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Say what I love sleeping at football.

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What's left then? A good exponent

0:24

of the handle. Adrian Fletcher

0:26

delivered some lasers by hand in

0:28

his long and distinguished career he played two

0:30

hundred and thirty one games at

0:33

four different clubs. Science

0:35

playing one of them. Science playing one of them. Yeah. We need to

0:37

point that out. I don't know. He'd be happy with that. He

0:39

won a freeman or best and fairest party.

0:41

He played more than hundred for the Brisbane

0:43

bears slash lines, which is why

0:46

he's ever talented young son

0:48

Jasper. He's in the frame to be recruited

0:50

as a Fletcher son by the Brisbane lines

0:53

in a matter of days and a great pleasure

0:55

to welcome Adrian on the line at an exciting

0:57

time for hearing me son and his family. Adrian,

0:59

welcome to you. Yes.

1:00

No. Thanks, boys. Yes, it's an opportunity.

1:03

We've got a way to see what happens, but we're in

1:06

a holiday painting at the moment. I imagine

1:08

these holding patents aren't easy to deal

1:10

with Adrian. How's the how's the nerves?

1:13

Yeah.

1:13

Now it is a little bit difficult, fairly

1:16

controlled. We know the cops put a lot of time

1:18

into their drafting systems

1:20

and they've got a lot of systems in place

1:22

with people

1:24

have good choices. So you

1:26

can't fluke it. you

1:28

got to be talented enough. And

1:30

if you do get an opportunity, yes,

1:32

it seems to have professional environment. How's

1:35

your son going? I'm sure you've been asked so many

1:37

times in recent months and years. What sort

1:39

of young man you've got on your hands here in

1:41

young Jasper? And how do you normally

1:43

choose to answer that question. Howard Bauchner: Yeah,

1:46

now it's a hard one. It's

1:48

you're proud that, you know, that

1:50

you've challenged him at times when he's

1:53

plan is

1:54

the sport that he's loved and he's gone down

1:57

one path. He was flying basketball

1:59

when he

1:59

is sustained, but then then he loved

2:02

the guy in the football and then he

2:03

didn't really get serious too. He started

2:06

to get to legend, and he there

2:07

might be an opportunity that you can play at

2:09

the top level and then you

2:11

go to put the time into it he's

2:13

done that and there's

2:15

no guarantee that.

2:17

I've been is Brisbane the only option?

2:19

Or are there other option? Are there clubs

2:21

that have come and knocked on the door? Yes.

2:24

No, yes. Look, Brisbane is

2:26

only five percent option that you got to play one

2:28

hundred games at

2:28

one car, and I had more cars in Greg

2:30

Norman. Yes. He's

2:35

had fifteen clubs interviewing legend

2:39

they're pretty stringent showing interviews at

2:41

the drop can.

2:43

And we don't really

2:45

know if it's going to bid on in that term

2:47

or after one sale on London or not. Adrian,

2:50

I'm keen to know. I haven't seen a lot a lot

2:52

of him. How far has the Apple fallen

2:54

from the tree with Jasper in terms of just

2:56

pure playing attributes and traits?

2:59

He's very lucky. He's got his mom's

3:01

fee. He's always been slow.

3:05

But he's got he's got good footing now.

3:08

He can take on the traffic in front

3:10

of him. He can take one way, that's

3:12

his basketball background

3:14

and take the gap and go.

3:16

And he's a pretty good disposal

3:18

going inside fifty. So you know the modern

3:20

guy, if

3:21

you hit those kits down in fifty, it

3:24

really puts you in good stead.

3:26

A bit of a back basketball background

3:28

seems to be hell of a benefit to some of

3:30

these young whites, these guys, Adrienne?

3:32

Yeah. Now we have Scott

3:33

Pennery, he could apply for a show

3:35

in basketball.

3:37

We know who's the other

3:39

one that Bulldog's Cat and Pelly played

3:41

basketball in junior.

3:43

I think it just gives them that three

3:45

sixty awareness in

3:47

traffic and that's something that's

3:49

really important I

3:51

I felt you wanna fly through me

3:53

too. So I joined his journey. I

3:55

I guess, you know, he's

3:57

coming through when you were in in your assistant

3:59

coaching phase as well and I think he might have started

4:01

off even a a Hollywood support up there,

4:03

forbid. And then obviously, you know,

4:05

grew up around the gamba when you when you moved

4:07

back up that way. So know,

4:11

the the process from here, I think he's been in

4:13

the academy for how long now, Brisbane five or

4:15

six years. So how does it work? Yeah.

