Your normal level of nuance JM. What did the Pres say - a flag by 2020? That still leaves a few approaches:Johnny Member wrote:Isn't the club's plan public knowledge?Bluthy wrote:I tell you what - if we do get HH and he costs us our first rounder that cements my suspicion that we are genuinely going for it. I would have preferred a slower build to get more top picks at the draft. But getting Carlisle and HH in their prime around that 25 age mark with our top picks starts our premiership clock ticking and indicates that we are releasing the handbrake and putting the foot to the floor to go for that flag in the next few years.
Richo is an ambitious bugger and I reckon he thinks we can have a real crack at it with the likes of Rooey, Joey, Armo still being a contested beast, Gilbo consistently getting on the ground again, Steven hitting his prime and the likes of Robbo, Newnes, Ross hitting an age/games bracket where they are really solid AFL players. Its bold - not the path I would have chosen. But strap yourself in - could be a wild ride over the next few years.
Or are you say I g that Richardson has hijacked the very public club vision?
Slow burn - going to the draft with all good picks and only trading in as very low down picks or steak knives. 2020 would be a stretch but still possible.
Medium rare - Willing to trade in players to speed up the team development but who are still in a pretty young age group - Steele would fit into this category
Fast Track - willing to trade in players hitting their prime (Carlisle, Hatlett) which gives us the chance of having Roo, Joey et al at a flag tilt. A flag in 2018 would come into view with this approach as outlandish as it sounds.
Personally I would have loved slow burn (love slow cooking) but I don't think Richo was ever going to go that route fully. PLaying all of Demps, Fish, Joey, Gilbo, Gears in the backline and not turning over the team as much as he could have, indicated he wasn't really aiming for another couple of years of high draft picks.
I do think Richo may have been thinking more of doing it medium rare. However perhaps seeing Acres have a breakout second half of the season, and Gresh jump out of the blocks like a veteran, and Ross and Newnes going up another notch, and Steven become elite, and Rooey kicking 9 goals in a match, and Gilbo getting his foot right, and seeing Membrey and Bruce already looking like great forward pistons and Hickey playing brilliantly has fed his fevered ambition to push him into Fast track.
Plus perhaps seeing Dogs who seem very comparable with us - Bont v Billings, Daniels v Lonie - go from first year finals to a Grannie, maybe Richo has borrowed Bevo's phrase "Why not us?". Plus the seemingly large number of players potentially moving this trade period where Richo feels we can fill our holes - KPD and mids - has excited him to hit the accelerator hard.
So there it is. Some different approaches. Within larger goals, coaches will evolve their approaches based on how things are playing out - thats the complexity of football. Sorry I know you don;t like complexity JM. That doesn't let you get on your high horse easily.
) to them 5 days a week. Their opinion on HH is totally different to your view and they reckon it will be the deal of the century for them if they can unload him.
