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Who would have though Ablett would go to GC? Who would have thought Franklin would go to Sydney?
It takes innovation to win, not just multiple tickets in the draw. I'd rather 15/18 tickets in 1 year than 1 ticket a year for 15 years.
If players don't come here, then you need to find out why and do something about it. I think it we offered Grundy $1.5m for 7 years, he's coming over, but you don't wait for Collingwood not to do the deal. You work on it aggressively as soon as you realise you need a ruckman (for example)
Gold Coast as i said paid more to Ablett than any other team couldve paid. They gave him the captaincy, an ambassador role and a bunch of other incentives.
Ones that no club could compete with.
Then he left after 2-3 good years and 2-3 years where he couldnt give a stuff.
I'm sure you'd be stoked if we paid soemthing like $9m over 6 years and got 3 good years out of him.
I dont think comparing Sydney and Adelaide as living destinations is really a smart thing to do.
Put it this way. Can you see Jascinta Franklin packing up her career and trying to do it from Adelaide?
You're in dream land if you think either Adelaide team will be able to recruit someone like Buddy Franklin, unless theyre South Australian.
Why would players not come to Adelaide if theyre at the top of their game? Simply there are far less off-field opportunities here than in any of the other capital cities, even non-afl cities like Sydney and Brisbane.
We could have a Hawthorn-like dynasty and top players would still be loathe to join.
I guess the question is do you really think our recruiting staff arent asking the question of these players managers? Think we're just not trying to get anyone good?
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