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Message: [QUOTE="Dazza 92, post: 3032815, member: 8727"] ..with analytics becoming more prevalent in the game, its obvious that you need to be ahead of that curve and not behind it....that was never the Bennett methodology but it appears Siebold is more attuned to it. As for your well made point regarding kicking for meterage, many teams prefer the pin point 40meter bomb to create a contest. Sure, kicking for ground is a sound tactic, you gain field position but give the opponent a set of six. By isolating one particular player with a bomb (and I must preface this; you need a skilled kicker who can repeat this in most game scenarios) you can gain, say 30-40 metres but can have runners come through and pressure the isolated kick-returner and maybe 1 out of 10 kicks actually force a mistake/turnover. you sacrifice maximum metres for a chance to force a mistake...then you have the advantage in territory. you also have to consider the quality of wingers these days when they get a head of steam up you can actually 'lose' ground from kick returns... What im saying is; both methods have merit, and just because you do one all the time over the other doesn't mean its a bad play, you are simply playing the percentages of 1-10 turnover from the bomb as opposed to 1-100 from clearing kick (unless you Oates, then id slash those odds..!!) :rooock: [/QUOTE]

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