Stefoid, great post I think that says it all.
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You make a good point, but I think we need to do both - draft picks are definately not fools gold, but I agree they dont solve the problem in isolation.
But you sure do need those low picks now and again - geelong is the only team (and the most successful) to get premierships without an abundance of low picks, but they got a significant free kick from their 3rd round father sons, and a few of their key players are lowish picks selwood (7) bartel (8) mackie (7)
Injury has robbed us of our best player in cooney, and GWS and GCS have robbed us of two of our better players as well. Going back to the drafting well with back to back top 10 picks is exactly what we need to complement development mac is doing with the team.
We are best served by giving our kids as much experience as possible this year, which may see us just fall short of making the 8, but give us a very strong platform going forward. (i.e. towards the end of the seasonm get a few games into panos, hill, talia, howard, tutt, etc... rather than bringing in moles, gilbee, morris, etc...)
Thanks for the link was a great insight.
I think he is trying to tell us as supporters we need to be looking more at the little things the guys do. We tend to focus on possessions and goals.
So far this year Grant has also laid 22 tackles, more than half of the total tackles he laid in the entire 2011 season.
Thanks for the link was a great insight.
I think he is trying to tell us as supporters we need to be looking more at the little things the guys do. We tend to focus on possessions and goals.
Couldn't be more different to Eades rants, glares and silent treatment even if he tried.I get the impression that the goalposts have been shifted for the players.
Macca seems to be intent on rating players against their repeat contests, 1%-ers, spacing around the contest, tackling and ability and willingness to win your own ball much more highly than we ever have as a club. Team over individual.
The stats he mentioned on Grant were telling.
There was always talk of us being a team of individuals...maybe the naysayers were right.
I get the impression that the goalposts have been shifted for the players.
Macca seems to be intent on rating players against their repeat contests, 1%-ers, spacing around the contest, tackling and ability and willingness to win your own ball much more highly than we ever have as a club. Team over individual.