POlly, you missed "Yeeessss, the cameras will be on me while I throw it up"
Clarkson actually provided the reason why paying more free kicks will work, when he said " please pay them, for us and against us, we’ll adjust.”
The coaches will force players to play to the rules, if the rules are going to be enforced. If the coaches think they can force the umpires and AFL to change to what they want, a la the flood, the Roos/Lyon game plan etc, they will instruct their players to play to that style. It's all in the hands of the umpires, to open the game up by enforcing the rules. Don't blame the players or the coaches, blame the administrators and the umpires board.