Virgin Blue wrote:
Do coaches use YOUTH as a bit of a bulldust excuse sometimes?
Ratten used inexperience as an excuse for last weekend's atrocity.
I find it hard to believe inexperience is what led us to kick 0.5 in the first half, when you consider Adelaide had their fair share of youth …
Dangerfield 10 games
Otten 10
Vince 39
Symes 20
Moran 9
Mackay 27
Maric 34
Tippett 27
Walker 8
Joseph 9
Yarran 3
Armfield 14
Robinson 5
Austin 7
Kruezer 28
Jamison 27
Bower 32
Browne 14
Hampson 14
Nice of you to bring up those players - now how about we look at the players you have chosen in a bit more detail...
Dangerfield 10 games - 19yrs, 1mth, 84kgs
Otten 10 - 20, 87kgs
Vince 39 - 23 yrs, 7mths, 86kgs
Symes 20 - 23yrs, 10 mths, 82kgs
Moran 9 - 22yrs, 7 mths, 99kgs
Mackay 27 - 20yrs, 9mths, 72kgs
Maric 34 - 23 yrs, 4mths, 102kgs
Tippett 27 - 22 yrs, 100kgs
Walker 8 - 19yrs, 87kgs
Joseph 9 - 19yrs, 10 mths, 76kgs
Yarran 3 - 18yrs, 5 mths, 84kgs
Armfield 14 - 22yrs, 5 mths, 78kgs
Robinson 5 - 19yrs, 11mths, 79kgs
Austin 7 - 20yrs, 3mths, 89kgs
Kruezer 28 - 20yrs, 95kgs
Jamison 27 - 22yrs, 11mths, 87kgs
Bower 32 - 20yrs, 8 mths, 90kgs
Browne 14 - 20yrs, 3mths, 75kgs
Hampson 14 - 21yrs, 2mths, 95kgs
Notice anything? - Perhaps the following might help
1. 5/9 of the crows 'inexperienced players are 22+yrs of age (ie 55%). For the blues, we have 2/10 inexperienced players that were 22+yrs of age.
2. The average age of the crows 22+ players is approximately 23yrs 1mth (23.067yrs). If you took the equivalent bracket of players for the blues you would look at the oldest 6 players (ie 60%). The average age of the blues players in this group would be 21yrs 3mths (21.27 yrs). In effect, these crows players are about 22 mths older (which would translate to 2 extra seasons of development in the SANFL)
3. 1/9 crows players were listed as sub-80kgs. For the blues, 4/10 players are listed as sub 80kgs
4. 2/9 crows players were listed as 100+kgs (with another player at 99kgs). For the blues 0/10 are 100+kgs.
So would you like to revisit your proposition that inexperience was a bulldust excuse?