Talk Time With The Timid Ranger Part III

After a cracking start to the year, Hot Pies followed their AFL affiliate by registering their first loss for the season last weekend, so the Timid Ranger has decided to ask the coach what happened and where future trades will go.

Coach Name: Daryl Hinton

Team Name: Hot Pies

Current Position: 2nd

Q: Daryl, a big thank you for chatting to the Timid Ranger this week. It really is appreciated when its so cold.
A: So it should be, requesting that I meet you at a River 130km from my house is a bit harsh and I am literally freezing
Q: Mmmm. Speaking of cold, the treatment you’ve given your backline is looking a bit that way, only two non-rookies in the set! Whats the theory there?
A: Well obviously Grimes had to be an immediate out last week, so I downgraded him. And you’ve got to be looking pretty hard for any backs worth having. Plus I will say that I have Gibbs and Scotland in my midfield who can also go back if needed.
Q: A brave move indeed picking all those rookies. Is this your only coaching crisis at the moment?
A: Having 6 Gold Coast players in my team will make this week a real battle. I’ll need to creatively manoeuvre everyone around, but 1 need 6 bench spots from somewhere and that won’t be easy.
Q: Do you even know who your back up ruckman Ryan Bathie is?
A: Not really, all I know is that he plays for Geelong and that he is probably fairly tall but that’s all I’ve got, I don’t expect him to play at all this season. Some would see that as a wasted selection, but in my eyes, it saved me money for other areas of the team, specifically my other ruckmen (Cox and Sandilands). My thinking was that a cheap ruckman was never going to earn enough to earn a ‘cash in’ trade later in the year, so having my team with a lower total value but a higher ladder position would earn the ire of other coaches. I’m all about annoying people.
Q: You suffered defeat for the first time last weekend at the hands of the Driscoll Halcyons, a team you were well above but he came up with a score of 2029. How are the boys feeling?
A: They are still up beat. Some teams are here to compete for the title and others are here to be happy with a spot in the top 8. Greg and I are in different categories, and I’ll let you decide which is which.
Q: Which game would you pick as the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service’s Match of the Week?
A: I think with King Dom hitting a weekly ranking of 12 and the Polar Bears rediscovering a bit of form by cracking the 2000 last week, that match up will be a real cracker. I’m tipping the polk a dot in an upset win.
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