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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 1109564" data-attributes="member: 55747"><p>I'm speculating a bit but think what killed them was the penalty/lineout and who throws the line out change in the rules. </p><p>When the rules were penalty for team A--> Team A kicks it, finds touch --->team B throws in the line out, the choice team A faced was the following </p><p></p><p>- go really long and i find touch. Line out, their throw in but i gained meters</p><p>vs</p><p>- go really long and miss touch. They counter but from far back as i gained meters. </p><p></p><p>You had incentives to try and go long, really long. The cost of missing touch was not that high. The purpose was territory as you would lose possession anyway (unless the receibed dropped the ball, course). </p><p></p><p>But when they changed the rules about who throws the ball in at the line out, that became a very, very different equation. In 99% of the situations you would chose to sacrifice 10-15 in the distance of the kick if that meant you kept possesion. </p><p></p><p>That changed how important the distance of the kick was. Less important ---> les incentives to use a type of kick from penalties that maximizes distance. </p><p>Also, half the times you want the bounce to be unpredictable, so it's a situational thing. It's a tool that might come in handy in some situations, key word being 'might'. </p><p></p><p>Am i making myself clear? Been a long time since those days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 1109564, member: 55747"] I'm speculating a bit but think what killed them was the penalty/lineout and who throws the line out change in the rules. When the rules were penalty for team A--> Team A kicks it, finds touch --->team B throws in the line out, the choice team A faced was the following - go really long and i find touch. Line out, their throw in but i gained meters vs - go really long and miss touch. They counter but from far back as i gained meters. You had incentives to try and go long, really long. The cost of missing touch was not that high. The purpose was territory as you would lose possession anyway (unless the receibed dropped the ball, course). But when they changed the rules about who throws the ball in at the line out, that became a very, very different equation. In 99% of the situations you would chose to sacrifice 10-15 in the distance of the kick if that meant you kept possesion. That changed how important the distance of the kick was. Less important ---> les incentives to use a type of kick from penalties that maximizes distance. Also, half the times you want the bounce to be unpredictable, so it's a situational thing. It's a tool that might come in handy in some situations, key word being 'might'. Am i making myself clear? Been a long time since those days. [/QUOTE]
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