Saving Mr Skinner

[jeemak]

Re: Saving Mr Skinner

I don't see the harm in leaving him on the list personally. There's not a lot of value in putting two years of what I hope is comprehensive development into a player that was always going to take some time to adjust to his surroundings and get his fitness up.

We need to treat him as a third year player next year, rather than a 23 year old player (who's age equivalent might have had five years in the system). It's obvious we need to cut the list deeply, though we need to be mindful that some of the players that have been developed over the last couple of years could be a better chance of making it than players that come in fresh, irrespective of their age and draft position.

[GVGjr]

Re: Saving Mr Skinner

I don't see the harm in leaving him on the list personally. There's not a lot of value in putting two years of what I hope is comprehensive development into a player that was always going to take some time to adjust to his surroundings and get his fitness up.

I'm probably of the same view unless the club doesn't think they can take him further. At the moment he's a fair way off the mark and we would need to be confident that further exposure to the professional AFL environment will help him get to where we want.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Saving Mr Skinner

I don't see the harm in leaving him on the list personally. There's not a lot of value in putting two years of what I hope is comprehensive development into a player that was always going to take some time to adjust to his surroundings and get his fitness up.

We need to treat him as a third year player next year, rather than a 23 year old player (who's age equivalent might have had five years in the system). It's obvious we need to cut the list deeply, though we need to be mindful that some of the players that have been developed over the last couple of years could be a better chance of making it than players that come in fresh, irrespective of their age and draft position.

Excellent point Jeemak.