No guarantees at Essendon: Dayle Garlett sprints away from Christian Salem at the under-18 national championships at Etihad Stadium. Picture: Michael Dodge Source: Herald Sun
GIFTED youngster Dayle Garlett faces the prospect of being snubbed in tomorrow's rookie draft.
Garlett, named in the under-18 All-Australian team after a stellar national championships, was expected to win a lifeline from Essendon.
The Bombers invited the Swan Districts player to train with them after he was overlooked in the national draft.
The Herald Sun understands Essendon is not inclined to draft him.
Coach James Hird hinted that the club would scrutinise Garlett's character.
"No doubt there's a lot of talent there and the way he plays his football excites everyone," Hird said.
"We've just got to work out whether someone like Dayle fits our group."
Recruiters around the country were of the view the 18-year-old was a first-round draft pick based on talent, but Garlett has been dogged by bad publicity relating to off-field issues.
He was kicked out of the AIS-AFL Academy and missed several WAFL games through club suspensions.
Social media photos of him drinking and smoking did further damage to his reputation.
Swan Districts is astounded at Garlett's predicament, with coach Greg Harding said Garlett was no angel but had done nothing "horrible". Harding said Garlett was a potential 200-game player.
He was kicked out of the elite AIS-AFL Academy last summer and missed several WAFL games through internal club suspensions. Social media photos of him drinking and smoking did further harm to his reputation.
No other AFL club, including local teams West Coast and Fremantle, appears willing to take a punt on him.
Swan Districts is astounded at Garlett's predicament, with coach Greg Harding saying yesterday he was "staggered we're even having the conversation".
Harding said Garlett's issues related mostly to poor time management and said AFL clubs would be passing up a potential 200-game player.
"I'm not saying that he's an angel, but show me exactly what he's done that's been horrible," Harding said.
"These AFL clubs spend millions and millions of dollars on their footy departments. They have an exorbitant amount of resources at their disposal in terms of manpower and not one of those 18 clubs is going to back themselves to put the kid in their culture and give him an opportunity.
"At this stage they've left a kid still at WAFL level who is quite clearly in the top-five players, on talent, in the country."
Harding said Garlett was finding it tough to come to terms with the fact he was required to live differently to his mates.
"He's like any other young 18-year-old bloke that's just got his licence and can get into a nightclub or a pub and have a beer," he said.
"But what he needs to understand is that he's not like any other kid. I think he's got the potential to be an elite AFL player and if you're going to be able to do that then you have to prepare yourself differently to other 18-year-old kids."
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