Thats right. The season is a write off, and it won't hurt in the long term to show some cahunas! So lets use the remainder of the season in an effective manner.
Drop the whole side (with the only limitation being the number of players who we can bring in...ala playing for Coburg).
The message needs to be sent that the RFC will not tolerate poor performances by any individual.
So, Dimma and the coaching staff should call Newman and the other leaders in and say that the whole side is being dropped, starting this weekend.
We have, say 7 weeks left of the season, and that is enough time to really see who wants to be playing for the club.
So, those players who perform with the required standards will be recalled the following week, and so on, and so on, until we see what the side looks like at the end of the year. I would expect players like Cotchin, Rance, Foley etc would be back in the following week. There would be a number of players that may struggle to ever get back in.
If, as RFC keeps saying, we need to be focussed on the long term, and not the short term, then I would think this sends EXACTLY the right message.
We will get smashed in every AFL game until the season ends....but are we really that concerned with results at the moment?
And god help anyone who played last weekend in Cairns who has not managed to get back into the senior side by Rd 24.
Drop the whole side (with the only limitation being the number of players who we can bring in...ala playing for Coburg).
The message needs to be sent that the RFC will not tolerate poor performances by any individual.
So, Dimma and the coaching staff should call Newman and the other leaders in and say that the whole side is being dropped, starting this weekend.
We have, say 7 weeks left of the season, and that is enough time to really see who wants to be playing for the club.
So, those players who perform with the required standards will be recalled the following week, and so on, and so on, until we see what the side looks like at the end of the year. I would expect players like Cotchin, Rance, Foley etc would be back in the following week. There would be a number of players that may struggle to ever get back in.
If, as RFC keeps saying, we need to be focussed on the long term, and not the short term, then I would think this sends EXACTLY the right message.
We will get smashed in every AFL game until the season ends....but are we really that concerned with results at the moment?
And god help anyone who played last weekend in Cairns who has not managed to get back into the senior side by Rd 24.
