Opinion Non-Crows AFL 13: Offseason

[Vader]

Was in Tassie for a holiday over summer i while back, was at a beach somewhere on the North West coast i was in jeans and a jumper etc watching the locals swim, thinking there mad

It all depends on what you're used to. Having lived in Canberra for many years, and become (somewhat) acclimatised to the winter temperatures here, I often find myself walking around in just a t-shirt when I return to Adelaide in the depths of winter.

When you're used to a daily temperature range of -4 to 12C (a typical Canberra winter day), and you go somewhere where it varies from 7 to 18C (a typical Adelaide winter day), you really feel quite warm. Adelaide residents would still feel quite cold though.

The poms whinge about it being hot any time the temperature goes above 20C... 3 days of 22C is a heatwave for them.

 

[GreyCrow]

Just curious does a body with two heads float ok

Water in the ears can be a problem

 

[WeeBlake]

Nah its cold

Hobart avg July max 12.6deg min 4.2
Melb avg July max 13.2 min 5.5

It’s colder, but not crazy colder

 

[WeeBlake]

Presume you live there and are used to it.

I used to travel for work, winters are freezing, it’s not the training, it’s just the living, going out etc when it’s that cold.

If you’re born there you know no different, but for potential recruits from the warmer states, they’d need to be paid a shit load, hence the sign on bonuses the AFL has given them.

Come time to draft, they need to focus on Tassie, Vic and maybe SA. Draft someone from WA, Qld or NSW and they are asking for trouble.

I grew up in Adelaide and have lived in Melbourne and Geelong. Vic is noticeably colder than Adelaide (you need a proper jacket and scarf/beanie for the properly cold days) and Tassie is a little bit colder than that. It’s not a huge adjustment for a kid from Vic.

 

[cleanhands]

Water in the ears can be a problem

Acts like an anchor

 

[FR0GGY]

Just curious does a body with two heads float ok

Only if it’s two Buoys

 

[WaynesWorld19]

It’s not even that cold, people think it’s like Antarctica or something. Remember these guys are not going to be training at 730pm like suburban footy players.

You want cold .....try Ballarat in Winter, am I right Mutineer

I was a regular monthly visitor to Tassie ....yes it's cold, but there are so many other places outside Tassie, that are freezing
IMO the temperatures won't be a deterrent ....I assume training will be under the roof ?

It's more the lifestyle that I can't see young men OR women acclimatising to

 

[crows dude]

23,000 stadium costing billions lol.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

There’s a reason the AFL have given Tassie massive signing on bonuses to recruit players.

I’m not sure how many players will volunteer to freeze their nuts off every winter.

Don’t get me wrong, Tassie is a beautiful spot, but living there when you’re a cashed up young footballer isn’t going to be desirable for the majority. They need to target expats like Jones.

We need to extend Thilthorpe ASAP as he would be the type of player they would be throwing record contracts at.

We don't want another Davis situation.

 

[baldandbroke]

Don’t want to go back over this again … as it seems to be the only discussion point that consistently comes up when Tassie is mentioned.

Yeah it’s not hot in Hobart. That is a good thing. We get a few 30 days a year, lots in the 20s over summer, but mostly in the 10-20 range.

Yeah Hobart is cold in winter compared to the Gold Coast. But having lived in plenty of places over the years, it’s not really cold that often. I found the wet and cold of the Melbourne winters much more taxing than the winters down here.

Also, worth remembering - these guys will have the best indoor AFL training centre in the land AND will be playing under the roof a lot of the time.

The extra money on offer will be an influence, but unlike Queensland - Tasmania is a footy town. These guys will be loved down here and supported by a crowd that gets AFL.

They will land players. No doubt.

 

[spenze]

We need to extend Thilthorpe ASAP as he would be the type of player they would be throwing record contracts at.

We don't want another Davis situation.

Ben?

 

[spenze]

Don’t want to go back over this again … as it seems to be the only discussion point that consistently comes up when Tassie is mentioned.

Yeah it’s not hot in Hobart. That is a good thing. We get a few 30 days a year, lots in the 20s over summer, but mostly in the 10-20 range.

