He had plenty of time to keep the ball in play, especially being 25 points down with 10 odd minutes to goI would say he assessed things wrongly. He thought he couldnt evade, didnt want to get pinged for holding the ball and thought the bounday was close enough to be his friend. Hoped reset and go again. It was a bad miscalculation.
But courage? Of all the courageous acts there are in footy I dont see being tackled by a chasing player as one of them. Its not a situation of risk and anyway a player like Daicos would be thinking of evasion and getting free from that option as the best outcome. They are not going to worry about the physical consequences of being tackled. He is in a similar situation many times every match of being pursued by someone who wants to tackle him. He is one of the best at evasion.
Absolutely he is evasive, but he is not the type to wear a tackle to create a +1, and I guess nor should he given you want him more 1st receiver in a bit more space
But in that situation he should have kept the ball in motion, with the possibility of taking contact
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