List Mgmt. Brady Rawlings | Head of Football Talent (Recruitment, LM & TPP)

[TennisPlayerAndy]

No I didn't, you are being willfully disingenuous.

Justify the club’s decisions at all costs..

 

[Horizons_00]

Hahaha. Wonder why we are the worst side in AFL history and went backwards last season?

Your solution.. I’ll support every decision.

Do you enjoy the club being shit and a laughing stock?

Absolutely this. People are too scared to disagree with anything nowadays

Its cringe

 

[The Nostradamus]

Absolutely this. People are too scared to disagree with anything nowadays

Its cringe

Yep the blind acceptance is pathetic

Praise the wins (Parker, darling, konstanty for 44 and 67)

Call out the questionable decisions (25 for Daniel and now the f1 trade)

 

[Horizons_00]

Yep the blind acceptance is pathetic

Praise the wins (Parker, darling, konstanty for 44 and 67)

Call out the questionable decisions (25 for Daniel and now the f1 trade)

Whats the point of even discussing anything if you are gonna agree with everything

Society is losing their backbone haha

 

[FlyHigh18]

So many clubs willing to part with their F1 just to get a top pick the past two nights, even all the way in the 30s!! They all said no.

Not a single club was successful.

Actually, except one.

 

[disco_cowboy]

if the heat is on brady, does the buck stop with Viney?

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Whats the point of even discussing anything if you are gonna agree with everything

Society is losing their backbone haha

This is one of those "freedom of speech" arguments that presupposes that freedom of speech means freedom from criticism. So it's okay to disagree with what the club decides to do but don't dare disagree with those who disagree.

 

[Outtatym]

When will Brady address our lack of midfielders?

 

[perplexed]

This is one of those "freedom of speech" arguments that presupposes that freedom of speech means freedom from criticism. So it's okay to disagree with what the club decides to do but don't dare disagree with those who disagree.

You can disagree all you like, but make an effort to argue your case. All you, and others, have managed is name calling, fabricated outrage, and ad hominem attacks.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

You can disagree all you like, but make an effort to argue your case. All you, and others, have managed is name calling, fabricated outrage, and ad hominem attacks.

That is truly laughable considering the abuse directed at Brady Rawlings.

 

[Midas]

It’s the lack of negotiating skills.

It may make sense but if it was common knowledge we wanted out of last year and into this year, the swap for the first rounder may have happened way earlier.

Knowing we needed talls, surely they could have played the red herring if we can trade our way into that with early selections next year if the right deal doesn’t come up.

They could have hit far greater value, kept their powder dry and suggested other clubs would take the trade and not just Richmond.

The fugged up negotiation on Daniel.

The CCJ one although I respect it’s not as bad as outlined.

The desperation to find players last year with the priority picks.

They just come across as desperate, like the InBetweeners and Brady is the lynchpin.

It’s embarrassing the lack of presence, composure and ability to play the game he appears to have.

 

[Chadwiko]

...did we really come away from this draft without any KPP players?

 

[Firebat]

Whats the point of even discussing anything if you are gonna agree with everything

Society is losing their backbone haha

I totally agree

 

[Lomas]

You can disagree all you like, but make an effort to argue your case. All you, and others, have managed is name calling, fabricated outrage, and ad hominem attacks.

Latin! Shits getting classical

 

[Gasometer]

Absolutely this. People are too scared to disagree with anything nowadays

Its cringe

Absolutely not this

We’ve come off two years on this Board of criticism of just about everything IN Season daily

We’ve even had Post Mortems starting half ways through 3rd Quarters

We even hate whole countries

 

[RightWingRoo]

Not super happy taking another mid tbh. Would rather us have taken Jasper Alger and fill another area of need.
River, Payne, Cooper and RHJ are all speculative at this stage. Think he would've been a pretty safe bet, even at 57.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

...did we really come away from this draft without any KPP players?

Whitlock is not a KPP?

 

[bhoysdontcry67]

 

[koshari]

Not super happy taking another mid tbh. Would rather us have taken Jasper Alger and fill another area of need.
River, Payne, Cooper and RHJ are all speculative at this stage. Think he would've been a pretty safe bet, even at 57.

Tiggers pissed me off last night killing it, then i check tonight they took jasper who was available b4 river.

Feel free to quote this post but jasper will be a player. Not sure bout river. EDIT it was urqus taken b4 jasper,

 

[Richo83]

Hey guys. Sorry to intrude, but from an outsider's perspective, I don't think this trade is that bad.

