Re: Teague - Selecting Battlers over talent.
Reply #15 –
Im not sure there were many other options on hand. Last few weeks in the VFL our tallest players forward have been 184cm until De koning returned. Playing him first up against a side sitting 8-0 was probably not going to end well, particularly if we needed the run to try and get on top via other means.
It all changes if we got torrential rain. We didnt. In that equation though, he picked the winning strategy. THAT is the point.
I'm sorry Thry but picking a team in the hope of torrential rain is fanciful. We could have had Noah's flood and May and Lever would still have knocked up getting intercept possessions.
Yes, injuries have reduced our taller options but Kennedy is 188cm, Carroll is 187cm, and Honey is 184cm. Even Williamson, at 190cm, could have played as a half forward and forced a match up with a tall defender.