Very interesting post Kapow.
What's your take on his man on man defensive ability, which seems to be where the biggest question mark is? Do you think the strategy of giving hima bit of freedom to be a playmaker is awhere he will be longterm, or simply part of his natural development into a CHB?
What's your take on his man on man defensive ability, which seems to be where the biggest question mark is? Do you think the strategy of giving hima bit of freedom to be a playmaker is awhere he will be longterm, or simply part of his natural development into a CHB?
Conversely: Some may see it as part of his natural development because he was a marking forward/ruckman when he was first picked up in the rookie draft. This left him behind in his pre-AFL development in defence. The fact is he will put on natural muscle from gameplay let alone gym work and his one on one ability will inevitably improve from this and experience (especially with the likes of Parker giving helpful words).
The saying: A little from column A, A little from column B is quite apt here. It's what the coaching staff need/want him to be. He will definitely improve one on one but whether he adopts that as a major role from CHB or play off the Flank is a different question. He has the potential to be a champion either way though. I'm very interested to see how he develops over the next two years.
Some people tend to forget that big men take far longer to develop and the fact that Johnno has developed this much in a couple of years is nothing short of amazing. Now he just has the one major aspect to work on and improvement in consistency of his kicking (which won't take that long at all, if he hasn't already near perfected it). Time will tell....