4:17

He doesn't have to nominate for father's son,

4:19

does he bother you with that or anything? No.

4:21

No. I don't think he he's got two ways to

4:23

get to prison and he's over to kick out of

4:25

me. a

4:26

pile of sand. I think

4:28

you've signed on this pile of sand. So

4:30

I

4:30

think that's the way it's going

4:33

down, the path of the mine. But Yes,

4:35

it's funny how things happen. I

4:38

mean, they've been encouraged with Mick Moelis

4:40

and the

4:40

little fellas running around in the rooms and

4:43

next minute, he's going to have an opportunity

4:46

to actually be one of those players that runs --

4:48

hopefully runs legend one of those runs.

4:50

how's he handling the whole thing? We're we're hearing

4:52

our dads handling the whole thing. Is

4:55

he getting through the the lead up to

4:57

it? The expectation. Okay?

4:59

Well, it is

5:01

a long holding pattern because I

5:03

think the draft combine was

5:05

– what was it end of

5:08

October. What was the start of October? And

5:10

then they've had to wait six weeks and

5:12

they had all those interviews. You

5:14

got to try and keep yourself busy. You've

5:17

been trying hard. Obviously, it's

5:19

got a product over here and it's got

5:21

a dividend. It's

5:23

out of your control. You just got to turn up in

5:25

the night and you just hope that they call you

5:27

now now. And that night's next

5:29

Monday. Obviously, next Tuesday first

5:31

round Monday. Night continues on the

5:33

Tuesday. What are what are the plans Adrian for the

5:35

draft itself? We just gather at home? Or we

5:37

we being invited to the event itself? How's it

5:39

gonna work for you and the family? No,

5:41

we've been lucky. We've

5:42

been invited for the first

5:44

night. There's no guarantee that you'll go to the

5:46

first night, but

5:47

from the whole family is going down,

5:50

Norel in India and Jasper.

5:52

And Norel's

5:53

parents going to throw it up from

5:55

Mafford and come and

5:57

watch the event. So we're hoping you guys

5:59

the first night

5:59

that we're not gonna guarantee that that

6:02

can happen. And what odds of you agir,

6:04

and perhaps if he is to be drafted by

6:06

Brisbane, which is, of course, the dream that that

6:08

you might get a little, you know, a little bit

6:10

emotional. And

6:11

it will be

6:14

emotional, you know, you just say

6:16

driving into Atlanta.

6:17

And you'll see this gray head man walking

6:20

around so I'm watching

6:22

trying to attack. He'll get sick

6:24

of me. He he probably wanna go out in the

6:26

site and get away from me. Again,

6:28

what's the standard lineup there.

6:30

These young boats come through there for the year. I

6:32

mean, we probably take for granted a little bit

6:34

down here with the IFL being

6:37

such a big part of Melbourne, the

6:39

the standard of of January forty.

6:41

What's it like up north? Yeah.

6:44

So it is growing.

6:44

on the money side and

6:46

it is growing. There's

6:48

a lot of people moving from South up

6:50

north. We know that the Gold

6:52

Coast have

6:53

a lot of men holding people down

6:55

there. So the young kids come through will

6:57

definitely play football. And

7:00

the cataract is a chocolate block. So

7:03

we know that they normally get one a

7:05

year from academy to try

7:07

and

7:07

go and play for Brisbane or all of

7:09

the SUNS. So

7:10

there's one opportunity legend kids

7:12

who want to live the dream goes

7:14

and does the hard work and hopefully

7:16

they get that opportunity. spoke speaking

7:18

to former NFL player Adrian

7:20

Fletcher, father of soon to be

7:22

NFL player himself, Jasper Fletcher.

7:24

And you've stepped down. You were coaching Sherwood. I

7:26

think maybe for a couple of years there,

7:28

Adrian. I'm not sure if there were other

7:30

reasons for perhaps resigning from that

7:32

role, or is it more just you wanna sit back

7:34

and enjoy Jasper's journey? Yeah,

7:36

now I'll do that for sure. It's not really enjoyed

7:39

that route in the community fully, but now I was

7:41

trying to stay

7:42

on down watching twice legend

7:44

downside is, I think, but probably

7:47

pestering more than that. Be

7:49

a Fletcher. see

7:51

where he's down and see what he's doing. Yeah.

