Australia's selectors appear fixated by the speed gun, a mantra illustrated by the perplexing inclusion of Nathan Coulter-Nile in Hobart, but the senior statesman of the attack is adamant those who aren't pushing beyond the 140km/h mark still have much to offer.
Peter Siddle, written off as a Test bowler when he lost his central contract in   April, is, all of a sudden, once again a mainstay of the Australian fast bowling collective due to the retirement of Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc's injury. He firmly believes pace is not everything. 
"I think it's shown over the last little bit, that it's not a big deal," Siddle said as the Australians arrived in Hobart on Sunday ahead of the first Test against the West Indies on Thursday.
"Joshy [Hazlewood] has shown that as well . . . look at Joshy's performances and he doesn't have that speed as well, so I think it's just about the skill and going by the conditions."
Coulter-Nile's speed was a major factor in his selection in the squad for Hobart - a puzzling decision given he hasn't played any first-class cricket this season - while the more moderately paced former Test seamer Jackson Bird was coming off a five-wicket haul in a Sheffield Shield match at Hobart but couldn't get a look-in.
Siddle, 31, doesn't better the 140km/h mark too often these days, but the Victorian, joined by state and club colleague James Pattinson in the Australian side, is hoping to ram home his value in the absence of Johnson and Starc.
"I think Glenn McGrath is probably the perfect example. He's been our greatest fast bowler and he struggled to ever touch that [speed] once in his career," Siddle said.
"I've spoken to him a lot and tried building my game a little bit on him. How he was consistent, his patience and being able to work batsmen over and I think that's what I've shown over the last little bit, that's what I can do.
"I think it was a good example in Adelaide how the team as a bowling unit did that against someone like Kane Williamson, who they thought wouldn't crack under the pressure of building pressure and patience. And we got him cheap both innings doing that. I think it'll work and it's shown it can work."
The Australians are aware of the gloomy attendance predictions for the Hobart Test, a scenario not assisted by the West Indies' woeful display against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane last week.
"Hopefully they do [turn up]," Siddle said of the crowds. "We don't play a lot of Tests here so it's a good opportunity for people to come out and watch Test cricket in their home city and hopefully that's the case this week.
"The young Aussie side played a bloody good game up in Queensland, did well. You can't look too much into a tour match there, it's [the West Indies'] first experience of getting on the shores and having a hit out. No doubt they'll come down here a lot more switched on and a lot more competitive side in the Test match arena.
"They have some strong weapons with their bowling attack. They can blast teams out when they bowl well. So I think that's going to be the big part. We're going to have to bat well against them I think.."