Yeah, what was that all about? Is that the new narrative? I think he said we 'fluked' our small forward line.
It's an odd proposition given Bolton didn't play in the 2017 flag but Castagna, Rioli, Lambert and Butler did.
To give him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he simply meant we'd run out of options and ran with the small forward line in lieu of satisfactory second/third talls.
My memory is that the small forward line was a deliberate ploy, based on pressure and ground ball wins, and there was nothing flukey about it.
Butler playing throughout the season from round 1, on the back of an average 2016 in the VFL, supports that notion.