Bringing in players with a perception they have upside can also mean they may not perform also, a lot will depend who we are playing, where we sit on the ladder, how many of these players you bring ionto the team at the same time, when in the year, what bearing the game has on the year and of course match ups. Bringing in a player that has played under 20 games is a risk, what are the consequences of that risk if they fail.
Im happy to bring them in but not 5 or 6 maybe one or two at a time
I'm not sure we've ever had 5 or 6 who's fitness and form in the SANFL warranted AFL selection ahead of an experienced plodder. Even last year we VB was literally the next backman up, Kelly and Otten both injured or suspended and Doedee was working into titness/form after a late start to the preseason. Continuing to play non-statistical-soon-to-be-delisted Wright ahead of Lyons the year before was an obvious example. Mackay has largely just held on because of lack of outside running options, he has been dropped the previous 3 years and his time has come, providing he's not blessed again this year with injuries to players who can play the just outside the stoppage role.