Welcome to Collingwood - Dan Houston

[Presti35]

So what number does Dan Houston take?

9, 12, 15, 27, 28, 29, 34 and 39 all up for grabs now.

9 I reckon. He wore 5 at Port and 19 for Oakleigh. Although, I think 15 would suit him. My gut feeling is that he is one of those guys that isn't fussed about the number. I know that it's been politely asked if HH will give up 36, but that was for another guy.

[swooper]

^ Media report Nick Daicos was a big factor in getting Houston. How does Nick know Dan?? Bit of an age diff...

He was at Camberwell Grammar with Josh and Nick. I think he was also a housemate in Adelaide with Billy ...

[Take_a_Screamer]

^^ Here's the article:
‘Nick pushed it’: Magpie mates sparked recruit’s call after Dees ‘unrest’ caused trade backflip
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/ ... fd5afa79c8

[Pies4shaw]

Interesting - not a mention of Carlton anywhere, there, though at one point they were said to be the frontrunners and he was said to have expressed a "preference" to get to Princes Park.

[Dave The Man]

Interesting - not a mention of Carlton anywhere, there, though at one point they were said to be the frontrunners and he was said to have expressed a "preference" to get to Princes Park.

Think that was WIshful Thinking from the Anti-Collingwood Jurno's hoping he was not going to Collingwood

Carlton might had Interest Early but Dropped out Quickly

[Gerry Cooper]

He is a very handy recruitment. I'm looking forward to his long and fruitful career with us.

[Mr Miyagi]

Watching Dan and Nick rotated across half back and through the mid is going to be a nightmare for the opposition, and an absolute joy for us to watch! Bring on 2025!

[Big T]

I can see we will now target established stars in the 25-27 age bracket at 2-3 yearly intervals selling draft picks to cut out the development time of incoming stars. Salary cap management will be super critical

[RudeBoy]

Good point Big T.

I reckon we'll bring in 2-3 established players each year along with 3 young players thru the draft. That would make for a good balance, and keep us contending for the flag each year.

[duggieboy]

I like the strategy & it serves the coach's stated desire/strategy well. Give Fly what he wants, so he can also maximize his own talent as a coach & bring us another flag.
Seems to me the club is backing this fully - thank goodness the recent internal stuff doesn't seem to be affecting the footy side of things ... (what would I know!) touch wood!

[lazzadesilva]

I like the strategy & it serves the coach's stated desire/strategy well. Give Fly what he wants, so he can also maximize his own talent as a coach & bring us another flag.
Seems to me the club is backing this fully - thank goodness the recent internal stuff doesn't seem to be affecting the footy side of things ... (what would I know!) touch wood!

I love the fact that Fly and the club are choosing players who can assist our aims to possibly achieve another flag on two with our current list. It’s an exciting strategy. Us fans will have an awesome adventure in the coming years with the team being good enough to play finals.

[lazzadesilva]

I love the fact that Fly and the club are choosing players who can assist our aims to possibly achieve another flag on two with our current list. It’s an exciting strategy. Us fans will have an awesome adventure in the coming years with the team being good enough to play finals.

[Charlie Oneeye]

I can see we will now target established stars in the 25-27 age bracket at 2-3 yearly intervals selling draft picks to cut out the development time of incoming stars. Salary cap management will be super critical

Exactly. The club told us they were clearing the cap to make space for future recruit/s. Most of us must have been thinking of a marquee-type players i.e. Jeremey Cameron. Someone that they may have already lined up. Not necessarily the case.

The marquee type isn't always available at the right time,. but nevertheless, as you said, the strategy now List/TPP is to recruit very good players to fill the gaps on a sustainable ongoing basis.

[RudeBoy]

Interesting - not a mention of Carlton anywhere, there, though at one point they were said to be the frontrunners and he was said to have expressed a "preference" to get to Princes Park.

Clearly he mainly wanted to return to Melbourne and hopefully at a big club. Melbourne and then Carlton were the clubs leading the race for him early on, because they each had better draft picks available to get a deal done with Port. It seems that only once we knew Richards wanted to go to Port and Noble to Cold Toast did we seriously enter the race for Houston. Once we entered the race I'm sure he was hoping we'd get him across the line.

I think he's going to be one of the best ever players we've recruited from another club. Can't wait to see him don the black and white.

[SLORT]

Fun fact ~ Corey Enright went on to win 6 AA's. He won his first at the age of 27. So at this stage of his career Dan Houston is already one ahead. Knock on wood.