Give Harry a go

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Could someone please explain to me all the comments about "Harry's not ready", "... needs more time", etc.

Is he injured? Is he immature for his age? Needs more time for what? We drafted him at pick 10. When I open my 2016 Carlton Season Guide there's a 2 page spread with McKay one one side and Weitering on the other. Why was Weits deemed ready for R1 yet a full 2 years later we're still waiting for Harry? He's taller and heavier than Weitering.

Most would agree you can throw a blanket over the first 10 picks in a draft - maybe even the first 20 - and be assured of getting quality.

Knowing Carlton and our recent history of stellar recruiting and player development  :, what's the bet we made the wrong call and should have played Harry while holding Weits back.

EDIT: Probably just exposed my own ignorance after realising we're talking about a future ruckman.  Still, if he's fit, he should have played on Saturday. I thought he showed enough in the 2 games he played towards then end of last year, but I guess that's what this thread is all about.

As far as I know we didn't recruit McKay as a ruckmen, although it's a given someone his size will eventually do some ruck work. He and his brother have always been KPPs at either end of the ground. Size isn't primarily what makes a ruckmen, Kreuzer and is the perfect example of that.

At the moment I think our structures are FUBAR, we have Marchbank who is Weitering size and playing him in a Simmo style running HBF role, while Simmo, Plowman, Byrne and Mullett are also playing a Simmo type running HBF role. I'm not even sure Marchbank is a good enough decision maker or ball user to be in that role, and I doubt he's a better intercept mark than Weitering, Marchbank is certainly not a better ball user than Weitering.

We seem to be obsessed with having our better players be utility types, why do we let that happen. I don't see Harry Taylor chasing forward pockets up the field or playing as a defensive forward. Taylor hardly left D50 for the first 5 years of his career!