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Rightly or wrongly I have recently taken exception to the treatment of Everitt and his inability to get a game ahead of others.
I am not happy with the precedent we have set with selection and I think we are sending a poor message to our younger players, this message goes deeper than our week to week performances, it affects the fabric and culture of our club.
It appears the coaches are happy to show faith in our experienced players despite continually performing poorly yet our younger players i.e. Everitt are not given the same luxuries. It is hard to argue that he doesn't have the runs on the board when he is not given the opportunity, he was good before his injury and others have been poor since but for some reason he is on the outer.
How can our young players flourish without opportunity and more importantly without the confidence and support shown in them? Yet after the game Eade will complain the players are afraid of making mistakes and not being adventurous, perhaps the same philosophy should be adopted at selection.
I look at Sam Power and can see that somewhere between his drafting and trading he never fulfilled his potential, as we're all aware there are many factors that contribute to a players development that range from the club, the player as well as the environment. My biggest concern is that I believe one of the main reasons Sam Power never flourished is because he suffered from a fear of failure. He was a player who continually took the safe option and never took the risk and as such never reaped the rewards. In the past few weeks I have been hearing the same message used by our very coach when describing the teams overall performances. Unfortunately at the moment I look at Everitt and fear that he is slowly following the same path as Sam Power, a player who could play all positions but couldn't establish himself in any, a player who the coaches rated but struggled to identify how to utilise, a player who lacked in confidence due to the lack of confidence shown in him.
As Bulldog supporters we cry out for loyalty and despise the likes of Nathan Brown for leaving for a better offer and fear Harbrow leaving for GC yet as a club do we really show loyalty to players once they become surplus to our needs? I completely understand why someone like Everitt would look elsewhere for better career opportunities, at the end of the day this is his livelihood and he needs to look after his own best interests. As a club we did not want to lose Everitt last year out of fear of what he could become elsewhere yet we are happy to let him rot away in the reserves, in fact sometimes I think they would be happier that he stayed with us and never made it instead of being traded and becoming a genuine success elsewhere.
For better or worse I thought I would throw my thoughts out there to be scrutinised for the sake of conversation and argument. What are your thoughts on Everitt? Are we not utilising him correctly? Where should he be playing?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic as I value the opinion of others on this forum highly. Go Dogs!
I am not happy with the precedent we have set with selection and I think we are sending a poor message to our younger players, this message goes deeper than our week to week performances, it affects the fabric and culture of our club.
It appears the coaches are happy to show faith in our experienced players despite continually performing poorly yet our younger players i.e. Everitt are not given the same luxuries. It is hard to argue that he doesn't have the runs on the board when he is not given the opportunity, he was good before his injury and others have been poor since but for some reason he is on the outer.
How can our young players flourish without opportunity and more importantly without the confidence and support shown in them? Yet after the game Eade will complain the players are afraid of making mistakes and not being adventurous, perhaps the same philosophy should be adopted at selection.
I look at Sam Power and can see that somewhere between his drafting and trading he never fulfilled his potential, as we're all aware there are many factors that contribute to a players development that range from the club, the player as well as the environment. My biggest concern is that I believe one of the main reasons Sam Power never flourished is because he suffered from a fear of failure. He was a player who continually took the safe option and never took the risk and as such never reaped the rewards. In the past few weeks I have been hearing the same message used by our very coach when describing the teams overall performances. Unfortunately at the moment I look at Everitt and fear that he is slowly following the same path as Sam Power, a player who could play all positions but couldn't establish himself in any, a player who the coaches rated but struggled to identify how to utilise, a player who lacked in confidence due to the lack of confidence shown in him.
As Bulldog supporters we cry out for loyalty and despise the likes of Nathan Brown for leaving for a better offer and fear Harbrow leaving for GC yet as a club do we really show loyalty to players once they become surplus to our needs? I completely understand why someone like Everitt would look elsewhere for better career opportunities, at the end of the day this is his livelihood and he needs to look after his own best interests. As a club we did not want to lose Everitt last year out of fear of what he could become elsewhere yet we are happy to let him rot away in the reserves, in fact sometimes I think they would be happier that he stayed with us and never made it instead of being traded and becoming a genuine success elsewhere.
For better or worse I thought I would throw my thoughts out there to be scrutinised for the sake of conversation and argument. What are your thoughts on Everitt? Are we not utilising him correctly? Where should he be playing?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic as I value the opinion of others on this forum highly. Go Dogs!
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