Eddie Betts has admitted helium felt a consciousness of work watching Tyson Stengle suffer his mode astatine Adelaide, but has backed the discarded youngster to marque a palmy AFL comeback.
Betts was unveiled astatine Geelong aft being brought connected arsenic a developmental manager this week, and his transportation to Stengle has led to the 22-year-old being linked to the club.
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The 34-year-old admitted helium had held conversations with Stengle surrounding a determination to Geelong, but said his precedence was simply to spot Stengle backmost successful the AFL.
Betts and his woman Anna housed Stengle during their clip arsenic teammates with the Crows and the recently-retired Indigenous large admitted seeing his protege's downfall aft helium moved to Melbourne to articulation Carlton was tough.
"I felt truly atrocious astatine archetypal due to the fact that helium lived with maine and my woman retired determination and we were beauteous hard connected him and kept him connected the consecutive and constrictive and erstwhile we near each this worldly started happening," helium said.
"I'm not saying that's due to the fact that we left, but it was hard seeing that from Melbourne. To spot the mode helium near the Adelaide Crows was hard to watch.
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"He's grown up. I've spoken to him astir my issues. I was locked up astatine a young property erstwhile I was playing AFL footy aft the celebrated vessel cruise with Carlton and that's erstwhile the penny dropped for myself.
"I had to crook myself astir and I told him yesterday astir however I played my champion footy erstwhile I was 26, that's erstwhile I peaked. He's 22 truthful the champion footy is up of him and I deliberation he's connected the consecutive and constrictive now."
Stengle has besides been linked with Essendon, with the Bombers retired to bolster their tiny guardant stocks, but Betts admitted he'd similar to spot the talented youngster articulation him successful Geelong.
"I've checked successful to spot what helium thinks and if helium would similar to travel down present and play," helium said.
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"My champion interests are successful Tyson conscionable getting backmost and playing AFL footy. If helium comes to the Geelong Football Club, that'll beryllium great, but I'm conscionable blessed that helium gets that opportunity.
"For Tyson, he's lone 22 and helium tin inactive person a ten-year vocation if helium gets backmost playing AFL footy. No substance wherever that is, I privation him each the best, but a tiny portion of maine hopes helium comes down here."
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