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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3682450, member: 9052"] True and very good points... I think in this instance it can come down to the level of maturity that the club and coaches think they have in Willison, and basically how much trust does the coaching staff have in Willison. We've got him until 2027 now... so the risk of him seeing the bench as a demotion is lessened... because it can be part of development... if he has the maturity to really take ownership of that bench rotation and really owning that role... it becomes a massive strength to the forward pack. NAS has basically been impact off the bench up until the last couple years. There's been a few times where Willison has been required to basically own the middle of the field without the big guns there... Dogs Rd 20 in 2023 when the origin players were rested comes to mind and Dragons at Suncorp in 2022... he was out there with a middle of him, Gamble and Kobe... super small and he was the only genuine big on the field plus he was a baby faced rookie... he's also shown in rep games like the all stars where he just injects impact and puts it on himself to own the middle. It looks like he has the maturity to take on the role of being a leader in the middle... whereas I feel like being the 3rd middle to Patty and Payne doesn't require that compared to what's needed on the bench.. next to those two you just need to do a job. In the situation you put forward consideration also has to be put on Kobe being part of the middle and whether that 17 jersey goes to BTK or a hybrid edge/middle... that 17 jersey is way up in the air with Madge coming in versus it being an afterthought in a Kevvie rotation. But assuming it's a hybrid ... would you rather a bench of Kobe and Jensen coming on for Haas and Willison... or Kobe and Willison coming on for Jensen and Haas. Personally I think Willison and Kobe are a good pairing to come off the bench and joining Patty... In saying that what do we do with Patty so he's not playing near 80mins every game also has to come into it... I'm still wanting Kobe to be a hybrid, which allows BTK to be on the bench... and holy shit that is some kind of bench. A lot of questions for Madge to answer, but I think he has the cattle there for a solution and I'm interested to see what he does with them. [/QUOTE]

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