OnSong wrote:gadj1976 wrote:OnSong wrote:gadj1976 wrote:South Adelaide used to use a Kookaburra - a favourite of mine back in the 70s and 80s.
Worst footies - Faulkner (too pointy), Burley (too pointy), Match (bloated bloatfish)
This thread - don't get it personally. Why would you redesign perfection?
Yeah see, surely the current ball could be improved on. You don't think the soccer ball would have been perfected many years ago? They keep reworking things with that, why can't the same theory apply to a footy?
No.
They may have had to with a soccer ball cos it got too heavy to header in the winter (heavy rain/snow), then too light in the wind. Or, it could just be that they wanted to for marketing reasons.
So in summary, no.
If I asked the same question 30 years ago, I wonder if I would have got the same answer?
We always think what we've got is the bee's knees but there is no reason not to think that the footy could be improved on.
What makes Sherrin so much better than a Burley? Some sort of construction technique or better material?
There has to be something in that, which says there is improvement to be made.
Can't just accept Sherrin is perfection.
Umm, why not?
Why change it if it is perfect? What's the change that's needed? You can't just come up with 'let's change it' for the sake of changing it without good reason to do so.
If it ALWAYS floated in one direction, if it always took right hand bounces, then there would be reason to change it, but as far as I can see, there isn't much wrong with them at all.
I have to admit, when I saw this thread I had to double check it was in the AFL thread because I didn't ever consider something wrong with this version of the pill.
I think there are more pressing issues around.