a safer bet to be what? a squad player?wixfjord wrote: ↑September 1st, 2021, 7:16 pmThere's definitely merit, but in order to do that, you have to not select someone else who may have a better pedigree, more polished and be a safer bet. And we'd have huge complaints if that happened too.
So it's an impossible situation.
It strikes me that if any player slips through the Leinster net and turns out to be a test level there'll be complaints about 'mistakes'. I think that's a very simple reading of the situation.
In fact that's what the system is designed to.
I don't consider Beirne a 'mistake' for example. If you had the context that Leinster had when he left you would've made the same decision.
You can't get 100% of decisions about guys who are 19/20/21 right, it's just not possible.
better pedigree? what does that mean? he went to Michaels or Blackrock? he was really good at JCT or SCT level?
It can be very position dependent but when it's a position where size/athleticism is at a premium, a 6'7 110kg+ super athlete shouldn't be considered a risk not worth taking.
One of Leinster's biggest issues is a lack of premium athletes at certain positions, this is down to the narrow base of players that leinster relies upon for talent. When a raw athlete emerges from outside the talent base, leinster should be all over that player and giving him every chance to make it, not the opposite.
No one is asking for 100% decision making, you are the only one bringing that up, rather a less conservative decision making and a broadening of the talent base.
