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Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s First Crack, host Jay Clark feared that the club could well be stuck in time should the 205cm star depart his club of nine years \u2014 and that it\u2019s reflective of their culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been a bit of a revolving door at this football club. We\u2019ve seen this movie before. Joe Daniher walks out on the Bombers, the father-son gem, and the football club has a reckoning,\u201d Clark began.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey change the coach, the CEO (and) the President. They say: \u2018We need to fix the environment, because we had four players walk out (in 2020); including one particularly important one.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut amid all the talk about Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, there has been no discussion about Sam Draper whatsoever \u2014 and this is history repeating itself! This is Daniher d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu!\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam Draper (left) and Joe Daniher (right) training at Metricon Stadium on August 10, 2020. (Photo by Michael Klein)Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
Daniher, who was taken by Essendon with pick No.10 in the 2012 National Draft as a father-son, left the Bombers after eight years to head up north to Brisbane \u2014 before eventually finding himself the fairytale finish of retiring after a grand final victory.<\/p>\n
The key forward\u2019s own injury woes marred his time at the club, having only been able to play 15 games at the top level in his final three years at the Hangar. By comparison, Daniher went on to play 96 in his next four years at the Lions.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the likes of Adam Saad (Carlton), Massimo D\u2019Ambrosio (Hawthorn), Patrick Voss (Fremantle) and Jake Stringer (GWS) have all performed strongly at rival clubs after requesting trades or being delisted by the Bombers.<\/p>\n
\u201cFive years on, we have the same problem. A really important player and a key tall is about to walk out on the Essendon Football Club to Adelaide or Brisbane we think \u2014 because why?\u201d Clark continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it still the environment that they tried to fix five years ago with Joey Daniher? That\u2019s the eggshells that we talk about.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is on the president Dave Barham, he came in with a mandate for change \u2014 this football club should be better.\u201d<\/p>\n
As alluded to, injuries have hampered any genuine chance Essendon and head coach Brad Scott have had of making finals this year, as the club continues to identify where they sit exactly in their taste for finals success. <\/p>\n
Sam Draper of the Bombers and Joe Daniher of the Lions compete for the ball during the Round 24 AFL match between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon Bombers at The Gabba, on August 24, 2024 (Photo by Chris Hyde via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Daniher played just two elimination finals during his tenure at the club, while Draper played in the club\u2019s sole finals appearance this decade in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cI reckon they\u2019ve got the most gullible supporter base in the competition, they are just eating up what\u2019s being fed to them. No one is really standing up to what\u2019s happening,\u201d two-time North Melbourne premiership player David King said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe jungle drums are beating strongly, and I just think we\u2019re hearing the initial phase. The Zach Merrett discussion has bubbled around for weeks. Now, I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll leave, but…\u201d<\/p>\n
Clark added: \u201cThey tried to fix it, and if Draper walks out the door, that means they haven\u2019t fixed it. Is that fair? That\u2019s fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
As of the end of Round 22, Essendon currently hold draft picks No. 4 and 6, however any compensation for Draper\u2019s potential departure as an unrestricted free agent may only trigger a selection at the very end of the first round in a heavily compromised draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon is staring down the barrel of another star walking out, in a line-in-the-sand moment that could see…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[48046,64,63,689,696,651,3237,9124,48042,48055,1818,48051,11231,48044,48043,1119,2105,48052,1139,4743,1120,19125,12935,48054,48048,677,12156,48041,8016,701,48047,11244,48049,85,48053,5338,48045,48050],"class_list":["post-58777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adam-saad","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brad-scott","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-chris-hyde","tag-culture-problem","tag-dave-barham","tag-david-king","tag-elimination-finals","tag-essendon-bombers","tag-fairytale-finish","tag-finals-success","tag-football-club","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-grand-final-victory","tag-greater-western-sydney-giants","tag-injury-woes","tag-jake-stringer","tag-jay-clark","tag-joe-daniher","tag-jungle-drums","tag-line-in-the-sand-moment","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-voss","tag-players-walk","tag-premiership-player","tag-queensland","tag-revolving-door","tag-sam-draper","tag-sole-finals-appearance","tag-sports","tag-star-walking","tag-the-gabba","tag-trade-time","tag-unprecedented-injury-toll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}