02-28-2018, 11:12 PM
(02-28-2018, 10:18 PM)mateinone link Wrote:A large percentage of players have niggles and play through them though Paul it depends on what the injury is. It may very well have been something that was always going to clear up over time or need a clean up at season end. That is stock standard.
When I saw Weeters in 2016, I thought he will become the best player on our list - better than Cripps, better than anyone. He made everything look effortless, almost easy. When I saw him in 2017, I could hardly believe it was the same player.
I would adopt a horses for courses approach - if you're a Hodge type, at the end of a great career, then taking a risk with injuries may be ok. Playing Weeters injured was dumb - he didn't help the team, didn't help himself, and was ineffective and beaten too often. If they tried playing him for a couple of weeks, saw it wasn't working, then pulled the plug, that's fine. But to persist in a nothing season, with the risk of making the injury worse, was dumb.
I'm not anti Weeters - in fact, it's the opposite.