07-14-2015, 04:33 AM
(07-14-2015, 04:17 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Personally despise tanking. We've tried it in the past, and it hasn't worked. Melbourne has tried it, and it doesn't work. I've said it before, it's just a variation of the Messiah complex. Instead of waiting for gun trades to save us, instead of waiting successful coaches to save us, now we turn to elite pimply faced adolescents to save us.
We need to build a culture that despises losing, that despises giving less than 100% every game, that can really develop kids the way other clubs do. Into such a system, you then trade, draft, recruit players who have a framework in place, and something to actually aspire to. Not, "you're barely out of nappies, you need to save us."
Sorry, but that's my 2 bob's worth.
Franklin, Lewis and Roughy were all once 'pimply faced adolescents'.