76woodenspooners
Brownlow Medallist
I get annoyed when the player has more time than he realises and seems to hack it out indiscriminately instead of finding someone close in a better position to handball to. To me it seems those quick kicks out of packs end up more in the hands of the opposition setting up behind the play half a kick away waiting for it as part of their zone. I don't mind it if the player is red hot though as he has little other option in that case.
I’d say that mostly happens in the backline when a player feels hot and just wants to kick the footy out of there. They **never** kick it to the corridor, they **always** kick it in the direction of just inside of the boundary.
Sure, we can camp a forward or two there, and we usually do - but they will typically be outnumbered by opposition.
It’s probably one of those situations where the coaches consider it to be the least worst option. A hot player getting pinged in the backline isn’t good. A player missing a short pass in the backline isn’t good. A player kicking the ball wildly to the corridor isn’t good.
Booting the ball in the direction of the boundary is probably the safest option - even if that does mean that the footy gets marked uncontested by the opposition 65 meters out from goal.