Last game against the Dees with Pitto camped on the bench as part of the ruck duo consuming no rotations, we only used 68 of the available 75, how can that be, the more time contiguous time the rucks spend on the bench the more rotations there are for everybody else, maybe Melbourne doesn't run much! :o
Even worse for the assertion that Jack as 2nd ruck brings a benefit, when we first played and lost to Melbourne, with TDK and Jack as rucks, we only used 65 of 75 rotations. How can that be if the major benefit of having Jack rest is to make more rotations available for Mids? The truth is having Jack as 2nd ruck doesn't, because there is no a real world connection between the ruck configuration and rotations. Surely you are not asserting it all goes to Cripps or Walsh in a single rotation, that is having Jack play 2nd ruck means the likes of Cripps and Walsh spend more time off the field, good luck having the coach sell that to the board at contract time!
Even worse for the assertion that Jack as 2nd ruck brings a benefit, when we first played and lost to Melbourne, with TDK and Jack as rucks, we only used 65 of 75 rotations. How can that be if the major benefit of having Jack rest is to make more rotations available for Mids? The truth is having Jack as 2nd ruck doesn't, because there is no a real world connection between the ruck configuration and rotations. Surely you are not asserting it all goes to Cripps or Walsh in a single rotation, that is having Jack play 2nd ruck means the likes of Cripps and Walsh spend more time off the field, good luck having the coach sell that to the board at contract time!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"