I reckon you're onto something there Mackenzie. Lost a bit of "mongrel" I reckon, and, given how fastidiously Roly applied the tagger, and crucial it was to our 2013 game plan, - I agree - he's never really applied one since. We've had more of this Fyfe/Dangerfield head to head concept, or, simply just let great players roam free. ( ie Sam Mitchell, Pendlebury, Scott Thompson, Rockliffe ) .
Its almost as if RoLy went to one of those coaches bbq's that Gillon puts on, and they all agreed to eliminate the close tagger. Not a bad thing for footy, mind you, but the complete antithesis of what RoLyball was about....