06-05-2015, 06:04 AM
... and this sort of thing comes down to leadership.
You need hard at it players who are your leaders, players that tick every box and do everything right.
Looking back at all the recent clubs who were successful over many years they have talent, but they have discipline that is run by the strong leaders of the club.
Brisbane, Sydney, Geelong, Hawthorn all have strong leaders who are also in their best 5 players.
Freo now have their strong leaders with Fyfe and their giant midfield leading by example.
Watch out for GWS (fish in a barrel) and Melbourne over the next 5 years. Viney, Brayshaw and Hogan, all hard young men, all will be Melbourne's best players within the next 2-5 years.
We have Cripps, which is a start but with this draft we need to find a Hodge, Selwood, Voss type midfielder, who doesn't just have talent but has that hard edge about them. Then it's these players who need to drive the culture, combined with a young new coach, 2-3 good draft years where we keep the picks and get them right. We don't need triers like Rowe or talent but no hardness like Gibbs and Murphy in our leadership group. We need steel, toughness and talent.
You need hard at it players who are your leaders, players that tick every box and do everything right.
Looking back at all the recent clubs who were successful over many years they have talent, but they have discipline that is run by the strong leaders of the club.
Brisbane, Sydney, Geelong, Hawthorn all have strong leaders who are also in their best 5 players.
Freo now have their strong leaders with Fyfe and their giant midfield leading by example.
Watch out for GWS (fish in a barrel) and Melbourne over the next 5 years. Viney, Brayshaw and Hogan, all hard young men, all will be Melbourne's best players within the next 2-5 years.
We have Cripps, which is a start but with this draft we need to find a Hodge, Selwood, Voss type midfielder, who doesn't just have talent but has that hard edge about them. Then it's these players who need to drive the culture, combined with a young new coach, 2-3 good draft years where we keep the picks and get them right. We don't need triers like Rowe or talent but no hardness like Gibbs and Murphy in our leadership group. We need steel, toughness and talent.