2018 Rd 17: Post Game whatever : Carlton vs Hawthorn

[Bear]

I was thinking the same thing.
Lot's of folk asking why Mitchell was allowed the free reign...even the commentators.
If it was that obvious to everyone.
Blind Freddy would have tagged him.
The answer to the question is..there must have been a reason.

Mitchell does get a lot of cheap low impact possessions... of course if you get 46 of them it starts to have a lot of impact.

So i think there is a thought that you are better off stopping Smith, and maybe going head to head with Mitchell. Mitchell did have 43 possessions (not sure if he was tagged, but Fagan was coaching) last week and they lost.

That might be ok if you have some midfield depth... but we don't.