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Training - Monday, 19th November, 2012

Whispering_Jack
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Strauss has the reputation of being a great kick - and he appears to have a good technique - but under AFL pressure I'm not yet convinced he is. There hasn't been anything elite about his kicking in his AFL career to date

They said we got Maric because of his elite kicking. He was terrible.

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    Maric was a good kick, but his decision making was very average.

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    Maric was/is an elite kick. He just couldn't do it once he got tired.

    And with his running ability, this happened very quickly.

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    Maric was a good kick, but his decision making was very average.

    His first shot at goal for us was not even Auskick standard and to be quite honest I don't think his kicking was ever that good. Fortunately, as Todd said in his interview, they aren't going to draft players in future because they are a good kick, or a good mark, they have to have the whole package.

    The 4 pillars of Melbourne; sounds good.

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    Maric was/is an elite kick. He just couldn't do it once he got tired.

    And with his running ability, this happened very quickly.

    Maric had two great problems. First was a lack of work ethic, hence the fitness issues. Second was his ability to cope with pressure. He was a poor set shot because he had time to think about it, but occasionally he showed us some real magic with his field kicking. It just wasn't often enough, again due to a poor work ethic and inability to get the ball.

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    They said we got Maric because of his elite kicking. He was terrible.

    Strauss is a different animal, still hold hope for him.

    We need him to turn out to be a good one, we need his ilk. Needs belief

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    Why isnt Colin running

    He sure needs a better tank and should be working hard now if not injured.

    So he can have an excuse for failing to deliver in his 9th season...... (oh but I didn't have a full pre-season)

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    You mean except for his 83% disposal efficiency, the highest in the team, both this year and last year?

    I would say anything over 80% in regards to disposal efficiency is in the elite category.

    The % disposal efficiency stat can be misleading. A player can build up his %DE stat by chipping the ball around in the back line. I think any figure over 70%DE for kicks over 40m would be considered elite. Unfortunately I don't think they have a stat for that.
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    So he can have an excuse for failing to deliver in his 9th season...... (oh but I didn't have a full pre-season)

    Can't help yourself....Can You???.....lol..
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    Maric had two great problems. First was a lack of work ethic, hence the fitness issues.

    Where do you get this information from? i remember him two years in a row mentioned by coaches as fronting up to pre-season training in extremely good condition and improving his engine quite a bit. I never heard of negatives off field, and training reports were consistently positive about him.

    Maybe some are not good enough in the end.

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