Interview: Dean Brogan

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Port Adelaide's Dean Brogan told South Australia Grandstand his retirement has come at the right time in his decorated career.

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Brogan contemplates retirement

Updated May 25, 2011 15:55:00

Evergreen ruckman Dean Brogan could soon trigger an exodus of senior players at Port Adelaide.

The 32-year-old warhorse is tipped to retire at season's end, with veteran Chad Cornes certain to follow.

Other experienced players including Kane Cornes, Daniel Motlop and Brett Ebert also face uncertain futures amid the Power's rebuilding campaign.

Brogan, who described himself as a day-to-day proposition due to a lingering Achilles injury, will consider his future within weeks.

"It is pretty obvious we need to get some ruckmen in, our younger guys haven't come along as quickly as what we hoped," he said.

"I'm not sure personally where I stand next year.

"I will probably sit down and have that conversation with the club over the next couple of weeks.

"But it's not about me or any individual at the moment, it's about where the club is heading.

"You want to play on forever but there will come a time.

"And we all know where the club is going and that they're going with youth and it's all about the future."

Port Adelaide, last on the ladder, meets Richmond in Darwin on Saturday night with Brogan urging the entire club to embrace new coach Matthew Primus' rebuilding vision.

"The club has chosen a direction and Matty has chosen a path they want to go down, and everyone needs to be fully supportive of that," he said.

"This happens to a lot of clubs, it has happened to probably every club.

"We are getting there, it's just taking a lot longer than what we thought."

Despite the lean times, Brogan said Port supporters should stay loyal.

"We have had a lot of success over the years for a club that has been in the league not very long," he said.

"We are just going through a phase now.

"If you are going to jump off now, don't jump back on when we are going well.

"We are going to go well pretty soon, I guarantee it, we're going to turn the corner very soon."

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First posted May 25, 2011 15:52:00

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Brogan contemplates retirement

Updated May 25, 2011 15:55:00

Evergreen ruckman Dean Brogan could soon trigger an exodus of senior players at Port Adelaide.

The 32-year-old warhorse is tipped to retire at season's end, with veteran Chad Cornes certain to follow.

Other experienced players including Kane Cornes, Daniel Motlop and Brett Ebert also face uncertain futures amid the Power's rebuilding campaign.

Brogan, who described himself as a day-to-day proposition due to a lingering Achilles injury, will consider his future within weeks.

"It is pretty obvious we need to get some ruckmen in, our younger guys haven't come along as quickly as what we hoped," he said.

"I'm not sure personally where I stand next year.

"I will probably sit down and have that conversation with the club over the next couple of weeks.

"But it's not about me or any individual at the moment, it's about where the club is heading.

"You want to play on forever but there will come a time.

"And we all know where the club is going and that they're going with youth and it's all about the future."

Port Adelaide, last on the ladder, meets Richmond in Darwin on Saturday night with Brogan urging the entire club to embrace new coach Matthew Primus' rebuilding vision.

"The club has chosen a direction and Matty has chosen a path they want to go down, and everyone needs to be fully supportive of that," he said.

"This happens to a lot of clubs, it has happened to probably every club.

"We are getting there, it's just taking a lot longer than what we thought."

Despite the lean times, Brogan said Port supporters should stay loyal.

"We have had a lot of success over the years for a club that has been in the league not very long," he said.

"We are just going through a phase now.

"If you are going to jump off now, don't jump back on when we are going well.

"We are going to go well pretty soon, I guarantee it, we're going to turn the corner very soon."

- AAP

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First posted May 25, 2011 15:52:00

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Primus plans not sinking in: Brogan

Posted April 12, 2011 17:17:00

Port Adelaide players are taking longer than expected to grasp the philosophies of new coach Matthew Primus, ruckman Dean Brogan says.

But Brogan says morale remains high despite three losses to start the season, including away thrashings to Collingwood and Geelong.

Primus was wary of deflating his young group with harsh critiques, Brogan said.

"Having a new coach on board and all the things that happened in the off-season, it just takes time," he said on Tuesday.

"Matty's philosophies are taking a lot longer (to grasp) than what we really wanted to.

"We have got 19 games to go ... you don't want to deflate the group too much, he (Primus) has been very positive but he just keeps selling the same message and eventually it's going to happen."

But Brogan said feedback from their loss in Geelong on Sunday had been honest.

"You can't hide from the fact that we got smacked by 79 points in Geelong," he said.

"And to be fair, our last quarter, we may as well have not even been there, you can't sugar coat that, you can't hide.

"But at the same time you have got to look at how we played in the first quarter and really take that away from the game - as well as the bad stuff, take the positives more than the negatives."

Brogan, who has been acting captain in the absence of the injured Dom Cassisi, said Port's challenge was to sustain their efforts.

"We all know it hasn't been a great start for us but it hasn't been all doom and gloom," he said.

"We have actually played some really good footy at times, the biggest thing for us is being able to sustain that over four quarters."

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