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    Reasons for disenchantment / lower attendance

    Rebuild cycles: Three decades of drafting, trading, building to a premiership window and sinking to hit the draft has conditioned too many fanbases to disengage. Especially when clubs doing their time at the bottom get it wrong and then either have a very shallow upswing phase (Carlton 2010-12...
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    Least deserving Norm Smith medal winner?

    Extremely unlikely that the voters were going to collectively land on Amon Buchanan or Nic Fosdike, who were my two choices. In many ways Jason Gram has paved the way for more obscure or less famous players getting more of a chance of polling in Norm Smith voting.
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    Unofficial Preview 2025 Hawk's Hypothetical Trade Discussion...now with added DFA spitballing!

    Glad we didn't give up the picks. Let the media paint this as a massive setback, it's not. We didn't land a more decorated Tom Scully. No big loss. And we didn't hand Essendon a handful of draft picks, any one of which could have led to them drafting a player to lead them out of mid-table...
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    Unofficial Preview 2025 Hawk's Hypothetical Trade Discussion...now with added DFA spitballing!

    We have a 3-8 record vs Essendon in the last decade. How about we just go on a nice long winning streak instead of losing 2 out of every 3.
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    Unofficial Preview 2025 Hawk's Hypothetical Trade Discussion...now with added DFA spitballing!

    Really, really don't want an Essendon cast-off. Hopefully this is just a strategy to angry up the Essendon coteries to rebel against any progressive reform of their football department and agitate to bring back Sheedy and Dodoro.
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    AFL exploring new mid-season tournament for cash prize

    There would be no need for reheating state of origin or new gimmicks like this is the AFL was more benevolent and less malevolent in its fixturing. Focus on maximising crowds and TV audiences. Even stopping games overlapping or concurrent games would provide the aggregate audience boost that...
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    Is 2025 the most boring AFL season in recent memory?

    The malaise is created by the games and season narratives not being strong enough to grab the attention away from player contracts and trade period. A huge percentage of the in-season news cycle is focused on two weeks that take place in the offseason. Every team wants to be sold the dream of...
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    Which Club has been more Successful in the AFL era Geelong or Hawthorn?

    Best argument for Geelong is in the AFL era they've significantly improved their stadium and revenue. A setup that on field and off has given them the platform for near-perpetual contending since 2004. Hawthorn in the meantime have lived off Waverley closure compensation and 20 years of selling...
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    Which game would have the biggest impact or butterfly effect on AFL history if the result was changed?

    2005 prelim final. No Swans Premiership + Roos mastermind effect has a knock-on for multiple other grand finals and premierships, and who knows where footy goes if Grant Thomas becomes a premiership coach himself.
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    Worst afl player you've seen (and why)

    I know the thread is about AFL but Wild went on to be a bush legend, winning league medals and flags in different competitions along the border. He had remarkable durability and his flaws at AFL level were not as apparent in country footy. He also seemed like someone genuinely grateful for his...
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    Rumour Multiple GWS players are set to be suspended to start the 2025 season after distasteful costumes and skits from their post-season function

    I'm sure the social media admin will have another side-splitting gag to take the heat out of the story.
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    Geelong rorting the system

    North have pinned their colours to Arden street even though the possibility of Ballarat or a council on the outer northern fringe of suburban Melbourne may well have taken them. Same for Essendon and Tullamarine being just off the freeway to both north and west. Seaford has been attributed as a...
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    List Mgmt. “It’s a form of tanking” the Richmond rebuild

    A lot of people are just assuming Richmond are heading back to a 90s-2000s style run where success is a false dawn and rebuilds are botched at the draft. But I think the majority of AFL fans should want Richmond to succeed in their rebuild becuase it's also the only way their own club can win a...
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    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    I would happily bin off all special mechanics - priority picks, academies, zones, father-son. If you want a player badly enough, trade up. Hawthorn's 08-15 run was built on doing exactly that by trading two good players for the pick that became Luke Hodge, but could've also easily been Chris...
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    St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

    Would it be less objectionable if there was no special draft mechanic to access father son - if a F/S is the best player in the draft then give up what it takes to trade for pick 1. BUT - once acquired by the F/S club, the player doesn't come under the salary cap or something like that. A 25%...
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