fans mostly only remember great breaks, or huge errors, and the player gets forever labelled great or huge potential and must get more chances etc; or a liability. Sometimes it can be one break or one mistake.switchskier wrote:
See I think White has a reputation as a tactical kicker because it's better than the other bits of his Gabe, not because it's especially great. There is probably an element where fans get frustrated with the slow pace from the ruck but coaches see things that they like. Hope I'm wrong though.
Coaches see beyond that. Mainly because they watch the players over and over in many situations an varied conditions, while we see them occasionally and as above only remember some bits.
But yes coaches see things they like, if repeated week in week out
Similarly they see things they don't like
And most watching Vellacott remember the flashy breaks (in a dominant side against shit teams mainly this season), whilst some will have noted that his box kicking is shit and he is often a rabbit in the headlights. On Saturday we are playing a top side, in shit conditions. Game management and good kicking game essential.
