Analysis North Melbourne

[the big lebowski]

I didnt say they had a heap, I said they dont get looked down on. Theres rumours that the Bulldogs are the favourites if Butters leaves Port.
The Bulldogs are said to be up to their eyeballs for Silvagni.

Im not sure North have the same possibilities in the near future.

Well butters aside, north did bring 3 premiership and all Aust players in just last year. I mean since we are talking about ****ing Jack Silvagni

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Good post.
When I look at it there’s several factors at play.

Once the club rejected the Gold Coast move they made plans to be Melbourne based but generate a revenue through selling games to the detriment of long term growth.

Then in 2016 they gutted the list and offloaded all leadership at the club. It was a Brad Scott call and once he realised the error of his ways he left with his reputation intact and the north list in disarray.

Roos coming in to provide guidance was a massive mistake, so too was appointing Shaw as coach without seriously advertising the position.

Then Hood has come in as president and while they landed their big fish in Clarko, they are ridiculously short in terms of football dept experience to ensure long term success. And off field they are still rudderless in terms of what they want to be, where they want to get to and how they get there as a club long term.

When you look at the common threads, it’s poor decisions and direction by the senior leadership at the club over the last 15 years.

Forget bad luck with injuries, poor drafting, lack of development of players etc. It all stems from the leadership and direction from the top, and employing the right people in the right positions and enabling them. This hasn’t happened.

All true. The single biggest thing they need is good people at the top, that's how Brisbane got better over the past 9 years.

Not that it's a huge thing that would change their fortunes significantly, but I also think if North have to sell games, they would benefit from having one consistent location they sell games to. They're not going to build any kind of fanbase in those places if they remain mercenaries picking the highest bidder every few years. Hawthorn in Launceston should be the model.

Sure, too big a location might lead to speculation of them moving like with the Gold Coast, but I'd argue there are none of those places left besides Canberra. Ballarat would have been the best place had they not tried to get in on Hobart simultaneously, leading to them being kicked out for someone more committed. WA is decent I guess, they should keep the arrangement going.