The concept of the rookie list

[Maddog37]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

I think you have to continually turn players over to find good ones. Not taking that opportunity means you lessen the odds of succesfully producing quality players.

Less quality players means less success. Less success means less money so saving cash on Rookies might in the end cost the club money.

[GVGjr]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

I think you have to continually turn players over to find good ones. Not taking that opportunity means you lessen the odds of succesfully producing quality players.

Less quality players means less success. Less success means less money so saving cash on Rookies might in the end cost the club money.

I don't think this is accurate. How can the last 2 spots on the rookie list be considered valuable? Resources to train the players is very important in my opinion.

[Mofra]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

I don't think this is accurate. How can the last 2 spots on the rookie list be considered valuable?

Because it's two more chances at finding players that cost us $0.

It's a free hit.

[GVGjr]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

Because it's two more chances at finding players that cost us $0.

It's a free hit.

I've explained enough times the suggestion I'm making is not a financial consideration of the playing list it's one based around our resources to develop players and I've also explained that it's based not just filling the list with players that are unlikely to make it as senior footballers.

[Mofra]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

I've explained enough times the suggestion I'm making is not a financial consideration of the playing list it's one based around our resources to develop players and I've also explained that it's based not just filling the list with players that are unlikely to make it as senior footballers.

Yes, I understand your explanation but reserve the right to disagree with it.

The AFL pay their salary, and we are not going to throw out ~4% of our training equipment and reduce staff hours by ~4% if we reduce the number of players we have by 2 - their drain an resourcing is negligible.

Even if we were allowed to not take two rookies (which is not the case, again making the argument moot) the total effect on our resourcing is so little that from a risk/reward scenario we are far better off taking the rookies than not.

[stefoid]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

Looks like we aare only keeping Johanison, which means 5 more rookies.

turn em over! find the keepers!

[Missing Dog]

Re: The concept of the rookie list

I don't think this is accurate. How can the last 2 spots on the rookie list be considered valuable? Resources to train the players is very important in my opinion.

Because desire can be worth 15 to 20% the desire to work and learn can NOT be bought any recruiting man worth his salt or any coach for that manner love seeing a kid that was little chance to be drafted make it and so do I.even if you get one every ten years that one is worth it in my opinion.