Re: Round 17 Carlton vs Hawthorn Pre Game Pontifications
Reply #99 –
We shouldn't excuse Mick's lack of discipline. Of course if someone tells you one thing and says something else in the media you're going to have zero respect for them unless they make it very clear to you upfront that he's going to be talking crap to the media and even then you'd questiontheir integrity.
Not excusing it.
Not by any measure, but I have seen many instances where different interpreations of the same comment draw the ire of people sometimes, and sometimes not with the comments being pretty much the same sort of thing.
What we don't have an understanding of in this instance, is what Kristian Jaksch, and Barker have in terms of a relationship, nor what Barker's actual thoughts of Jaksch games are. He is simply sending a message of not being dictated to by media surrounding Jaksch and when he will play senior footy.
All that aside, we are ignoring something about Jaksch.
1. He had that shocking foot injury during pre season.
2. He punctured a lung vs Richmond.
3. He has been a little out of his depth thus far at AFL level, and we need to look after his best interests.
Playing him vs Hawthorn is a natural reaction for us, because we want to see what he can do, and largely most people here don't see Liam Jones as a viable forward option. All of that is fine, but currently, Jones is more consistently competitive at AFL level and Jaksch doesnt have the greatest base to go on and make an impact so shielding him from the past 3 or 4 games is probably better for him as a player, than putting him against one of the better defenses in the AFL (if we want to play him forward) and ruining whatever confidence he may have built thus far about making the grade.
Again, the comment in itself isnt the problem. Its the interpretation. We start forgetting what the coach and think about the agenda of the bloke asking the question (drawing this reaction, and perhaps creating another story for themselves in liew of any real news to write about) and we take that power away from the media, and we can worry about the serious stuff like getting the best out of our footy club.
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