This is rubbish. Teams always tagged in the 2010s. Ling, Crowley, Carrazzo, Curnow just to name a few.Ablett jnr played when tagging was not in vogue, he copped them irregularly.
Buckley often refused to do it when coaching against him much to the fans chargrin.
Also Ablett Jnr at Nicks age was a struggling for consistency small fwd pocket.
Just because Buckley was a bad coach doesn’t mean teams didn’t tag