Re: 2018 Rd 17: Post Game whatever : Carlton vs Hawthorn
Reply #213 –
And Cripps' output was about normal, which proves my point. 30 disposals, 2 goals 1, 7 tackles. The tagger did little to quell his influence, and was effectively wasted. Even with their injuries, the Hawks could cover one man doing this job.
We have very limited resources. We can barely kick 80 points per game with 22 fit players and no taggers - how is playing 2 taggers going to help us ?
Whinging about tagging is one of the classic supporter lines. Through no fault of anyone of us, we are simply not privy to what happens in match committee meetings, in the coaches box etc. We can only react to simple scenarios - understandable but frustrating for all of us. Not playing a tag on Mitchell is part of a larger picture, which we don't know about.
When you have players kicking numerous set shots oof, when you have a team that are serial turnover merchants, when you have a team of kids and numpties struggling with zone defense, clearly Bolton has bigger problems than a tag.
I agree with most of that Paul. However, Cripps was quieter than usual in the first quarter and that had me thinking that he may have been concussed. I guess that clocking your opponent isn’t really tagging.
It’s interesting that Bolton is criticised for not tagging Mitchell when almost all other coaches do the same. As you point out, Bolton has other higher priority issues to address than tagging a bloke who will still rack up possessions.