Player Watch #34 Harry Armstrong

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tiger_tough said:
I meant more so an appointment for the aesthetics rather than on merit. She's completely out of her depth.
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Oh yeah. I agree.

She fits the look and drinks the Kool Aid.

They don't seem to be bothered by succesive failures in theri genius ot work as intended - AFLX, rule changes etc.
 
Dr Tigris said:
Oh yeah. I agree.

She fits the look and drinks the Kool Aid.

They don't seem to be bothered by succesive failures in theri genius ot work as intended - AFLX, rule changes etc.
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You work at AFL house, you are mixing the Kool aid. AFLX is long gone. Rule changes been going on since the 60s. Never trial anything..rule interpretation changes, add 4 umps. Kane, ambitiously on

TV early last season trying to explain the rules. Gave up. End of the day, it's a great game. Despite all the AFL boys club crap, I can't handle other football. Bit of soccer at world cup time.

And Jesus, looking forward to watching the 2024, gang of 8. I hope Armstrong and all of them have AFL careers. I don't think Lynch will last long, I don't think we will chase free agent KPFs, so Armstrong, Sims and Faull got good long careers at punt road
 
T4P said:
I'll bite

Diversity is profitable. In business decision-making, the science shows that more diverse perspectives result in better decisions. There are some terrible Diversity & Inclusion policies, where people do it just to look good, and there are some excellent ones.

Let's take Richmond for example. For a long while, clubs were very hesitant to draft Indigenous players. Richmond invested in resources to specifically assist Indigenous kids with adapting to an AFL environment. It's hard to argue that we haven't had a competitive advantage from that investment. Diversity is profitable for companies in the same way - it's difficult to get good talent from demographics you don't already recruit from if your company is just white blokes. There are obviously practical constraints here, but all the woke BS aside shouldn't distract from the fact that it's just good business to be inclusive.

As a side note, merit is not objective and is tricky to assess. We all know people who's CVs on paper look amazing but they're terrible, particularly compared to old mate who scrapped his way to get where he is and just happens to be the best performer.
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Essadon had a lot of indig players in the Sheedy era. Now one or two. We must have had near 10 at one stage, 2 left?
 

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LTT said:
Diversity is also dangerous. If you are a privileged white male who got to the top because of who you knew rather than what you know, then ambition and talent in others is very dangerous. So, a young guy who has overcome race or poverty or a young woman who has refused to let gender define her, are seen as dangerous to your position. There is a saying. "Never hire someone who is smarter than you". If you add "more ambitious" then I suspect that is the real policy behind organisations who are anti diverse hiring. At Richmond we were very lucky, we got Benny gale and Peggie O'Neil. Those two seem very smart and comfortable in their abilities and I think it shows in the organisation they were able to build and the success we were able to have. Unfortunately, I don't see the same diversity or openness in the AFL. I wonder why?
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How does one run a successful thriving business if it's a danger in hiring smart(er) staff than the board! How come the Yanks do it so well with their start up companies!?
 
SumTingWong said:
Why are people surprised? We are living in a time where people are chosen for jobs based on the color of their skin and the genitals in their underwear rather than merit. We are now not choosing A grade sportsmen because they are shy? FFS
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