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The fact there is a discount to begin with is ridiculous.
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Yeah, I agree. Surely the priority access to the player for only a bunch of late-round draft picks should be sufficient.
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There's no doubt Clarkson is a a-hole. But I'm yet to see that it's based on race. From my stand point he was an a-hole to all those that didn't have the win at all cost mentality that he did.
I suspect that if most fans (and most folks on this forum) tried to explain to an AFL coach what we think his team's "game plan" is, he'd politely agree with our analysis, but would be p155ing himself laughing on the inside about how little we really know.
Same goes for commentators. They have their "go to" phrases - "run and gun", "kick mark", blah blah blah, but they're as ignorant as the rest of us.
Same goes for commentators. They have their "go to" phrases - "run and gun", "kick mark", blah blah blah, but they're as ignorant as the rest of us.
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Especially commentators that played 30+ years ago. Totally different game.
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It's not that bad watching your team completely suck. These back 2 back spoon Roo's have been a decent viewing experience akin to a mystery where you're trying to see which players can be part of a core that starts climbing back up the ladder. Hell even the sheer levels of shitfullness can be entertaining. No expectations are a prerequisite to the fun though.
The depressing years to support are the ones that give you hope and have traits of a good football team but age, injuries, bad coaching, fatal structural flaws, weak mentality etc crush your spirit and prevent the team from reaching its potential. Eg North's 2013 and 2016 seasons.
The depressing years to support are the ones that give you hope and have traits of a good football team but age, injuries, bad coaching, fatal structural flaws, weak mentality etc crush your spirit and prevent the team from reaching its potential. Eg North's 2013 and 2016 seasons.
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3 rounds of finals vs 4. You can't call it a semi final 3/4 qtrs of the way there
How about:
Week 1: top 4 teams play in "The Smashinator", 5-8 play in "The Crashinator"
Week 2: top 2 get week off ("The Sleepinator"), while the rest play in "The Stressinator"
Week 3: (previously "Prelim") - "The GetReadyInator"
Week 4: "The Big Dance"
No real sympathy for sacked coaches. Rutten sacked, paid out handsomely by Essendon, picked up by richmond, he’d be on 60-70k. Ratten sacked by Stkilda, picked up by n.melb, again, he’d be on 60-70k.
Such an insular, incestous industry. Theses blokes would be laughing their **** off. Jobs for the boys to the absolute extreme.
Such an insular, incestous industry. Theses blokes would be laughing their **** off. Jobs for the boys to the absolute extreme.
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Experienced coaches with afl industry experience is hardly jobs for the boys, kinda seems integral skills for the role. And if 60-70k is the offering, massive deterrent to the talent pool. Who can live on that comfortably?
Ex-coaches that get million dollar payouts.
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Last time I read the rules, max 6 month payout.
Ratten can’t just re-sign for three more years in June and then get flicked in October and only get a six month payout. Although the cushy new job from his old mate Clarkson would ease the pain, as so often happens in the insular boys club. Time after time
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Rutten would be on more surely (I know that adds to your point)? Ratten is PT so won't include him.
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Ratts didn't get his full payout, only a partial sum equating to 6 months salary.
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I have nothing to back this up, but surely assistants are on more than 70k a year.
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i would presume they would be on a fair bit more than $60-$70k.....you'd hope so as an assistant coach
although reading into it, it appears they copped the brunt of the soft cap being slashed due to covid.
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Agreed. Especially the senior ones.
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You'd have to have fewer coaches then. There's no way you could offer an assistant $60,000-70,000 with the money that we know is thrown at senior AFL coaches, that's laughable. Totally uncompetitive, why not just be a PE teacher or a personal trainer? Especially when people around here seem to think the AFL media partners throw around half million salaries like confetti.
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There a billion reasons you'd rather be an assistant coach on 60k than a PE teacher. Working with rich athletes, direct line of communication with club execs who often own businesses worth hundreds of millions. The opportunities beyond your 60k salary would be enormous. No offence to anyone but as a PE teacher you are just hanging around with other struggling teachers and savage unruly kids all day
90 % of the stat's and analysis stuff you could get some bright uni students studying sports science or whatever to do it for free as an internship and they would be delighted to do it, another reason not to pay the assistant coaches much
