Essendon coach Brad Scott says Nick Daicos might be the very best younger participant since Chris Judd after the Collingwood star sunk the Bombers in an Anzac Day basic.
Daicos, in simply his thirty first sport, was awarded the Anzac Day Medal for his 40-possession, two-goal outing in entrance of a document crowd on the MCG.
The 20-year-old is at all times prolific however his final-quarter efficiency, when he pushed ahead to kick each of his targets, is more likely to be recalled fondly for the rest of his already glittering profession.
Scott stated Daicos went from the “18th-ranked player at three-quarter-time to the first or second by the end”.
After the Bombers’ heartbreaking 13-point defeat, the coach was quizzed about Daicos and the way he compares to Judd at the beginning of the West Coast legend’s profession.
In a sport in opposition to Scott’s intimidating Brisbane Lions group in 2003, a 19-year-old Judd tore aside the twin reigning premiers with 5 targets in a half.
Judd went on to assert a Brownlow Medal a 12 months later, in his third season.
Daicos is on monitor to assert that honour 12 months earlier; he’s already the bookies’ favorite to take out the AFL’s high particular person award.
“It’s hard to think of (a better young player since Judd),” Scott stated when requested about comparisons between the 2.
“He’s (Daicos) just a very special player who is doing things that someone who’s been in the system for 10 years, can’t do
“We all knew this coming by means of. We all watched him as a junior (participant).”
“As good as Nick is, Josh (Daicos) might be sitting there having fun with this as a result of nobody takes a lot discover of him and he is an excellent participant, too.
“The father-son rule has worked for a few clubs over the journey. It’s a really good rule.
“Will Ashcroft’s the identical at Brisbane. He simply seems like a generational participant.
“He’s having a huge influence and teams have tried different things to try and curtail it.
“As good as he was within the first three quarters, it is a good luxurious to have the ability to throw him within the center and kick two targets within the final quarter.”
Rather than rue losing after being 28 points up at three-quarter-time, Scott was measured about Essendon’s performance.
The Bombers, who finished 15th last season and sacked Ben Rutten as coach, sit fourth on the ladder with a 4-2 record ahead of a four-game stretch that could define their finals credentials.
Essendon face resurgent reigning premiers Geelong on Sunday, earlier than matches in opposition to Port Adelaide (away), Brisbane Lions (away) and Richmond.
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