Opinion What unpopular AFL opinions do you have? - Part 2

[MC Extra Dollop]

There a billion reasons you'd rather be an assistant coach on 60k than a PE teacher. Working with rich athletes, direct line of communication with club execs who often own businesses worth hundreds of millions. The opportunities beyond your 60k salary would be enormous. No offence to anyone but as a PE teacher you are just hanging around with other struggling teachers and savage unruly kids all day

90 % of the stat's and analysis stuff you could get some bright uni students studying sports science or whatever to do it for free as an internship and they would be delighted to do it, another reason not to pay the assistant coaches much

It's not a competitive salary for a mid-30s to mid 50s professional, highly likely with a young family. What, you think Port's assistant coaches are really in it to pitch their sitcom ideas to Kochie?

An assistant coach's lot involves endless travel, significant pressure to deliver results and awful long-term job security. They're getting leaders in their field to do the jobs in the footy department, firstly to try to get that tiny edge over the competition and secondly because they'll earn the respect of these millionaires in their early 20s.

An assistant coach at an elite sporting club in the premier competition in the country isn't on a tenth of what his boss is. It's ludicrous.

 

[Whisper in the Wind]

Advantage rule should not be paid if the umpire blows his whistle.
Umpire should hold their whistle, like other sports, and only blow it if no advantage occurs.

Hate seeing every player stop when a whistle is blown, except one who runs into an open goal, or 15m away from congestion because everyone is looking to the umpire.

*Not sure if an unpopular opinion, never heard anyone bring it up

 

[PhatBoy]

There a billion reasons you'd rather be an assistant coach on 60k than a PE teacher. Working with rich athletes, direct line of communication with club execs who often own businesses worth hundreds of millions. The opportunities beyond your 60k salary would be enormous. No offence to anyone but as a PE teacher you are just hanging around with other struggling teachers and savage unruly kids all day

90 % of the stat's and analysis stuff you could get some bright uni students studying sports science or whatever to do it for free as an internship and they would be delighted to do it, another reason not to pay the assistant coaches much

There’s really not.

PE teacher is at home 164 days a year if they want to be and on the days they aren’t, they still sleep in their own bed anyway. Normal hours, usually work locally, and they’re on a normal pay grade for their profession.

An experience head coach at AFL level doesn’t work as an assistant for the same rate as a PE teacher

 

[VinnieB]

There a billion reasons you'd rather be an assistant coach on 60k than a PE teacher. Working with rich athletes, direct line of communication with club execs who often own businesses worth hundreds of millions. The opportunities beyond your 60k salary would be enormous. No offence to anyone but as a PE teacher you are just hanging around with other struggling teachers and savage unruly kids all day

90 % of the stat's and analysis stuff you could get some bright uni students studying sports science or whatever to do it for free as an internship and they would be delighted to do it, another reason not to pay the assistant coaches much

I'm fairly sure a PE teacher earns significantly more than $60k pa. Try $120k+.
Maybe a teacher feels they can make a difference? My brother puts on breakfast at the school he is at. Free for all. Why? Because if he didn't many kids wouldn't eat because their shiit parents blow their money on alcohol and gambling.

I'm sure at the end of each year he feels he made a positive impact on kids.

But thanks for your mindless post. I'm sure your son/daughter is grateful of his/her teacher(s) each week.

 

[AstonSouffle]

Advantage rule should not be paid if the umpire blows his whistle.
Umpire should hold their whistle, like other sports, and only blow it if no advantage occurs.

Hate seeing every player stop when a whistle is blown, except one who runs into an open goal, or 15m away from congestion because everyone is looking to the umpire.

*Not sure if an unpopular opinion, never heard anyone bring it up

Other rules would make this difficult, i.e the duck rule = not HTB, but it was actually high but wasn't called initially due to not blowing the whistle in your scenario, then suddenly there's no advantage so you call back the high contact.

Everyone would genuinely be confused AF.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

18 teams are way too many in a so-called elite competition for a country that has a population of only 25 million.

