The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

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I can see the similarity and I can see the potential for De Koning to develop into a Blicavs type ruck man, but we need patience. You don’t need to look back too far to see that Blicavs was labelled a spud by all and sundry. And now regarded as one of their most important players.

We are sh!zen at Carlton when it comes to assessing the long term viability of players, we seem to think the rate of rise somehow is a measure of the peak value, too many stock brokers in the chain of decision making.

If the rate of rise meant anything Walsh would have three Brownlows and be getting 50 possies a game by now. A player like Walsh was at 100% from day one, but he can never be more than 100% no matter how long he plays! He can't even greatly improve on consistency because he's already well above average.