BroncsFan
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- Jul 28, 2016
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I think there's enough talent in general, but there's not enough talent in the halves... and I'd say there's also not enough talent in the coaching.Those three squads really do highlight that there isn't even enough quality in the comp at the moment for14 or 15 teams, let alone 18 or 20.
All the coaches at the moment look to employ a 'META' playstyle based on whoever is the most successful for the period... panthers now, but there's been storm / Bellamy copy cats everywhere for the last decade.
In regards to the halves... it might've been the early to mid-2000's where every team seemed to have at least a competent half with a good kicking game to get them around the field. Locky, Johns, Gower, Barrett, Fittler, Dykes, Sherwin, Kimmorley, Orford, etc. but nowadays the halves come into grade and they all seem to be runners first and having a stock nothing kicking game.
There's basically only a handful of good kickers in the comp at the moment... Cleary, Moses, Reynolds and DCE.
Bhunt, Dearden, SJ, Hughes, Hynes, etc. are great creators and playmakers, but I'd say their kicking wouldn't be good enough to compete with the stock kickers from the 90's and 00's... the development of halves just seems to be down and has been down for awhile now.