saintsRrising wrote:And in that period they produced more AFL footballers than we did.
Hardly a shock. They had more recruits than tried senior players. We were (and still are) the other way around. It's tough to get a game here, and I'd suggest that a lot of the youngsters who have been tried at Port wouldn't have had the same opportunities here. Over that period we picked up young guys who we thought could compete for spots. Some did, some didn't, most are gone now.
I am not a big fan of getting "rejects" from other clubs as per our previous detailed exchanges.
For the most part I'd agree. I don't mind getting the players, but I'd rather not give up as much as we did in trades. I don't like using ND picks on AFL level players either (Callaghan, Ackland, McGough, Ferguson, Gehrig). Again, I don't mind getting the players, but use the PSD. I'm hoping that with more money being spent on recruiting this year and beyond, we'll see much better value out of our ND picks.
There are some on this forum who try and paint me as 100% against GT and 100% for RL.
Any time you bring up GT, it looks like you're making excuses for RL. Fact is, RL has one of the most experienced lists in the AFL and has more 50-gamers at his disposal than any other coach. The high-end talent is definitely there. I don't think there's any excuse for RL not to perform.