Yeah Hobart is cold in winter compared to the Gold Coast. But having lived in plenty of places over the years, it’s not really cold that often. I found the wet and cold of the Melbourne winters much more taxing than the winters down here.

Also, worth remembering - these guys will have the best indoor AFL training centre in the land AND will be playing under the roof a lot of the time.

The extra money on offer will be an influence, but unlike Queensland - Tasmania is a footy town. These guys will be loved down here and supported by a crowd that gets AFL.

They will land players. No doubt.

Yeah, as someone who has had a few holidays in Tasmania, I can't see an issue playing in the team down there outside of the same stuff Adelaide gets saddled with "no night life".

Hobart is smaller, it just is so there will be players that will leave who are younger but there will be those who understand that you can live in North Hobart and just walk into town, there is a fair quality of life down there

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Ben?

Haha, Phil.

 

[Bovo]

Haha, Phil.

um you ruined it

 

[baldandbroke]

23,000 stadium costing billions lol.

In my day you’d get a stadium, a pack of twisties, a pie, and a huge bag of mixed lollies for a $2 note. That’s right a note!

 

[Mostyn]

How many young AFL players are drawn by the wilderness of Tasmania .....very few I'd suggest...up there with those players who want to stay home on Saturday nights and read a good mystery novel

You don't think there's a lot of young country boys that like fishing and camping?

 

[Mostyn]

And the Jeremy Cameron types will choose Geelong because they are a successful well run club that offers the same

Sure, but hopefully there's more than one or two players that want that lifestyle.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

You don't think there's a lot of young country boys that like fishing and camping?

So the Tassie team will only be drafting country boys then .....no Vicmetro, no SA or WA boys ....that'd be as interesting as the Crows only selecting Sth Aussie draftees

 

[WetCrow1991]

Deliverance Island needs a stadium, got very little else going for it.

 

[Cromulant]

Deliverance Island needs a stadium, got very little else going for it.

Tell me you've never been to Tasmania without telling me....

 

[adelaidecrows]

I find it mildly amusing that people have already written off the Tasmania team as a future feeder club in a state nobody wants to go to. Most likely using GWS and Gold Coast as their examples.

Facts: Tasmania is a footy mad state. The first inaugural squad will be treated like rock stars down there in the same way the AFC and WCE were in their foundation years and then you can follow on with Port and Fremantle.

I think drafted players wont have a problem being there at all.

 

[Daniel6]

I find it mildly amusing that people have already written off the Tasmania team as a future feeder club in a state nobody wants to go to. Most likely using GWS and Gold Coast as their examples.

Facts: Tasmania is a footy mad state. The first inaugural squad will be treated like rock stars down there in the same way the AFC and WCE were in their foundation years and then you can follow on with Port and Fremantle.

I think drafted players wont have a problem being there at all.

They would best to follow the drafting strategy many non Victorian clubs take by drafting Victorian country kids. Metro kids won’t stay in Tasmania, heck, they don’t stay in Adelaide.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Will Tasmanian people be allowed to continue to barrack for the Victorian suburbs they've never been to that they do now?

Or will they be forced to support the state they are from, live in and identify with?

 

[Bovo]

Will Tasmanian people be allowed to continue to barrack for the Victorian suburbs they've never been to that they do now?

Or will they be forced to support the state they are from, live in and identify with?

It doesn’t work like that. I know many Port supporters who went to the Crows inaugural game against Hawthorn with the belief they were going to be Crows supporters well before Power was a thing. Who you are and who you follow is hard to beat. You’ll have some diehard supporters who won’t just stop supporting a team they’ve supported forever just because a new team has come in!

 

[adelaidecrows]

They would best to follow the drafting strategy many non Victorian clubs take by drafting Victorian country kids. Metro kids won’t stay in Tasmania, heck, they don’t stay in Adelaide.

but every club outside vic has that issue. Its something I believe will only be exacerbated with Tassie. The problem with the free market style trading rules is that it is anything but.

Vic clubs claim they have the same issue but they dont. With 10 teams in Victoria thats at least multiple clubs in a position to trade home interstate based local talent every year. Compared with just two teams in every other state that neither are really in a position every year to bring that talent home. It sucks and its an area the AFL have to address.