Do we take on another ruckman in 2020? Soldo's knee will cost the guts of two years. And CJ is a prospect not a performer.
Whether we do will be heavily influenced by how we rate both Soldo and CJ.
First to our benchmark Toby Nankervis. He polled 2.55 votes per game in the 2020 JDM. Club leader. Therefore Richmond rates Toby Nankervis its best player in 2020. Demonstrated.
Furthermore Nankervis was out of form at times due to just being out of form. But at others was recovering from injury. He was hampered this year and still blitzed our club rankings. Better than that Martin bloke. And better than Short.
So there's our benchmark. Club champion Toby Nankervis.
Ivan Soldo in peak career form averaged 1.07. All players who averaged 1.33 or under were dropped or seldom played. So. But for needing a replacement for Nank or a second ruck Soldo would not have played. Except possibly to develop him. Soldo's place on the park was in some jeopardy IMO prior to his injury.
And had there been a reserves with another player flourishing Soldo would have been chopped. By the JDM benchmarks. FWIW I think Soldo's place on the list is at some risk come end of 2022.
Enter CJ. If we think he can come on we may not take another ruck this year. This is not necessarily about 2021 but 2022 and beyond.
At this stage I'm saying CatB rucks are not a factor. Colina not a factor. A roll of the dice not a banker.
Back to CJ. Our coaches have seen a lot of CJ. And ours are very clever coaches. We already have a very informed view of the likelihood of CJ's succeeding, of his ceiling, of time frame.
If we take a ruck this draft (not CatB) we can draw the conclusion that RFC is pessimistic about CJ. We have established above that Soldo has a low rating.
Further to all of this it's possible that we would take a ruck these drafts but don't rate any of them. We're very choosy at draft time.
What's more we may just take on an experienced hack as insurance against another injury.
We live in fascinating times.
(Thanks to @Ice for the JDM averages.)
Whether we do will be heavily influenced by how we rate both Soldo and CJ.
First to our benchmark Toby Nankervis. He polled 2.55 votes per game in the 2020 JDM. Club leader. Therefore Richmond rates Toby Nankervis its best player in 2020. Demonstrated.
Furthermore Nankervis was out of form at times due to just being out of form. But at others was recovering from injury. He was hampered this year and still blitzed our club rankings. Better than that Martin bloke. And better than Short.
So there's our benchmark. Club champion Toby Nankervis.
Ivan Soldo in peak career form averaged 1.07. All players who averaged 1.33 or under were dropped or seldom played. So. But for needing a replacement for Nank or a second ruck Soldo would not have played. Except possibly to develop him. Soldo's place on the park was in some jeopardy IMO prior to his injury.
And had there been a reserves with another player flourishing Soldo would have been chopped. By the JDM benchmarks. FWIW I think Soldo's place on the list is at some risk come end of 2022.
Enter CJ. If we think he can come on we may not take another ruck this year. This is not necessarily about 2021 but 2022 and beyond.
At this stage I'm saying CatB rucks are not a factor. Colina not a factor. A roll of the dice not a banker.
Back to CJ. Our coaches have seen a lot of CJ. And ours are very clever coaches. We already have a very informed view of the likelihood of CJ's succeeding, of his ceiling, of time frame.
If we take a ruck this draft (not CatB) we can draw the conclusion that RFC is pessimistic about CJ. We have established above that Soldo has a low rating.
Further to all of this it's possible that we would take a ruck these drafts but don't rate any of them. We're very choosy at draft time.
What's more we may just take on an experienced hack as insurance against another injury.
We live in fascinating times.
(Thanks to @Ice for the JDM averages.)
