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Probably being harsh but I reckon Hall is an example of someone being fast but running (literally) into trouble.
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Pace is good, but Atley is fast in a straight line and we rarely see him chase down opponents, he lacks the agility, he has the turning circle of an ocean liner at speed and so his pace isn't as valuable where there are zones or congestion or playing on someone who can change direction at speed.
Boomer and Wells weren't super fast in a straight line but they had cat-like agility, Usain Bolt in his prime wouldn't be able to catch Boomer or Wells in their prime if they are zig zagging. I would target agile players and develop them on acceleration off the mark and hone their ability to get off the mark and change direction quickly, in footy it is the ability to get separation which is critical.
Too much is made of our lack of speed, you don't need to be super quick to move the football quickly. Port are a quick side and we made them look slow because we used the corridor and we made the effort to move the ball quickly rather than fart arse around with the ball. Sides that look quick tend to have an aggressive game plan.
I'd love if we had Willie Rioli, Liam Ryan and Lewis Jetta in our side, they are very agile players, they aren't slow either but more importantly they have extremely good skills. They are light of frame though and they generally do not accumulate a lot of the footy, they can do damage without getting a lot of the ball but you need to have the right players around them as well. When we had Boomer running with Wells, Campbell and Harper we were one of the highest scoring sides in the competition but we lacked balance and these players weren't raised on defensive mantras and executing zones, presses, etc so when we didn't win enough of the ball we often lost, and sometimes lost badly.
Since then we have been gun shy about recruiting smaller frame, faster/agile players. I think the majority of our rookie spots should be used on indigenous players, bring back some of our retired indigenous players, put them on the payroll and setup an indigenous program here which helps players who struggle when moving to Melbourne by having the support structure here in place to help them. I'd love to see LT back at the club in a leadership role, he is a great guy and would be a wonderful role model. I think indigenous players naturally have the kind of traits we are lacking as a club and it isn't a surprise as we have moved away from recruiting as many indigenous players as we used to that it has become a problem for us now.
I think indigenous players naturally have the kind of traits we are lacking as a club and it isn't a surprise as we have moved away from recruiting as many indigenous players as we used to that it has become a problem for us now.
We have 5 blackfellas who all played senior footy last year - Jed, Jy, thekidyoung man in your avatar, Paul Ahern and Kyron Hayden. They are all pretty agile and good movers tho not necessarily typically fast.
What you mean is a typical indigenous small forward.
I tend to agree with the rest of your post tho.
He got to keep the gold chain at least.This bloke had some serious injections of pace
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Probably being harsh but I reckon Hall is an example of someone being fast but running (literally) into trouble.
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Probably being harsh but I reckon Hall is an example of someone being fast but running (literally) into trouble.
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For mine that was a coaching issue more than Hall's.
Time is not on his side, but a fit and firing Hall could be damaging (in a good way).
I note Pittard had similar issues until he understood where his mates were and kept improving.
I hope so. Tom Dyson probably suffered from that as well.
We have 5 blackfellas who all played senior footy last year - Jed, Jy, thekidyoung man in your avatar, Paul Ahern and Kyron Hayden. They are all pretty agile and good movers tho not necessarily typically fast.
What you mean is a typical indigenous small forward.
I tend to agree with the rest of your post tho.
It's his malicious nature.Just curious, why is Bont a dog?
Under the Scott era I can’t remember Atley ever really being tried on the wing.Wing is a position for high footy IQ players. There is a reason why Gibson and Dumont could make it there while Atley and Wood couldn't.
We tried him on the wing at the start of '13 or '14 I think.Under the Scott era I can’t remember Atley ever really being tried on the wing.
He played high hbf when he seemed to be unstoppable but opposition backmen seem to work out if they dragged him to the goal line they’d neutered his run and carry.
I always assumed it was a Scott problem not shifting him up the ground when this happened, not a footy IQ thing.
We tried him on the wing at the start of '13 or '14 I think.