At the risk of copping plenty i reckon Grimes has played more like a third tall who has shown he can play kp when needed and also play exceedingly well on smalls and mediums.
Even now Grimes is not really asked to play on power fwds very often, and thank god for that. punching so far out of his height size division every week would soon cut him down. The kp role has mainly gone to the likes of Astbury Rance and now Balta.
Always good to know if Balta or Astbury went down in a game Grimes could slip into the role.
Its not often acknowledged by tiger supporters but every yr from 2017 to 2020 we have played four players at 190 plus centimetres at every single opportunity barring injury or development in the back half made up of 5 players.
The 5 players Rance 194/94, Astbury 195/95, Balta 194/100, Grimes 193/89, Broad 192/89.
That really is a lot of stability just 5 players and when Rance retired Balta has come in and performed very well very quickly maintaining the desired structure down back.
Personally i dont look upon Grimes and Broad as talls both more than capable of regularly playing on smaller players and more often than not doing so.
I suppose the real difference for me between the two is i look at Rance as a genuine KPD and Grimes more of a tall general defender.