 

[AstonSouffle]

That the bottom 4 should always get priority picks that start right after the bottom 10 have picked, essentially double picks in the first round (would expand the first round out to 22 picks).

If the AFL is insistent on unleashing free movement and not stopping lower teams from sieving players to the top teams then you should just give better currency/players to the bottom 4 teams.

Do acknowledge that 7th and 8th would get absolutely rogered here, but they made the finals so they must be going alright.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Nic Natanui is the most overrated and overweight player in the AFL. Imagine being that tall and not being able to take a contested mark because despite over a decade in the game you still don’t understand the game enough to know where to run to attract the football.

Hey Cuzz09 what is his nickname?

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Advantage rule should not be paid if the umpire blows his whistle.
Umpire should hold their whistle, like other sports, and only blow it if no advantage occurs.

Hate seeing every player stop when a whistle is blown, except one who runs into an open goal, or 15m away from congestion because everyone is looking to the umpire.

*Not sure if an unpopular opinion, never heard anyone bring it up

Totally agree (sorry) and have been saying the same for years.

Soccer, hockey and union all do the advantage rule so much better.

It's terribly applied in AFL. The whistle just ruins the natural flow of that passage of play, especially for the opposition who, if they don't stop and look, risk a 50 metre penalty. Meanwhile the infringed team, who have nothing to lose, get an undue advantage well beyond the value of the free kick.

It needs fixing.

 

[Quivorir]

The whistle is blown far too much in our game period.

 

[HawkerHurricane]

Nic Natanui is the most overrated and overweight player in the AFL. Imagine being that tall and not being able to take a contested mark because despite over a decade in the game you still don’t understand the game enough to know where to run to attract the football.

Hey Cuzz09 what is his nickname?

at least you posted this in the appropriate thread

 

[Piggy Smalls]

at least you posted this in the appropriate thread

Although I do hold this opinion I was only posting it to be petty

 

[Cuzz09]

Nic Natanui is the most overrated and overweight player in the AFL. Imagine being that tall and not being able to take a contested mark because despite over a decade in the game you still don’t understand the game enough to know where to run to attract the football.

Hey Cuzz09 what is his nickname?

huh?

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[Piggy Smalls]

huh?

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Was just stirring you up in regards to your Mundy comment.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Speaking of David Mundy

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David Mundy

Age

38

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.1

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

11.8

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.3

5star

CL

5.1

5star

D

15.7

4star

K

6.7

3star

HB

9.0

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.7

4star

CL

3.7

5star

D

27.8

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

12.4

5star

M

5.8

5star

T

6.2

5star

CL

7.2

5star

- I have the probably unpopular opinion that if you allow for KMs travelled his career longevity is more impressive than Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey

Age

45

Ht

167cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

’s.

 

[gungho]

Just make the comp fair. Shorten the season and play each other once. Banish father/son, academy picks and all other bullshit.

 

[carlton_99]

Advantage rule should not be paid if the umpire blows his whistle.
Umpire should hold their whistle, like other sports, and only blow it if no advantage occurs.

Hate seeing every player stop when a whistle is blown, except one who runs into an open goal, or 15m away from congestion because everyone is looking to the umpire.

*Not sure if an unpopular opinion, never heard anyone bring it up

This is spot on! Nothing frustrates me more than an advantage being paid after the whistle is blown and 90% of the players have stopped.

 

[Whisper in the Wind]

Just make the comp fair. Shorten the season and play each other once. Banish father/son, academy picks and all other bullshit.

Also, let teams have their 11 home games at their home ground (ie. Geelong can have 11 in Geelong, RICH/COLL can have 11 at the MCG). Extend this to the first three weeks of finals, and give the home team's members earlier access to buy finals tickets.

 

[Tigerlaird]

The top 12 clubs should form an Australian rules premier league.

The rest is formed into the National Second Division (NSD) nicknamed "The Championship" with the top clubs from the state leagues invited to join. The NSD enables the most powerful state league clubs to permanently play in a competition that will provide opportunity to reach their full potential, while also acting as a reserves league for the premership clubs.

