Since we were in a massive hole with the old plan, there is no logic in not taking however long it takes to avoid going back to it.
Rather than being a gamble as you frame it, it is the only option if you want things not to revert to the way they were.
I was a strong proponent of not changing last seasons winning plan, I argued many times this year that we just need to continue unchanged and do it better.
I believe that argument has been blown out of the water by the last three games which removed the structures in large part by default as a natural consequence of changing all of the staff.
This freed up a eyes up running number seven that goes deep into the line which creates gaps without being scripted like the #SJ ball 2023 'go right and or pop a short ball to a big forward in the opposition 20.....tackle five....bomb...where is Berry....run Berry run...chase that thing'....
Martin can go deep into the line on the left side if Johnson fires him quick ball like Walker does....and we can maintain an exciting eyes up attack that balances out Johnsons structured right sided set plays.
The problem really is, that before the TMM at seven revelation, the ball he received was A) too infrequent B) as an after thought when the right side failed.
A) and B) are both solved by a simple passing it early to the left and more often than before.....there is no need to make elaborate plans to bring TMM into the game.
I realise that I am making an oversimplification with my breaking it down to fundamentals.
There will be timing issues at first - there are timing issues right now, but it works because TMM is good enough to make it work.
As for how often do you get SJ to go to TMM? whenever he wants it...he is the one with the hot hand right now....
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