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If this season continues in the same horrible fashion, what are peoples thoughts on requesting a priority pick from the AFL? Obviously all other clubs especially Collingwood would fight against it but potentially the AFL could do something simmilar to Melbourne with Frawley if Leuy left?

I personally think that a priority pick is not out of the question as we have been terrible for 10 years and have lost a stack of top end talent. If i knew that the Lions could get picks 1 and 2 in this years draft i might find some interest in the BLFC again.
 
No doubt the club would be asking. Swann has close ties with the AFL HQ. Has been here a while and no doubt would be reporting back every now and then on our situation. We need help and a PP won't solve anything overnight but it's a start especially if it's straight after our first selection. Opens up plenty of options come trade week as well.

We've been a rabble for a few years now and I think AFL HQ won't put all their eggs in one basket but instead propose that we get a PP, salary cap retention allowance, increased footy department spending and they could flex their muscle to get us some decent training facilities in co-operation with the QLD government.

Once we cover those points (mainly training facilities) we can then redivert our limited resources to fully sell our brand to the QLD market to set us up long term.
 
While I'm all for getting more high draft picks - is it really going to solve many problems? There's no way to prove this but just from watching the games there are attitude problems (not going at the ball hard enough) and skill errors (maaaassive clangers). I'd rather our 23-28 year olds to stand up, figuratively and literally by not being injured, and show more intent on the field... which is what we we're hoping for at the start of the year considering last year
 
We definitely need one, although if this Keays kid is as good as I hear and get him without using our 1st pick then that may be enough to help get us back on track. Certainly we are coming close to qualifying for one though you would think
 

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If melbourne couldn't get a priority pick there is no way the lions are getting one. Lions have a good list and could compete for a finals spot if it wasn't for so many injurys. But if Aish leaves no doubt somone will hand the lions a first pick.
 
Libba21 said:
If melbourne couldn't get a priority pick there is no way the lions are getting one. Lions have a good list and could compete for a finals spot if it wasn't for so many injurys. But if Aish leaves no doubt somone will hand the lions a first pick.
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The demons did get a PP...they just didn't get more ;)
 
I think our problems go well beyond list depth. The financial viability of AFL clubs in Queensland is the real issue. Our current financial situation is partly due to poor management squandering the solid position we were in around 2004. However, as a poster on another thread has pointed out, a number of issues outside our control have also affected our position including the drain on financial support by the creation of the Suns.

if the AFL wants to help I think getting a more realistic deal for use of the Gabba and state of the art training facilities with in reasonable distance to the centre of Brisbane would be a start. Then I'd take reasonable conditions on the "discounts" for recruiting from the academy.

We get these basics in place, it helps us develop and keep players and we can truly rebuild.
 
Bucking Beads said:
No point even discussing this until we finish the season. I'd say we might be a change if we only manage a win or 2 but it would still take a massive change of heart from the AFL.
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Not often you see the words 'heart' and 'AFL' in the same sentence!
 
Albertproudftw said:
potentially the AFL could do something similar to Melbourne with Frawley if Leuy left?
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Yes I think this is likely IF Leuy was to leave. Hopefully it doesn't lead us - the club that is - to wanting Leuy to take a free agency offer (which I'm sure privately Melbourne were doing with Frawley).
 
Albertproudftw said:
If this season continues in the same horrible fashion, what are peoples thoughts on requesting a priority pick from the AFL? Obviously all other clubs especially Collingwood would fight against it but potentially the AFL could do something simmilar to Melbourne with Frawley if Leuy left?

I personally think that a priority pick is not out of the question as we have been terrible for 10 years and have lost a stack of top end talent. If i knew that the Lions could get picks 1 and 2 in this years draft i might find some interest in the BLFC again.
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Would be in favor of it and we deserve it, we have been so mediocre these past 10 years and it doesn't help that some of the picks have been going back home.

Priority pick, Rance, Dixon/Carlisle, pick 1...Retention allowance (To annoy Eddie especially)...Not bad.
+ ben keays
 

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Say we don't win a game for the whole season , would that have any bearing on the AFL ?
 
think we need, the reason clubs like hawthorn and collingwoood began their golden run was due to the very generous priority picks they recieved, hawks got buddy, and roughead, collingwood got daisy and pendles, richmond if they werent stupid would have got deledio and another gun
 
No point in receiving an extra pick early in the draft if it results in the young player selected desiring to return to their home state post their obligatory 2 year rookie contract.
Its a no brainer that we require a major development from our current sub standard training facilities. Our skill development over the past decade since the golden era has been deplorable and I cant imagine that our $2 off field footy spend doesn't play a significant role in that. AFL has to decide if they ever want the Lions to be competitive at some stage.
 

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If one was forthcoming I would take it obviously and I would feel comfortable doing so, we have by far the most taxing handicap in the league.

However, I don't want Swan and other head figures banging on about it in the media, and us grovelling with our hands out for a pick, it just adds to the victim mentality. There is enough areas within our control that we can fix for the time being, or bring up to speed and if the Dees didn't get one last year, we wont anyway.

retention allowance is another issue. This is a glaring outlier within the current structures of the AFL, the fact our team is the only on the eastern sea board to not have one in place is laughable.

Though as with anything, we win some games, all this goes away.
 
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Libba21 said:
If melbourne couldn't get a priority pick there is no way the lions are getting one. Lions have a good list and could compete for a finals spot if it wasn't for so many injurys. But if Aish leaves no doubt somone will hand the lions a first pick.
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Melbourne didn't get a PP last year but there was talk from the AFL that one of the reasons they got a high pick for Frawley was because they didnt get a PP. It was the usual AFL making things up on the fly.

I think the club will probably ask for one no matter what. If we don't win a game then we would probably get one but win a few games and I don't see it happening
 
Tripwire said:
Would be in favor of it and we deserve it, we have been so mediocre these past 10 years and it doesn't help that some of the picks have been going back home.

Priority pick, Rance, Dixon/Carlisle, pick 1...Retention allowance (To annoy Eddie especially)...Not bad.
+ ben keays
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How marvellous would that be.
 
Pretty much everyone agrees that Brisbane have a playing list whose talent is closer to the 8 than the bottom 4. Their problems have very little to do with talent. Giving them a priority pick would do pretty much nothing. Brisbane needs a priority coach or recruiter more than they need a priority pick.
 
Statistically we were a bottom 2 team last year and over performed with 7 wins, this year we are easily the worst side of the competition currently. So tell me how the hell you think our talent is closing in on the 8? We have been off the pace for a long time now as per below:

2015 nil wins 51%
2014 7 wins 69%
2013 10 wins 89%
2012 10 wins 91%
2011 4 wins 80%
2010 7 wins 82%

We are well short of the 8, but honestly I think most of us had high hopes this year and right now just want to see some blokes bleeding for the club on game day
 
I have always been against priority picks - I would be a hypocrite if I said we should get one. Personally I hope we don't go down this path.
 

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