Yeah yeah dont collingwood, hawthorn and west coast have cutting edge supplement programs?
We should get on that!!
Implement a breeding program whereby we pay female amazonian super athletes to breed with our best players.
Implement a breeding program whereby we pay female amazonian super athletes to breed with our best players.
Ex WNBA players
Implement a breeding program whereby we pay female amazonian super athletes to breed with our best players.
Freo’s been on to that one.
Provide all the other clubs with crates of Gatorade that has been laced with Thymosin Beta 4.
Provide all the other clubs with creates of Gatorade that has been laced with Thymosin Beta 4.
So AFL can turn a blind eye?
Here’s a creative solution for a next premiership: start barracking for Hawthorn, West Coast, Freo, and Sydney as well. Guaranteed flag to cheer for, without even having to get out of your seat…
Why don’t we just buy the Western Bulldogs…keep their players, and scrap everything else about them?
Why don't we just buy the Western Bulldogs....keep their players, and scrap everything else about them?
General little on the march.
Drafting caleb daniel instead of upgrading ambrose would’ve been as creative as you could get.
Pick #37 would have done it as well.
In 2016, lots of midfield time for the Merretts, Laverde, Langford, Gleeson, Fantasia, Ashby, NOB, new draftees. Move the older talent to the ends of the ground.
We will get smashed, but get top picks again, accelerate development.
The leadership group’s job is to keep up spirits, strengthen friendship amongst the players, make the environment desirable.
In 2017, boosted by FAs that have been attracted by the honey pot of talent and appealing environment, we push for finals again.
I’ve been thinking about this for some time. A lot of the typical ideas have swirled in my head. I was initially going to suggest what is trendy to call a ‘root and branch’ review. Look to identify best and worst practices from all AFL clubs etc, etc.
But that’s not creative. That’s the kind of thing everyone tries, that sometimes works.
A creative approach should, by definition, include an aspect that nobody has ever tried before. My idea is roughly as follows:
There are lots of ‘fact-finding’ missions in AFL where staff travel to generally European football clubs and North American clubs. The kind of thing where we go to their organisations looking for ideas and best practices. It always seems like a bit of a junket, with dubious benefits.
How about we turn that on it’s head. Let’s identify coaches and administrators with a history of success and invite them to visit the club. This way, they will see for themselves what we are currently doing (right or wrong) and be able to give direct advice. A short trip (1-2 hours) isn’t enough, let them stay for a few days (or weeks if needed).
Bring the strength coach over from an NFL team and have him watch a weights session. Have a successful coach follow our coaching staff around for a week to observe how they interact with players during training and on game-day. If they can find a person who is renowned for tactical nous, take them to 3-4 games over the course of a weekend, analyse some game-footage with them, talk about what happens when we play a zone, or one-on-one… then get from them ideas to try and implement during a game (e.g. is there a tactic / strategy from Ice Hockey that could be tried in AFL). Have a successful recruiter come over and sit with Keane to talk about how he gathers data on prospects, identifies team needs and comes up with pre-draft rankings.
When we watch the experts, we are only going to see what they show us. If we get them to come and watch us, they will see what we are doing well or poorly.
It might be tricky to organise but surely it’s worth considering.
Asked for left field…
Trade Carlisle for Yarran
Trade Zaharakis and 2nd pick for Bennell
Trade Hibberd for Aish
2015 Free Agent Matt Leuenberger
2016 Free Agent Nick Smith
2017 First round pick trade for Will Hoskin-Elliot
Aaron Francis* Hurley Smith
Aish Hooker Yarran
Hoskin-Elliot Bennell Laverde
J Merrett Langford Edwards
McKenna Daniher Goddard
Leuenberger Z Merrett Heppell
Watson McKernan Myers Colyer
*2015 draft pick
If you look at the premiership teams of the recent past, all of them had an advantage that the others didn’t have.
Hawthorn traded blokes who were broken for draft picks that ended up being superstars. No-one else seems to be able to do that. Plus they had the advantage of getting Priority picks just as the best talents were available, and as the AFL saw that the system was unfair to everyone else.
Geelong got Ablett, Scarlett Hawkins with late round Father-Son selections. (And drafted well, but three freebies helps, especially when Ablett is the best player since 2000, and Scarlett is #1 or #2 best Full Back)
Sydney got the COLA meaning they could keep adding blokes from competing teams until they virtually had to win a flag.
Brisbane got the Fitzroy merger advantages, as well as the Zone selections gifting them half their premiership sides.
We need to be doing things that aren’t trading players for picks or trading picks for players.
Develop the Father-Son kids. (Which we are doing)
Develop an Indigenous Zone that we alone have access to (which we’re about to do)
Develop kids from overseas away from spying eyes. Run clinics in US for former basketballers who might be able to convert skills.
Let’s face it - aside from just about everything going almost perfectly over a few seasons, to win a flag nowadays, you also need a large portion of luck (draft/FA/injuries/health/personal issues/etc).
So my solution is a rabbit’s foot.
Mero, other than one pre-draft priority pick, what advantage did Collingwood have?
Mero, other than one pre-draft priority pick, what advantage did Collingwood have?Being allowed to draft-tamper with Ball?
Plus Cloke under the old FS rules.Mero, other than one pre-draft priority pick, what advantage did Collingwood have?Being allowed to draft-tamper with Ball?
Mero, other than one pre-draft priority pick, what advantage did Collingwood have?
Ask Dank.