07-25-2024, 01:14 AM
Leaving aside Carlton and GWS, you could ask 16 other clubs whether they would choose Charlie the slacker or Jesse the hardest working man in show business, and I bet all 16 would choose Charlie. I doubt very much those clubs would be quibbling about untested and unfounded comments on social media.
All communities develop over time a certain level of internal coherence, mainly through self referencing and self validation, but the "truths" held by those communities don't necessarily correspond to facts regarding the subject matter at hand. This is a reality that cannot be avoided. None of us have any clue wrt Charlie's training loads, injury status, game plan / game day instructions, taking a long term view on his role / game time etc. Personally, I doubt Voss, Weitering, Walsh and co would tolerate half ar$ed efforts, and if they do, then we are not a professional outfit : semi professional at best, corrupt at worst.
All communities develop over time a certain level of internal coherence, mainly through self referencing and self validation, but the "truths" held by those communities don't necessarily correspond to facts regarding the subject matter at hand. This is a reality that cannot be avoided. None of us have any clue wrt Charlie's training loads, injury status, game plan / game day instructions, taking a long term view on his role / game time etc. Personally, I doubt Voss, Weitering, Walsh and co would tolerate half ar$ed efforts, and if they do, then we are not a professional outfit : semi professional at best, corrupt at worst.