05-17-2024, 02:45 AM
(05-17-2024, 01:35 AM)LP link Wrote:Player management doesn't allow that to happen anymore, the player managers want the talent given opportunities at senior level the moment they show potential.
So it’s a good thing that player managers don’t have a say in team selection. The vast majority will go along with whatever decision their player’s club makes. The rest will struggle to survive.
During our dire period, I would often compare the games our draftees were getting with the ability of the leading teams to allow their draftees to develop.
There are many youngsters who are more than capable of walking straight into an AFL team and many more who will be better players because their clubs allowed time to develop. Player managers looking for a long term return will prefer clubs that can give their youngsters a measured transition to AFL.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball