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The way the game has changed to a form of "keepings off" is well summarised in the fact that in the 50 /60's, Hugh Mitchell of Essendon was known as the "Scarlet Pimpernel" because of his (unusual) ability to get away by himself. Now...?
In a way it is amazing that the game did not go this way a lot earlier because there is an inescapable logic about retaining possession. We might have loved the spectatcle of kicking to a pack (& hoping)...but as a policy designed to retain possession / kick goals / win games, it does not have much to commend it!
So here we are...& I don/t like it as a steady diet...so there has to be some tinkering to deny the logic from its fullest / worst expression...or the game will eventually not be "the game".
In a way it is amazing that the game did not go this way a lot earlier because there is an inescapable logic about retaining possession. We might have loved the spectatcle of kicking to a pack (& hoping)...but as a policy designed to retain possession / kick goals / win games, it does not have much to commend it!
So here we are...& I don/t like it as a steady diet...so there has to be some tinkering to deny the logic from its fullest / worst expression...or the game will eventually not be "the game".
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