So tell us. Why is he there. Don’t just say it’s not hard to work out as a cop out and tell us why? I’d love to here this
I have told you guys numerous times but as usual all you have done is deflect rather than actually offer any sort of counter when you haven't agreed with me. But for one more final time i will lay it all out so we can hopefully put this ridiculous back and forth to bed.
It's called a lack of quality in the player pool and investing in potential. Many coaches have tried to manufacture halves from players that have a strong athletic base as they would rather work off that and try and develop key skills as they go along. Jake was one of these players and you only have to go back and look at how well he was playing around the time he was breaking through and it was partly why he was shifted into the halves before being promoted to reserve grade. You also have to consider our circumstances and realistically 2023 is our target year for when we want to cement ourselves as genuine contenders in the NRL so we have some time to work with. Last season Jake was forced into the role because nobody else was good enough while there were also many things going on behind the scenes at training and off the field. The decision to invest in Jake was made there and he was always going to start the year in the halves. You also have to consider our playstyle, it looks certain that we're looking to play off offloads and quick play the balls and that's something Jake can potentially work off. Also what does Burton want? It's entirely possible he also had a say in who was partnering him considering Baz and the club basically treat him like royalty.
As i've said before things can change and what was best in the moment might now be in a month, a couple months or a year down the track. We ALL know he isn't a halfback now but some of us can understand why the decision was made and just want to be supportive even if we don't agree with it all. The carry on has also been ridiculous, Jake hasn't been great but he hasn't exactly been bad either. There has also been some improvements, good signs and some combinations building but you all just seem to totally ignore it and exaggerate every little thing he does wrong and even go as far as to make things up and its just stupid.
