(04-28-2022, 12:43 AM)Lods date Wrote:I don't remember clearly...but didn't they do that with the GWS sideThere was no Reserves, I believe as a club they established GWS as a team in the TAC Cup and the NEAFL, but those players had to go through the draft to get to the AFL.
The point of difference being I think they should have been drafting into a Reserves in the AFL, and retaining those players under AFL contract terms.
For me what they did was pretty much the same sort of continual reset that we keep going through when we repeatedly sack the coach, it's like continually taking 2 steps back to go 3 steps forward. Except in the GWS case they kept the coach and turnover players. Either strategy is flawed, it's sticking fat and building unity and connection while working around the frayed edges that brings success. When we change the coach, or they turnover marquee players, it's like the Emperor's New Suit. We know this well having suffered the messiah complex for so long!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"