Hearts to hearts
Brownlow Medallist
- Mar 16, 2001
- 24,129
- 56,640
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Wales, Eastwood, West Ham
I’m struggling to align the story that Brad was all for a youth drafting policy, and wasn’t happy being thwarted, with the fact that his selection policies right to the end were slanted away from taking risks on talent development and towards known quantities, even if they were known to be limited.
Great point about how many first round picks we have already, between drafts, trades and free agency - plenty of room to improve on the club’s side to see what the guys we have are capable of, before we start discarding players cheaply to see what we can get from new draftees.
I heard someone in the media over the weekend say how hard it was for players when the coach leaves because suddenly they don’t have credits in the bank - they have to prove themselves from scratch. Perfect summation to me of why a coaching change is likely to be good for the team’s performance.
Let’s see what we have before deciding whether to start a fire sale to help Hutchy’s ratings at trade and draft time. We have supplied drama on the coaching front and likely more to come with footy administration - we needn’t feel obliged to take the theatrical route with the list.
Great point about how many first round picks we have already, between drafts, trades and free agency - plenty of room to improve on the club’s side to see what the guys we have are capable of, before we start discarding players cheaply to see what we can get from new draftees.
I heard someone in the media over the weekend say how hard it was for players when the coach leaves because suddenly they don’t have credits in the bank - they have to prove themselves from scratch. Perfect summation to me of why a coaching change is likely to be good for the team’s performance.
Let’s see what we have before deciding whether to start a fire sale to help Hutchy’s ratings at trade and draft time. We have supplied drama on the coaching front and likely more to come with footy administration - we needn’t feel obliged to take the theatrical route with the list.