Well if AFL is going to offer them additional assistance, maybe it should be in the form of soft cap relief so they can build a good recruitment and development program. That to me is more important than getting more elite talent in.
Only one of them works in football now, which probably tells you all you need to know about their abilities in recruitment.
Soft cap relief only sets them up for the future, isn't going to stop them getting flogged in the now. That's all the AFL is concerned about, having watchable games every week.
When Ratts was coaching, they were.
Nah, he had a good trade with GC which got us extra 2nd rounders, which Netted us Ryan, from memory.
The worst part is he has been better than Stephens. There IS a fraud. There are possums hiding and scattering in my backyard with more balls than him.
One day we'll get a memoir and find out WTF went on for the blues to sack him. A favourite son sacked with an 11-11 record for a messiah coaching appointment.
Would be disastrous for North
I honestly think they'd have been better off keeping Dan Howe on the list rather than trading for Fisher.
And where would these leaders come from who want to win 2-3 games a season as the club would be bleeding its best talents?
North should be given an enhanced salary cap for two years, with a possibility to extend if their youngsters haven't come on by then.
Agree with all of that, however if their core players are all leaving because they want success, then something needs to be done.