The new Australian Rules Football (ARF) pyramid will be structured as:


The AFL "The Premiership"
12 clubs



The NSD "The Championship"
18 clubs - Reserves affiliation with Premiership clubs.
Multiple clubs can be reserves for one premiership club, similar to rugby league state leagues.



The NFL
SANFL - VFL - WAFL - NSWAFL - QAFL - TFL
9 clubs in each state league, premiers face off in finals series for the NFL championship title.
The clubs that entered the NSD can be replaced by the strongest clubs in the leagues below the state leagues.


The various leagues under the state leagues which feed into the state league teams.​

This new league system does not involve automatic progression or relegation. It enables the top flight of the game to be of a higher quality as the premiership clubs will have more resources to draw form and keeps the clubs that were placed in the NSD to survive through their reserves association while also competing in a league of their own, with real rewards and glory to play for.

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[Cuzz09]

Was just stirring you up in regards to your Mundy comment.

ah

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[HawkerHurricane]

Although I do hold this opinion I was only posting it to be petty

 

[Whisper in the Wind]

The top 12 clubs should form an Australian rules premier league.

The rest is formed into the National Second Division (NSD) nicknamed "The Championship" with the top clubs from the state leagues invited to join. The NSD enables the most powerful state league clubs to permanently play in a competition that will provide opportunity to reach their full potential, while also acting as a reserves league for the premership clubs.

The new Australian Rules Football (ARF) pyramid will be structured as:


The AFL "The Premiership"
12 clubs



The NSD "The Championship"
18 clubs - Reserves affiliation with Premiership clubs.
Multiple clubs can be reserves for one premiership club, similar to rugby league state leagues.



The NFL
SANFL - VFL - WAFL - NSWAFL - QAFL - TFL
9 clubs in each state league, premiers face off in finals series for the championship title.
The clubs that entered the NSD can be replaced by the strongest clubs in the leagues below the state leagues.


The various leagues under the state leagues which feed into the state league teams.​

This new league system does not involve automatic progression or relegation. It enables the top flight of the game to be of a higher quality as the premiership clubs will have more resources to draw form and keeps the clubs that were placed in the NSD to survive through their reserves association while also competing in a league of their own, with real rewards and glory to play for.

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That's a long winded way of saying "get rid of North, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast and GWS"

Who's the 6th? Sydney are the 6th smallest based on 2022 Membership.
Fremantle? Brisbane? Melbourne? Port?

No Glory in seeing the club you love become a reserves side for the bigger clubs in your state.
How much interest would you have if Richmond was demoted to Collingwood's feeder club?

 

[Tigerlaird]

That's a long winded way of saying "get rid of North, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast and GWS"

Who's the 6th? Sydney are the 6th smallest based on 2022 Membership.
Fremantle? Brisbane? Melbourne? Port?

No Glory in seeing the club you love become a reserves side for the bigger clubs in your state.
How much interest would you have if Richmond was demoted to Collingwood's feeder club?

It'll be a hard bullet to bite initially but because the NSD would be the permanent league that those clubs play in, the supporters and the community would all get behind it.

People follow the club, not the league they play in. Diehard North supporters would follow the championship more, and perhaps have a premiership team as their number two team.

This would be the case for me if Richmond was placed in the NSD but it sounds impossible for a big four club to be relegated to a 2nd division.

 

[hamohawk1]

Trade period should be pushed back to mid november then have the draft straight after. I know the AFL wants wall to wall coverage of the mens comp but the filler between the GF and draft with trade week inserted was way OOT this year.

Keep a genuine break and it might also help promote the womens season.

 

[jwint43]

Get rid of marquee games, or share them equally. The comp is rigged until these games are flexible and based on performance. As long as the same teams get the biggest fixtures no matter how they are travelling there will always be an imbalance in attracting talent, fans and interesting between the traditionally "big clubs" and the small clubs.