As compared to his last two years at GWS for Freo Wilson had almost exactly the same number of possessions, same running bounces, same distance covered, same inside 50s, same number of behinds, but kicked 3 fewer goals in a 22 game season. It’s a weird barrow to push that despite that rather unusual consistency over a four year block across two teams, because he had one fewer shot at goal every 7 games he was somehow shackled by a coach.
I would like to see JLo play Wilson up the ground a little more, but I’m not sure if Wilson has the tank or interest to do it, and I’m not sure if asking a player to increase their running load at this stage of their career is helpful. Not everyone has to be a midfielder. If JLo sees value in keeping Wilson as an attacking halfback, smartarses like us say he should to be used in a more attacking way. If JLo tries to turn him into more of an attacking midfielder, smartarses like us ask why coaches need to turn everyone into a running machine, and Clive forbid he gets injured as a midfielder, because then everyone will blame the coach for overworking him.
I’m not convinced you can play S Hill and Wilson in the same backline, their kicking forward of centre would be useful, but at this stage of their career and recent injury history it might not be fair to ask them to play on the wing. Leaving either of them out if available is unthinkable.
Coaching. It’s hard.