Mitchell Knevitt is like a backup quarterback in American gridiron: everyone who knows about him thinks he's been underutilised and would be a star if only the coaches gave him a chance. With the Cats season dropping away precipitously and their glory years looking at an end, Chris Scott has recalled Knevitt from the VFL in a sign that it might just be time to play the kids, and they have a kid they really need to play to see what he's got at the level. Along with Jhye Clark and tonight's debutante Lawson Humphries, it's time to watch the next generation of Cats evolve.
Mitchell Knevitt is like a backup quarterback in American gridiron: everyone who knows about him thinks he's been underutilised and would be a star if only the coaches gave him a chance. With the Cats season dropping away precipitously and their glory years looking at an end, Chris Scott has recalled Knevitt from the VFL in a sign that it might just be time to play the kids, and they have a kid they really need to play to see what he's got at the level. Along with Jhye Clark and tonight's debutante Lawson Humphries, it's time to watch the next generation of Cats evolve.
Mitchell Knevitt is the sort of young prospect that, at a normal club, would be playing a lot of games over the next few years in a rebuild. But, like Sydney, are the Cats even capable of bottoming out? The Swans spent precisely one season out of the finals recently before returning, and the hooped affair have an even more impressive record of still playing in September across the past two decades. Geelong is either well overdue for some years in the wilderness, or the regular rules of renewal don't apply to them. Knevitt's fate rests on the club's attitude.
