Unwilling to "jump at shadows" and swing the axe after a humiliating loss to Adelaide, coach Alastair Clarkson has challenged North Melbourne to respond against Gold Coast.
Clarkson would have been justified in making a selection statement after the Kangaroos were blitzed by the Crows, trailing by as much as 88 points before losing by 68 last Saturday.
But only Tom Blamires was dropped for Riley Hardeman, with North (4-6) otherwise sticking fat for Saturday's game at Marvel Stadium.
"Well, the selection statement would have been drop all 23, because we were pretty disappointed with our game last week," Clarkson said on Friday.
"That's the thing, poor old Tommy Blamires is a little bit stiff because he's the only out and it could have been any one of 23 to be fair.
