Team selection disection

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Kerridge is a more hardened AFL body and will stop the bleeding a bit but you have to ask is it worth playing him  or better getting games into kids like Dow and putting up with some big losses....or does that do more harm to Dow ?...I dont know and it probably depends on the kids themselves as some have the maturity and some dont when you throw them in the deep end.

Are you prepared to risk the kids by throwing them in the deep end, not knowing if they will handle the situation or not?

The answer to this question has nothing to do with potential or ability, it's a learning curve. The problem we have at the moment is that we have almost not role models on the field, nobody sharing the load with the kids.

The world stands on the shoulders of those who came before us, AFL is no different!

Throw the kids in the deep end and ask them to sort themselves out, without some senior structure or previous knowledge in support, and you can end up with a team of flat earthers! :o  imho, the deep end survivor plan is just another "Lord of the Flies" scenario, and that won't take us anywhere fast, it won't deliver any consistency, and it won't be repeatable.

We need a structure that churns out 20 to 30 AFL ready 2nd or 3rd year players in a sensible time frame. Surely standing on the shoulders of someone who has come before them makes sense regardless of the individuals capacity to deal with situations! Isn't that what you do with your kids?