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our recruitment over the years has totally stuffed the place.WE have to get this years draft correct and last years well  21 yr old who hasnt played yet better pay of or else we will get mauled by media

Maybe Mick won't play him because he isn't ready?

Why doesn't Mick play Buckley? Buckley is 6 months older than Boekhorst but has only played 9 senior matches.

We have 2 rookies who are older than Boekhorst who haven't played a game yet. Why don't we play them if age is all that matters?

Mick said he is too light and not consistent enough....maybe he should have weighed him before Rodgers called out his name.
Buckley cant get a kick in the NB's...yet Mick has him in line for a game ahead of Boekhorst along with V. Rainbow....both have done nothing in the NB,s this season.
Yet Mick says he wont just give games to youth for the sake of being seen to rebuild.....
I dont know a coach who changes his logic daily and sends so many confusing messages to supporters/media like MM...maybe thats how he coaches on match day....

Is there some part of that that you can't understand.

We NEED to pick someone to come in to cover Yarran.

He is not going to pick a kid for the sake of picking a kid.
He does have to pick someone though.
Boeky is not ready, so that means he has to look elsewhere. Buckley and Rainbow are more ready by comparison.....as is Dick and Tutt which were all mentioned in the same breath.

Given that someone does actually need to come into the side in Yarrans absence...who do you want to come in?

Byrne to the half back flank...BB as sub....too easy...

The others cant get a kick in the NB's how can they be ready?..Micks idea of ready was Smith in rnd 1 and 2...go figure

Byrne to the half back flank...BB as sub....too easy...

The others cant get a kick in the NB's how can they be ready?..Micks idea of ready was Smith in rnd 1 and 2...go figure

So you want to play a kid who is deemed not ready and that is your solution?

Why are others who can't get a kick deemed ready??
Maybe because....
a) They are physically more mature.
b) They are mentally more mature.
c) They are not lacking in confidence in their own abilities.
d) A combination of any or all of the above

There are a million reasons why a player is deemed not ready, and why a player IS deemed ready.

Rather than acknowledge that is even a possibility, you'd prefer to say its a personal prejudice that Mick has setup to save his own bacon.

FMD you guys need to run your theories past someone before you post them for all to see.

Smith is the same weight, but 3 inches shorter.
Physically he is more ready for the bash and crash of AFL football. That is clear for everyone to see. That is why he got games early. He wouldn't get hurt.

Boeky is an outside runner who requires others to get him his football. Rainbow can get his own ball.

Look, i'm all for giving Boeky a run this week, but if anyone knows if he is ready, its the senior coach.

As mentioned above, maybe its just a mental/confidence thing.

Clarko was talking about coaching, specifically, with the benfit of hindsight and the information you had on hand at the time. Would you have done anything differently. He talked about Zac Dawson being left on Rocca early in his career. Rocca flogged him, ragdolled him and kicked plenty on him. Clarko and co thought they'd keep him on him as it would be good for his development. In hindsight, that shattered his confidence and Clarko admitted it was the wrong thing to do. Playing him too early, and putting him in a position he wasn't ready for set him back weeks.

But nah, Mick is only looking after his own interests and not that of the kid. Get a clue!

What about Watson and Graham?

Smith is the same weight, but 3 inches shorter.
Physically he is more ready for the bash and crash of AFL football. That is clear for everyone to see. That is why he got games early. He wouldn't get hurt.

Boeky is an outside runner who requires others to get him his football. Rainbow can get his own ball.

Look, i'm all for giving Boeky a run this week, but if anyone knows if he is ready, its the senior coach.

As mentioned above, maybe its just a mental/confidence thing.

Clarko was talking about coaching, specifically, with the benfit of hindsight and the information you had on hand at the time. Would you have done anything differently. He talked about Zac Dawson being left on Rocca early in his career. Rocca flogged him, ragdolled him and kicked plenty on him. Clarko and co thought they'd keep him on him as it would be good for his development. In hindsight, that shattered his confidence and Clarko admitted it was the wrong thing to do. Playing him too early, and putting him in a position he wasn't ready for set him back weeks.

But nah, Mick is only looking after his own interests and not that of the kid. Get a clue!