Hunt has put the cue in the rack

[broncos4life]

It's like everyone in here are suffering from short term memory loss and can't remember a thing about Hunt at his best.

His best was back in 2015, it's a while ago to remember...

 

[Mr Fourex]

Ben Barba went alright, once upon a time as well......

 

[Super Freak]

You can guarantee all you want, but I won't go through the full footage of 50 odd games, besides the subjectivity of one's point of view makes a huge difference in how a game is perceived. Here's a fact though:

Gillett before Hunt: 0.38 tries per game
Gillett after Hunt: 0.12 tries per game

The same goes for line breaks, meters and runs from our best backrower.

Ah, pulling out stats without looking at any footage whatsoever. Unbelievable. Sounds like someone else on here..

Of course Gillett wasn't a contributing factor in that stat being that way due to constantly fucking up his runs.. Let me give a game to watch in regards to that stat. Round 9, 2015 vs Panthers.

See if you can spot what Gillett was doing wrong. That's just one of them...

 

[2ndPhase]

Well a better half, but if Marshall was to be picked it would be at halfback so that's my concern.



I agree with some of it, not with all of it. Benji's biggest issue for a long time is his inability to play square and crab across field, putting himself and his team under pressure. Now he's shown some good signs out there for Brisbane that he's looked to fix those issues, but he's had the luxury of playing the support role with Hunt being the dominant half.

My feeling is that Milf is now the dominant half. And that's how I think it should play out the rest of the year. The 7 will be on par with Milf or if its Knic for example Milf will be the main man.

My fear is that because of the role Milf has played the last 7 weeks, the fact that Hunts on the way out, as well as Hunts current form. The Milf/Hunt partnership will continue to be confusing at best.

If I'm looking for the best combination of 7 and 14, and the range of options it provides. I'd go with Knic and Benji. I know the response will be but what if Hunt finds peak form. But I think at this point, the best outcome is for Milf to know he holds the reigns and I'm confident he will continue to respond to that.

 

[Unbreakable]

So the pro-Hunt agenda has now reached the point where they're saying it's purely Gillett's fault that Hunt isn't good at his job anymore, unreal.

 

[Porthoz]

Ah, pulling out stats without looking at any footage whatsoever. Unbelievable. Sounds like someone else on here..

It can't be that Gillett kept fucking up his runs.. Let me give a game to watch in regards to that stat. Round 9, 2015 vs Panthers.

See if you can spot what Gillett was doing wrong. That's just one of them...

Right, it's Gillett's fault that he could score tries, make line breaks, more meters and runs with Peter Wallace of all people next to him, but not with Hunt...

And then Kodi comes into the scene and Gillett all of the sudden looks much more threatening, running lines and hitting holes when passes are better timed and placed, despite having practically forgotten what it's like.
I guess it must be an allergy of some kind to Hunt... couldn't be the half's ability to use his backrower.

 

[holdzy]

 

[Jason Simmons]

Right, it's Gillett's fault that he could score tries, make line breaks, more meters and runs with Peter Wallace of all people next to him, but not with Hunt...

And then Kodi comes into the scene and Gillett all of the sudden looks much more threatening, running lines and hitting holes when passes are better timed and placed, despite having practically forgotten what it's like.
I guess it must be an allergy of some kind to Hunt... couldn't be the half's ability to use his backrower.

To be somewhat fair to Hunt (a terrible idea I know) it appears as if Gillett can no longer score (or catch a ball put onto his chest) with even Cronk beside him...

But anyway, back to the Hunt bashing... Off with his head, I say!

 

[CaptainHook]

To be somewhat fair to Hunt (a terrible idea I know) it appears as if Gillett can no longer score (or catch a ball put onto his chest) with even Cronk beside him...

But anyway, back to the Hunt bashing... Off with his head, I say!

To be fair though most of the QLD team were poor. Gillett was bad but so was Cronk and a fair few others.

Gillett's best performances this year have come from Niko at halfback.

 

[Porthoz]

To be somewhat fair to Hunt (a terrible idea I know) it appears as if Gillett can no longer score (or catch a ball put onto his chest) with even Cronk beside him...

But anyway, back to the Hunt bashing... Off with his head, I say!

Well yeah, the whole concept has become foreign to him... :notsureifserious:

It did come back the second time around, only for Turboprop to take his legs from under him, making him the real (and unsung) hero for that try saver. With Kodi or Marshall, he could become as good for us in attack, as Cooper (or Hess now) for the Cows, or Cordner for the Chooks.

P.S. I know I look like a Hunt basher, but my argument is with people that keep finding excuses for him... anyway, to the gallows with him!

 

[Super Freak]

Right, it's Gillett's fault that he could score tries, make line breaks, more meters and runs with Peter Wallace of all people next to him, but not with Hunt...

And then Kodi comes into the scene and Gillett all of the sudden looks much more threatening, running lines and hitting holes when passes are better timed and placed, despite having practically forgotten what it's like.
I guess it must be an allergy of some kind to Hunt... couldn't be the half's ability to use his backrower.

I wonder how much you actually remember about 2010-2013. Because based on what you're saying there, you really should refresh that memory of yours.. Which as I said before, is shoddy at best.

But, Gillett is a contributing factor as to why that stat is the way it is. I've given you a game that proves that and there are many others, as well. But nah, it's all Hunt. It's not Gillett at all.

