by Brodlach » Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:00 am
E x-Crow Cam Ellis-Yolmen admits infamous pre-season camp ‘divided’ the players
16 mins ago by MAX LAUGHTONSource: FOX SPORTS
Former Adelaide midfielder Cam Ellis-Yolmen says the infamous 2018 pre-season camp divided the playing group and stopped them playing up to the level of their 2017 Grand Final side.
Ellis-Yolmen has already left the Crows, joining the Brisbane Lions as a free agent on the weekend, and revealed on Monday’s edition of Trade Radio the Lions started speaking to him a couple of months ago about making the switch.
“It’s (the culture) not as good as it was in 2017 when we were winning,” he said.
“It kind of faded a little bit, it’s definitely not as strong, and that’s obviously shown in the performances that we’ve had the last couple of years where we haven’t made finals. It was very disappointing how it’s played out.
“(It was) multiple factors over the couple of years. A bit of (the camp), the Grand Final was a tough loss, obviously we tried to do a few things after that with the camp and other things.
“They didn’t work and that hurt the boys, the culture in the club and divided us. That stopped us playing the good team footy we were playing in that 2017 year that we made the Grand Final.”
Ellis-Yolmen said he “wasn’t a fan of the way” the camp was run.
“I just needed to get out of there. I’d been there for a while, I just needed a new start,” he said.
“Brisbane are doing well, they look like they have a good culture looking in from the outside. I sit really well in there.
“I’ve got support with a couple of boys and a couple of ex-Crows people in David Noble and Andrew Crowley. I thought it was a great fit.”
The big-bodied midfielder is hoping for a fresh start at the Gabba.
“It was a couple of months ago, they were really keen to get me over,” he said.
“Once I heard that, I really like Brisbane, I’ve got good mates there with Mitch Robinson and Charlie Cameron, and I was happy to go.
“I had interest from other places but they showed how keen they were and I was happy to jump on board.”
He’s hopeful his former Crows teammate Hugh Greenwood will successfully make his move to the Gold Coast.
“You hear news about the other boys leaving and you wish them luck,” he said.
“A couple of boys, Hugh Greenwood is potentially coming to the Gold Coast if he gets it done, that’d be great because I’m good mates with him and he’d be just down the road.
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