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Sydney recruit Taylor Adams has articulated the challenges he had leaving former club Collingwood, with the ex-vice-captain “hurt” by the lack of communication from Craig McRae upon his departure last year.
Speaking on the Unlaced Podcast, a transparent Adams took was somewhat unimpressed at his old club and their tentativeness to have constant dialogue with him.“I was pretty disappointed by the feedback and the transparency that I got from Collingwood throughout the year,” Adams opened the topic by saying.
Adams had no idea that a Qualifying Final win over Melbourne would be his last at the Magpies Beyond his meeting with McRae five days out from his eventual trade, the 30-year-old didn’t hear from his coach again - but importantly noted that there were no lingering feeling of angst towards him, nor his former club of a decade.
Emotions were naturally high at the time of Adams’ trade, after succumbing to a hamstring strain via a collision with teammate John Noble at training - with the incident ultimately ruling him out of the Grand Final. “I felt like I had been cheated a little bit, I tried to look for the reasons why and I couldn’t think why it had happened this time. To play every game bar a suspension and then fall short two weeks before and miss out on the ultimate prize ….
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