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There's just no way that's true. Coaches exist to identify talent and figure out ways to maximise that talent. They don't exist to sit on their arse, look at score cards and then select accordingly. Marsh has wasted his potential to this point, there's no doubt about that. But the fact that these people work with these players day in and day out and know what their games are is the reason they get selected. Anyone can do what you're doing and just read the stats. Hey why don't we just select our XI based on who has had the best stats in the Shield??knowledgeable person's eyes gave us Bailey.
knowledgeable person's eyes gave us Maxwell
knowledgeable person's eyes gave us Agar
and Doherty, and Beer, and Hastings, and Quiney and all the other ****ing stupid selections we've come up with over the last couple of years.
Everyone thinks they're a more knowledgeable person that they really are. Which explains the above decisions.
The game is smarter than all the knowledgeable eyes you can poke a stick in. The rare occasions the knowledgeable eye's pick one out of left field that come off are vastly outnumbered by the times they turn out to be duds. It comes off no more often than random chance would allow because largely that is all it is. Sticking with the numbers doesn't guarantee success on every occasion, but it greatly increases the odds. Coaches exist to try help players develop their abilities, not to delude themselves that the player in question is better than he really is.
The real world dictates that game styles is what counts when predicting success, pas success at a different level is a very poor indicator. The way you're painting selection out to be an exact science is just so far off the mark so please stop arguing against Marsh's selection based on stats it has nothing to do with the discussion.