Honestly, as someone who was a bit tepid on his size when we drafted him, I had the opposite experience watching him. I often found that he outcompeted bigger and stronger guys much more than I expected him to. Didn't look overawed or outmuscled at all.
Go back and read some of the posts from the pro-Curtin people, it's good for a laugh even now.
He's quite nuggety and seems to be quite strong all through his core. Having such a low centre of gravity relative to the rest of the comp would make him deceptively difficult to move despite the size disparity.
As Cryptor said low centre of gravity gives him an advantage. He's also naturally very strong, one of the 'mini-hercules' types, probably got a big testosterone blast early in puberty. All packaged up with great swag of skills, a quick footy brain, work ethic and heart. Kermit, those big guys don't stand a chance!
Yep, I said it when he was drafted. He's like a billionaires version of Hayden Ballantyne who was a very good player. But Watson does everything he does a lot better. It's like turning all Ballantyne's attribute rankings from a 7 out of 10 to a 25 out of 10
So good, born for finals too. Took it to another level!