7:53

And when what's Academy LifeLock? I

7:55

mean, what what sort of senior players there at Brisbane

7:57

have sort of taken him under under their

7:59

wing, if you like, and who who has Jasper been

8:01

able to count on, you know, at the club

8:03

for for for, I guess, that experience

8:05

and and wisdom and now some advice. Yes.

8:08

The good thing Will

8:10

Westhoek and Jasper

8:12

went and signed with the cruise season.

8:15

six weeks last year. So they've got to know

8:17

all the boys, McCarvey,

8:19

Zorka, Paris,

8:21

Andres. So there's already Bennington

8:23

and Barn, which is a very you're very

8:25

lucky to be able to do that. So they

8:27

know what they're going into. And as I

8:29

said, it's an opportunity. There's no guarantee.

8:32

But

8:32

the hard work starts now, once you get that

8:34

opportunity and he knows what it's

8:36

about and that probably puts in good state

8:38

of terms. And, Adrian, we'll let you go. But just

8:40

as as you've touched on a little bit this

8:42

morning in our chat, but as a father, as as a

8:44

parent, and and having your son

8:46

about to go through what you've been through, but

8:48

wanting to impart that advice, but at the same time,

8:51

wanting him to make mistakes and learn for

8:53

himself, do you find that a delicate

8:55

balancing act? It's

8:57

very – it was been very difficult

8:59

for me because I've actually been as a

9:01

player as

9:02

a coach then I was in the design

9:04

of young players. So I

9:06

knew what I've seen and what a

9:08

player had to do to come through like

9:10

Harris Andrews. We had Hipwood

9:12

come through. all

9:13

those parts, you've got to have

9:15

a little bit of a solver back here and you've

9:18

got to have some resilience because

9:20

you don't have disappointment. There's not

9:22

always It's not always happy times. But if

9:24

you

9:24

get through that and believe in your own

9:27

ability, you give yourself a good chance to play

9:29

the top line May,

9:30

we love talking to you. It's the Sun

9:33

rule is one of the great rules of our

9:35

game, and May at Long continues. So we

9:37

wish you a young fell up well with his NFL

9:39

journey for your sake. And he's hopefully, Brisbane,

9:41

but regardless of where it is, we know he's gonna make

9:43

a Breakfast it. So well done on it all,

9:45

and and best of luck for next week.

9:48

Thanks

9:48

for the opportunity.

9:49

Have a good one. Adrian Fletcher there, two

9:51

hundred and thirty one NFL games, a

9:53

possession, a ball magnet. There's been

9:55

no nonsense. Yeah. Even when you chat to him, you you

9:57

can just feel in his voice. It's just no

9:59

nonsense. How much good about it? How many in

10:01

hours, Derek, can we I love it.

10:03

Wouldn't worry me how many year olds wouldn't mind

10:05

me standing next to me? I love

10:07

I love a year now. So we

10:09

wish we wish them well. And I meant that the father's

10:11

son rule is an absolute beauty.

10:13

A romantic part of the game. And

10:16

it's an emotional time for the parents.

10:18

Isn't it? Come draft, not You're

10:20

gonna imagine. Imagine you watch your boys

10:22

play. Cricket my kids are a lot younger than yours,

10:24

but imagine having them become a

10:26

professional sportsman or woman, how how

10:28

proud you would be. Truly. extraordinary.

10:30

No. That's fantastic. you

10:32

know, there'd be lots of

10:34

nervous moms and dads next Monday

10:36

night when they're graph gets underway

10:38

because it it is a massive build up for

10:40

these kids. That's a long build up too, isn't it? You

10:42

can imagine that the waiting period from when

10:44

they're fracked up all the interviews. And you've

10:46

basically got a, you know, a

10:48

red light beaming on them

10:50

from then on it from the drive. So, you know, he was

10:52

a number one. He was a number four.

10:54

And so they've got to live up to these

10:56

expectations that they haven't asked to

10:58

have them put upon them. It's a

11:00

it's a facet of football that people

11:02

wanna know where these kids have come from

11:04

and it it just throws them into the

11:07

limelight. It's it's a tough gig. Tough

11:09

gig. Love watching Adrian play as well. I say, one

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