Rd 18: Pre Game Premonitions: Carlton vs Brisbane

[kruddler]

Keepings off at either end requires a level of skill, we have too many poor decision makers/kickers to get cute with the ball....Weitering kicking short across goal being an example.

Get 'cute' ?

We are taking the higher % options. That is the opposite of getting cute.
We don't have the skill to get cute.

Weiterings kick was terrible, but the exception not the rule. Every team has 1 of them a week, perhaps not as bad as that, but same end result at least.

We are focussing on defense so it becomes second nature.
It takes a team to defend but an individual can kick a goal.

Get the structures, culture and habits correct to build a solid team defence, and then sprinkle in a few x-factors down the track to assist in the attacking side of things.
Someone like Pickett for example could be that x-factor. Even Boeky could come into his own with a better team. Allow him to be the outside run, carry and create player.
We could always re-draft Yarran. 

Of course, we still need a target or 3 to kick too, but i've done that to death.