Drugs Are Bad Mackay?
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- May 24, 2006
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Having a look at the two ends of the ground and we appear a bit top heavy up front and a bit small down back. I'm sure the club is aware of this.
Are we making a personnel based decision?
Forward line
Walker - leader, when fit clearly our best forward. Must play.
Himmelberg/Frampton - we need someone to compete under a high ball who can bring it to ground. Also need someone to back up ROB. Must play.
Thilthorpe - Pick 2, we're rebuilding, already showing signs. Must play.
Fogarty - early pick, we're rebuilding, in his make or break 4th season. Now or never. Must play.
We don't want any of the guys listed above not to play so find a way to fit them all in. Then design the structure around that. Maybe TOG drops into the low 70% for these guys, Fog can play some midfield minutes, Riley can start up on the wing at times.
It's much easier to leave out one of the younger small forwards or half forward/mids even if in an ideal world our structure was faster and more mobile.
So we're compromising our structure to do what is best in terms of achieving our personnel goals.
Back line
Jordon Butts, our one true tall. Doedee being asked to play taller. Smaller/medium players around them.
We could go taller if we wanted to. Murray, McAsey and Worrell are all sitting outside the team.
Is it difficult though for us to justify dropping Jake Kelly who is probably playing the best football of his career, has banked several years of experience, high work ethic, courage etc. Is it easier for us to leave Murray, McAsey and Worrell out of the team as they are young, have done less, don't have the runs on the board?
We can justify picking Kelly over Murray even though it leaves us a bit short. So we're compromising our structure to do what is best in terms of personnel. We're picking the most deserving players and then designing the structure around that.
Questions
Do you agree with the above - that we're picking the players first then designing a structure around that?
If so do you think it's the right way to go?
Is this approach specific to this season given that we're not gunning for finals so if we drop a game by having an unbalanced structure who cares?
Are we making a personnel based decision?
Forward line
Walker - leader, when fit clearly our best forward. Must play.
Himmelberg/Frampton - we need someone to compete under a high ball who can bring it to ground. Also need someone to back up ROB. Must play.
Thilthorpe - Pick 2, we're rebuilding, already showing signs. Must play.
Fogarty - early pick, we're rebuilding, in his make or break 4th season. Now or never. Must play.
We don't want any of the guys listed above not to play so find a way to fit them all in. Then design the structure around that. Maybe TOG drops into the low 70% for these guys, Fog can play some midfield minutes, Riley can start up on the wing at times.
It's much easier to leave out one of the younger small forwards or half forward/mids even if in an ideal world our structure was faster and more mobile.
So we're compromising our structure to do what is best in terms of achieving our personnel goals.
Back line
Jordon Butts, our one true tall. Doedee being asked to play taller. Smaller/medium players around them.
We could go taller if we wanted to. Murray, McAsey and Worrell are all sitting outside the team.
Is it difficult though for us to justify dropping Jake Kelly who is probably playing the best football of his career, has banked several years of experience, high work ethic, courage etc. Is it easier for us to leave Murray, McAsey and Worrell out of the team as they are young, have done less, don't have the runs on the board?
We can justify picking Kelly over Murray even though it leaves us a bit short. So we're compromising our structure to do what is best in terms of personnel. We're picking the most deserving players and then designing the structure around that.
Questions
Do you agree with the above - that we're picking the players first then designing a structure around that?
If so do you think it's the right way to go?
Is this approach specific to this season given that we're not gunning for finals so if we drop a game by having an unbalanced structure who cares?