The make or break comment is rubbish.
Very few players now will be condemned without showing their worth or lack of it at senior level , especially talls. How long were Charlie and Spencer on our list , how many chances did they have , how many times did they show their mediocrity and still they were kept on the list. West has not even had a chance to fail once , let alone fail over and over and prove he is beyond improvement.
West's main job is to be ready in 2010. He must be ready to be a main stream super tall midfielder when Ottens body catches up with him going by this year its probably another 2 years min. Sure if we have the dreaded injuries he may get a chance to show his stuff but its not by any means certain. For him to improve his selection chances he really needs to show more as a key position tall. Maybe , the club can see this in him because with Mumford and DawsonS he may well get the chance to work on this in the VFL.
The key will be if he can play as tall mobile forward not just another lump to kick the high ball to in the square , sort of play the role they asked H to play but hopefully with a lot more skill. If he could come in , take a mark or two in the forwardline , pull a defender to him then he may well get a gig a lot earlier.