There is also Taylor's debut, where he was looking to put Gillett through a hole, but Gillett fucked up his run which forced Taylor to take a different option.

But hey, if you want to refuse watching the footage and keep making rubbish claims then you go right ahead. Maybe one day some of you will sit down and actually do some research for a change. Maybe. I'm not going to hold my breath. To be honest, that really is the first thing that should be done before making claims about any player.

 

[Morkel]

This is a joke thread. Hunt may be taking poor options, but it's not because he's phoning it it. It's the opposite, he's trying too hard. Will he come good? He did come good before his injury, so history says yes. Looking at the other options, Kodi went really well, albeit against lesser opposition. Marshall in his two games has had some wonderful touches but also been rotten in defence, as most of us suspected he might be. So **** it, Hunt stays until he shows he can't pick his game up.

 

[Huge]

I wonder how much you actually remember about 2010-2013. Because based on what you're saying there, you really should refresh that memory of yours.. Which as I said before, is shoddy at best.

But, Gillett is a contributing factor as to why that stat is the way it is. I've given you a game that proves that and there are many others, as well. But nah, it's all Hunt. It's not Gillett at all.

There is also Taylor's debut, where he was looking to put Gillett through a hole, but Gillett fucked up his run which forced Taylor to take a different option.

But hey, if you want to refuse watching the footage and keep making rubbish claims then you go right ahead. Maybe one day some of you will sit down and actually do some research for a change. Maybe. I'm not going to hold my breath. To be honest, that really is the first thing that should be done before making claims about any player.

Trouble is with you SF is your confirmation bias. You only SEE the parts of the game that support your presupposition. Not saying others don't do a similar thing. Hunts attracting attention because he's played poorly ever since his gf debacle. Before then the Broncos success papered over his obvious deficiencies.

 

[Super Freak]

Trouble is with you SF is your confirmation bias. You only SEE the parts of the game that support your presupposition. Not saying others don't do a similar thing. Hunts attracting attention because he's played poorly ever since his gf debacle. Before then the Broncos success papered over his obvious deficiencies.

You don't read many of my posts, do you?

If you did you would see that your statement there is incorrect.

 

[Unbreakable]

Gotta agree with @Huge on that one, you do practice confirmation bias quite frequently, you've listed 2 examples of Gillett running a poor line and you think that basically overrules everyone's opinion that Hunt isn't good at using our weapons on the right. How many examples do you think you could find of Hunt making the incorrect play, pass or kick down the right over the last few years SF? It'd be over 100.

 

[Huge]

You don't read many of my posts, do you?

If you did you would see that your statement there is incorrect.

Fair enough, I'm wrong often enough to know I'm capable of poor judgement. What I probably should say is be aware we all do this when we feel strongly about something. Gillett performances live and die on the timing of the pass and the efforts of the previous hit up and Hunt is spasmodic. Our team needs others to lift their games and Hunt is definitely not one without sin.

 

[Porthoz]

I wonder how much you actually remember about 2010-2013. Because based on what you're saying there, you really should refresh that memory of yours.. Which as I said before, is shoddy at best.

But, Gillett is a contributing factor as to why that stat is the way it is. I've given you a game that proves that and there are many others, as well. But nah, it's all Hunt. It's not Gillett at all.

There is also Taylor's debut, where he was looking to put Gillett through a hole, but Gillett fucked up his run which forced Taylor to take a different option.

But hey, if you want to refuse watching the footage and keep making rubbish claims then you go right ahead. Maybe one day some of you will sit down and actually do some research for a change. Maybe. I'm not going to hold my breath. To be honest, that really is the first thing that should be done before making claims about any player.

I never said Gillett is perfect, or didn't contribute. There is no black or white here!
Of course he will make mistakes, mistime his run, drop a ball, miss a tackle, etc... but that is definitely not the point.
I don't need to refresh my memory to be absolutely certain that Hunt is mostly responsible to the misuse of the right side attack at the Broncos. The facts and evidence are there for everyone to see, but hey... your "non-shoddy memory" says otherwise.

As highlighted by Huge and UB, confirmation bias is a big issue, not only with you, but with most people, including myself.

Remember that video you made about Hunt and Milford's kicking? To me, it absolutely confirmed he is by far the poorer kicker, despite a few excellent kicks in the midst of the mediocre majority, which confirmed my suspicions (or bias), based on what I expect from a halfback, which is at least a 75% efficiency and accuracy kick rating.
Other people viewed that video differently, to some the occasional great moment will trump their view and confirm their bias, like @Foordy 's example yesterday, where he mentioned a great kick by Hunt to justify his opinion, ignoring the fact that those are few and far between.

Secondly, if everyone had to go through 100 hours of footage before posting an opinion of a player on BHQ, this site would be a desert.
Besides, the mentioned confirmation bias would still reflect that person's opinion, because people will interpret images differently, according to what they are looking for. I mean, we have people arguing about slow motion replays and seeing things others see completely differently!

 

[JayPee]

I don't know how he has put the cue in the rack. It's not like he is not getting involved and playing with a dinner suit on. He has been out for weeks with a bad hamstring injury which are the worst to get right and he has came back with a new halves combination with most of his regular teammates out one of the weeks. Give him some time. Was pretty good before he went down injured I thought