Not taking the pee. Connors has a very elegant looking kicking style, but the results are anything but elegant. All style no substance. Take a look at the footage and the net result of his kicks, it's not pretty.
It isn't all about the kicking efficiency stats. Nathan Buckley used to have more clangers and a lower efficiency than you would expect, but that was because he was often kicking over 40m and thus statistically less likely to hit the mark.
With some players, you are willing to put up with some kicks that miss the mark because the ones that do hit are damaging. Believe me, the coaching staff, with a player like Connors, would be looking at Richmond goal/scoring movement involvements versus goals/scores against from direct turnovers from his foot and seeing if that comes up acceptably positive. If he is involved in 4 or 5 SOG a game, and gives up a couple the other way, then they will wear that. He would know exactly what stats he needs to achieve.
