02-29-2024, 11:42 AM
(02-29-2024, 09:47 AM)Lods link Wrote:He's not a young lad but after only 16 games at AFL level you would think he's still getting a feel for the speed and pressure.
I can't recall any of the incidents you talk about but if they occurred it probably happened because he's still getting used to the intensity.
Problem is personal bias often plays into this.
When we perceive a problem we look for it.
Hopefully it doesn't diminish the good aspects of a player and the positives they bring.
When does perception turn into bias?
When we recruited him, I didnt understand why, but then I saw his kicking on his highlight reel, and I thought OK...it's something worth exploring.
The i saw him play and that kicking was nowhere to be seen, in fact it was flat out terrible....but so was everything else he did. He looked like a deer in headlights. Completely overawed by the situation.....and it didn't improve.....at least for a for a couple of years.
He played 1 good game and credit to him, but plenty of nobodies have played 1 good game, or even 7 and still not had 'it'.
I've got nothing against the lad, I actually had a quick chat and got his autograph for my kids at auskick last year. I'm just not convinced of anything until he can do it for longer. As I said, LOB had shown more and more often at a younger age and was still deemed not up to it, difference is the position he is playing more so than how he is playing though.