I dunno, I'm pissed at Dugan but if he's experiencing what he says he's experiencing (chronic knee pain , arthritis etc) and given advice to stay off it to minimise the inevitable struggle through the year with it...I wonder if I'd do the same.
His independent doc's have his welfare in mind first, club doc's want him on the field as a priority and will be running with a 'youll be in a lot of pain but you can't make this injury worse, so go 'earn your spot' like coach wants and deal with the pain in your own time.'
I know it's a grey area when there's a $900k pay packet on the table.. but a part of me (as someone who suffers chronic neck, knee and wrist pain from fkn footy injuries) understands his approach.
Morris as coach...he can do whatever he wants and set whatever goalposts he thinks will motivate a squad, Dugan may not fit into those parameters and that's fine. But I think if I were in his shoes I'd have wanted Dugan and Morris in their best positions sewed up until they lost their position, rather than this 'anyone can put their hand up for a jersey' game which we know Morris always had the plan to gift it to Xerri and Ramien.
I'll wait to see how bomber's approach goes and I think it's a fine one, but I don't think it speaks to the squad we have... But the squad we allllmost have. More unsettled players and positional confusion like last year is dangerous .. but I think he's playingto prep for 2022 once these guys are off the books (also dangerous).
Uhhh... Really rambling here I stop typing now. I'm Kent Brockman .
