Fremantle assistant coach Jaymie Graham says Josh Treacy’s explosion onto the AFL scene has been years within the making because the “Huge Cohuna” makes a splash.
Treacy, 21, is coming off a career-best efficiency in opposition to Port Adelaide, kicking three targets on a low-scoring evening to steer from the entrance.
Graham has nothing however reward for Treacy, who arrived on the membership in 2021 as decide No. 7 within the rookie draft.
“He got here to the membership as an enormous stable key ahead who might crash a pack and convey one effort, however he’s actually labored laborious on his health, and you may see his physique form has fully modified,” Graham stated.
“He’s additionally constructed on his psychological facet of the sport, and we noticed all of it come to the fore on the weekend with certainly one of his higher performances for the membership.”
The important thing to his upward trajectory lies in his partnership with fellow ahead Jye Amiss, and regardless of having solely performed 22 video games collectively the duo are already changing into a pressure.
“It’s actually essential for not solely the ahead line, however the way forward for the membership to have two younger key forwards coming by way of and beginning to present some actually good indicators,” Graham stated.
“Any partnership takes a bit little bit of time to kind the connection and to know one another’s strengths, however they’re working actually laborious off the sphere to get to know one another and connecting.
“They’ve each obtained completely different strengths, JT is actually bodily in the way in which he goes about it and Jye has obtained actual footy smarts and craft, however they’re connecting rather well.”
Graham highlighted the significance of consistency and progress because the younger ahead’s profession progresses.
“Ideally, he (Treacy) simply retains rising and constructing his recreation like we noticed on the weekend,” Graham stated.
“They’re not at all times going to be standout video games the place he kicks three and takes 5 – 6 contested marks, however we’re beginning to see actual consistency.
“His teammates and us as coaches know what we’re going to get from JT each week.”
