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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2524585, member: 8215"] Hayne to five-eighth to me is one of those dick-head decisions by people who put too much merit in stats and overthink things. Can't remember the coach before Kearney (Anderson?), but they were the first to try it. Basically looked at his phenomenal stats for assists (both try & LB) and thought "that's what you need from a half!", as well as the fact that a lot of the time he seems to fade in & out of games. "Let's throw him in the halves, that way he [I]has[/I] to get involved". But it's a crock. And a mirage. It's the same reasoning as a few years ago the Cowboys were looking at Thurston - they looked at the stats and saw that one out of (for example) five times he touches the ball, he makes something happen, like a bust, a break, or points. So the brains trust decided, I kid you not, that they should give him the ball as often as possible. Twice the touches = twice the points. Genius. Of course it backfired. It simply wore him out, trying to make something from nothing. It's the same scenario with both players. Thurston still gets involved 400% as much as Hayne, but the trick is, you give them the ball when they want it, not just for the sake of it. Those two have amazing vision, they know what the defence is doing and can crack it open like few others. You put Hayne at 5/8, force him to get involved when there is no reason to, and it'll just water down his brilliance. It is so stupid and counter-productive, not to mention over-thinking, that I just[I] know [/I]that Ricky is frothing at the mouth at the thought of Hayne touching the ball twice as much. [/QUOTE]

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