Here's the positives: you get one more pick. I think having multiple picks in any draft is a good idea, and you've drafted a lot of midfielders in recent times. Richmond is behind North in terms of development and so wants to build around those key pieces first.

My only question is that if a team is trading down, it sometimes implies they think they're far away and need as many picks as possible. I think there's merit in going for blue-chip prospects, but there's also merit in trading for multiple picks, especially when you're down the ladder and you need to create depth.

As many of you have said, this feels like you're pushing your chips in, but it might be the opposite. You've picked a fairly green KPD/KPF which suggests you're committed to the long term.

The other possibility is that they think that they're ready, and they want to do some draft and stashing a la the NBA. I just don't think the roos are ready yet. I know that Sheezel, Wardlaw, Scott, LDU, McKercher, Simpkin, Powell etc. is a lot of names, and so getting another type like even Melbourne's Lindsay isn't bad.

So what's the aim here?

My biggest issue with North is that you need to get the ball inside 50 more. North only won the inside 50 count five times this season. KPPs aren't necessarily going to solve that issue.

I think it would help the fanbase if the club explained the rationale behind it and sold it to you guys.

 

[zoomba23]

Hey guys. Sorry to intrude, but from an outsider's perspective, I don't think this trade is that bad.

Here's the positives: you get one more pick. I think having multiple picks in any draft is a good idea, and you've drafted a lot of midfielders in recent times. Richmond is behind North in terms of development and so wants to build around those key pieces first.

My only question is that if a team is trading down, it sometimes implies they think they're far away and need as many picks as possible. I think there's merit in going for blue-chip prospects, but there's also merit in trading for multiple picks, especially when you're down the ladder and you need to create depth.

As many of you have said, this feels like you're pushing your chips in, but it might be the opposite. You've picked a fairly green KPD/KPF which suggests you're committed to the long term.

The other possibility is that they think that they're ready, and they want to do some draft and stashing a la the NBA. I just don't think the roos are ready yet. I know that Sheezel, Wardlaw, Scott, LDU, McKercher, Simpkin, Powell etc. is a lot of names, and so getting another type like even Melbourne's Lindsay isn't bad.

So what's the aim here?

My biggest issue with North is that you need to get the ball inside 50 more. North only won the inside 50 count five times this season. KPPs aren't necessarily going to solve that issue.

I think it would help the fanbase if the club explained the rationale behind it and sold it to you guys.

You'll get a few curt responses to this, mate, and I'm not sure it wouldn't be justified. Anyone coming to another club's board and offering unrequested thoughts can come off as a bit... yknow, especially if it's a beneficiary of a rush of blood to the head on our club's part. Think it's as simple as wanting:

a) an experienced head down back with neat ball use (Daniel)
b) a piece of the key position pie in this draft, for future use

And refusing to compromise on either. The result is two overpayments that would need to yield, for a) immediate results (quite possible), and for b) a good career (who knows) to pan out as fair trades.

As for inside 50s, that can also be sorted into two issues:
a) a God-awful midfield setup which allows oppo midfielders to leak through us like a sieve. Not sure on the distribution of responsibility there.
b) a near-entire team of front-runners who put noticeably more effort in when their team has the ball than when it doesn't. Richmond don't have this because they still have the (extremely) bare bones of the premiership years to guide the way and tell anyone ****ing about with fancy shit to cut it out

One gamble has fed into the other, and whilst I don't mind the idea of backing in the club to do something without the safety mechanism of a top five pick to make itself feel better, I'm not so one-eyed as to think that we haven't overpaid by a fair bit, all circumstances considered.

I like talking to opposition fans, when I can find a reasonable one, hence a response, but yeah, the best I can recommend for you is that you steer clear and allow the board to erect Brady effigies in peace

 

[RightWingRoo]

Tiggers pissed me off last night killing it, then i check tonight they took jasper who was available b4 river.

Feel free to quote this post but jasper will be a player. Not sure bout river.

I'm perfectly for us to take a punt on River, don't get me wrong. But he's a speculative type.
Small forwards are still very much an area of need, and Alger is as solid a prospect as you'd ever find at 57.

 

[Lomas]

I'm perfectly for us to take a punt on River, don't get me wrong. But he's a speculative type.
Small forwards are still very much an area of need, and Alger is as solid a prospect as you'd ever find at 57.

As a younger lad I often took a punt out on the river. Mostly fishing.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

As a younger lad I often took a punt out on the river. Mostly fishing.

Who are you? Huckleberry Finn?

 

[Lomas]

Who are you? Huckleberry Finn?

Just a river rat, born on the banks of the Murray.