Re: Team selection disection
Reply #95 –
Hodge, Lewis etc you can throw in the deep end and they handle it and become massive players for their club and quickly, Jonathan Brown was another, just a hard unit at 16 playing vs men down at Warrnambool, , Voss was another, the Scott boys, Joel Selwood, I wont count Gary Ablett jr as he was an exceptional talent.....Sticks was another who thrived as a young man being captain, Ricciuto another.....there is a common theme though, these players were mentally tough for what ever reason and were young men not young boys....we get too many boys...
Hmmm.
I think you are ignoring the environments that these guys all started playing football in granted they are tough as nails, but sometimes the difference between looking tough and being tough is simply being taught how to handle yourself on field.
Even our own Patrick Cripps had the benefit of having Chris Judd even if it was a short time.
Anyway going back to the question of Kerridge its a simple equation.
Is the team playing like it lacks belief in its ability to compete? For me, certain players are (they are learners). That means that they need someone who can help them walk a bit taller, and IMHO, Kerridge is one of those players.