04-25-2017, 04:26 AM
There is a LOT of different messages coming through with Harry McKay.
I have not been the only one who has noted that he tends to start much better than he ends, and that his sprints later in the game are lacking the same purpose that appears early in the game. The natural suggestion is that his tank is not AFL standard yet.
However, information has come to my attention from a number of sources that suggests that harry runs around a LOT more than most forwards. His tracking data suggests he runs around more than our mids!
That does not sound like a guy with a smallish tank.
So, what IS his problem? I'm not sure yet. I am guessing when I say that he is wasting his energy when he cannot get the ball. As he learns the caper better, he'll probably run less, but to better positions more often. Because he needs to have that sprint and leap left in the last quarter.
Harry's kicking is another issue. I don't know if he is spending time with Rocca, but he should be. There are times when he can kick the ball through the eye of a needle, and there are others when Casboult's kicks look better. If he works on his drop, he could be deadly, as he has excellent depth in his kicks. But at the moment he is something of a hit or miss often.
I really don't want to rush our kids too much. Most of these guys have displayed enough to think they will be long term options. And yes, we DO need t get games into them. But we also to carefully manage them, to keep their confidence from dropping too much. In future year's their self belief will be as import if not more important than their fitness. In the 1970's and 1980's, the will to win got us over the line a lot. That is what we want from these guys.
Cuningham might be ready for another try. He is not a 4 quarter player yet, but his work at Jones' feel was most impressive. Having that dash from the centre would be something that Sydney would NOT expect.
I have not been the only one who has noted that he tends to start much better than he ends, and that his sprints later in the game are lacking the same purpose that appears early in the game. The natural suggestion is that his tank is not AFL standard yet.
However, information has come to my attention from a number of sources that suggests that harry runs around a LOT more than most forwards. His tracking data suggests he runs around more than our mids!
That does not sound like a guy with a smallish tank.
So, what IS his problem? I'm not sure yet. I am guessing when I say that he is wasting his energy when he cannot get the ball. As he learns the caper better, he'll probably run less, but to better positions more often. Because he needs to have that sprint and leap left in the last quarter.
Harry's kicking is another issue. I don't know if he is spending time with Rocca, but he should be. There are times when he can kick the ball through the eye of a needle, and there are others when Casboult's kicks look better. If he works on his drop, he could be deadly, as he has excellent depth in his kicks. But at the moment he is something of a hit or miss often.
I really don't want to rush our kids too much. Most of these guys have displayed enough to think they will be long term options. And yes, we DO need t get games into them. But we also to carefully manage them, to keep their confidence from dropping too much. In future year's their self belief will be as import if not more important than their fitness. In the 1970's and 1980's, the will to win got us over the line a lot. That is what we want from these guys.
Cuningham might be ready for another try. He is not a 4 quarter player yet, but his work at Jones' feel was most impressive. Having that dash from the centre would be something that Sydney would NOT expect.
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