Coach Eyes v Fan Goggles

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I think Hayes thrives at VFL level because his extreme aerobic capacity sees him playing midfield and running hard all day long.

But at AFL level he's a bit small and light and not so fast relative to others, so the Dogs played him as a small forward, that took away Hayes principle weapon which is the hard running and he had no speed advantage.

Hayes might be a backup alternative to Owies or Fisher, if we allow him to get up the field, but then we have blokes like Stocker, Carroll and Honey languishing in the VFL and I think they have more AFL tricks.