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Message: [QUOTE="theshed, post: 3354017, member: 2290"] Well, I wouldn’t go as far as saying Dearden, Croft, and Milford are highly talented because that will just lead to people not taking the point serious but yeah, coaching wisdom as old as time dictates that you pick your halves early and back them. I think it was a Jack Gibson philosophy that all good coaches have implemented. It is just interesting that Kev, Ikin, and DD have all insisted that stability is now the most important thing and yet we are on the dawn of round 1 and no one knows who the spine is going to be. That isn’t stability, it’s the opposite. Kev being so open about the battle for the 6 being wide open has only resulted in giving the media something to focus on all pre-season and now 3 journeymen and a 19 year old are being hyper analysed publicly like it’s the NSW origin halves selection candidates from a few years ago. Which probably isn’t fair on them. Now whoever is picked will have endless media comments about who they should’ve picked if they start the season a bit wobbly. I find it strange that after a year of coaching both Kelly and Gamble, and the other candidate being his own child that he didn’t have a strong idea of who it would be months ago. Tell them it’s up for grabs to encourage them to run harder at hill sprints but by the time the trials are here he should be doing a Bennett and backing the guy when asked who will play next to Reynolds “[blank] will be the 6. Ive discussed his role with him and I have full faith that he will do his job” [/QUOTE]

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