aneurysm and was playing out of position (martin). Not saying I was on that side of the fence but that's certainly not once in a generation now is it? Talent comes, talent goes, attitude and effort persevere. I could give millions of examples in world sport yet fear of missing out continues to be a source of great delight for media and player managers alike... [/QUOTE]

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