A lot of people were hyping up this Grange side in the off season. I wasn’t buying into it at all. Obviously in hindsight you can tell that this side wasn’t good enough to beat the majority of the top 6 sides. Grange need to focus on consistency before they consider themselves a hard team to beat. With regards to their culture it’s hard to tell from the outside looking in, but seeing a few of their games this year I do believe they seem to be more focused on a real crash and bash brand of footy that intimidates the opposition. Nothing wrong with that, but you need to have the right balance. Grange have a lot of upside in terms of their list and you can tell that they want to make finals as soon as possible, however that takes time. There’s no point rushing into it. Grange will do well in the future but they need to focus on beating the majority of teams around and below them before they can cement themselves in the top 6 for years to come. Overall they’ve done well this year but I expected them to win a few more games.
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Yes agree the notion of “3 year rebuilds” rarely work at local level as losing a few through no fault of the club can easily happen and likewise a few good ins can change things quickly.Not sure UiS - the "building" of a list tends to be more of an AFL thing where players don't move on as easily as they do at local level. Sometimes you have a good crop of blokes come thru and then bang - they all decide to head o/s for a backpacking sabbatical..
Plenty of clubs move straight into success mode without building as well - Maroochydore did, Noosa should play finals this year after 2 years, SP won a premiership in 2019 but hasn't been sustained, Morningside have fluctuated up and down as well. Be fair to say only Cats and Lab have really been consistently good for a while with I think Aspley and Redlands probably going to as well now.
Grange definitely loaded up this year with playing personnel - took 2 of the best available (Eagles and Payne) plus a number from NT. Every week ther seemed to be a "name" rolling into Hickey park during preseason. Whether that is to be a flawed strategy I suppose time will tell but I would think that with those additions they would have wanted to be playing finals this season, surely? Obviously a few games to be played still so all of this might change opinions if they win last few.
Coaching is hard too - some coaches look better bc of their lists - not necessarily good coaches but good recruiters, others coach really well without necessarily getting ultimate success bc the cards they are dealt aren't fantastic. Its such a subjective role and everyone has an opinion...
Earth moving statement this one Damo
I specialise in them
When you speak of drafted to AFL does that mean put onto AFL list or a player that is consistently playing AFL footy
Carter Michael was Maroochydore as well? And yeah Cumberland awesome great stuffAt Maroochydore we are just hanging out coat tails on Cumberland. How bloody good has his past month been
Been awesome SMY. Another slap in face for QLD footy that a kid like that has to leave his home state when he was in Lions Academy.At Maroochydore we are just hanging out coat tails on Cumberland. How bloody good has his past month been
No one is forcing anyone to leave their home state. They don’t have to nominate for the AFL draft.
Interestingly we actually were glad he went out of state SM- the sort of boy he was it was good for him to head away and immerse in footy and especially at a club like Richmond. He was a rough diamond for sure but has battled through a 12mth injury and come out other side. Wasn't gifted a game and has earnt it. Only a handful of games but hoping he continues to go well. Loves his local footy club and they love him with sisters still involved at junior level.
