Understanding your player: The ex-Roo whose hardship makes him a better coach




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Summary: Leigh Adams played more than 100 games for North Melbourne, twice finished in the top five of the club's best and fairest, and was regarded as one of the competition's most courageous players. Sadly, he called time on his AFL career in 2015, after a fifth concussion within a year affected his mental health and left him with migraines and blurred vision. The silver lining to the premature end of his playing days is a burgeoning coaching career. At age 31, the man known as 'Patch' has already coached South Croydon to a premiership in the strong Eastern Football League, and is now in charge of VFL club Coburg.