Re: Round 1 2015
Reply #73 –
I am not saying soft, I'm just saying fear factor. They don't scare the opposition in what is a gladatorial sport.
We can't forget the fear factor in football... Check out what the whorks did to Sydney.
With all due respect, my personal view on this whole "fear", "toughness", "hard" thing is a crock of crape. To be selected to play AFL at the highest level on a consistent basis, you need to be be courageous by default I reckon. ALL players go where angels fear to tread week in week out. Some shirk a few contests or duck their heads, most of us would pass out before it happened. Football talent aside, thats what sets them apart from those in the lower levels of football and mere mortals like us who type on keyboards. I don't see fear in the eyes of any AFL player who crosses that line, no matter their size, shape or team they play for. What I do see is more desperation and more drive to succeed and achieve by some players over others. Take Hodge for example. People go on about him like he is the toughest, most fearsome man to ever don football boots. I don't think other players fear him nor are they intimidated by him. But what he does do is lead his side extremely well by demanding a hard at it and honest contest by all his players for 120 mins 25 odd times per year. His pursuit of success and the holy grail is unrelenting. Bend or break the team rules are their are drastic consequences and he has instilled this attitude in all his team mate. Control C control V the above for Selwood. They just never give an inch or give up. Do I think Gibbs or Murph are scared of blokes like Hodge or Selwood? No. I think they want to be like them, and emulate them. Problem is you can become it, you are born that way.
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