Clearly all clubs strive for the ultimate prize. The first thing Tassie would consider as success is to get a bloody team!!
However, as an AFL club, there are ways & means of getting into a good position to win that big cup in September. It always takes a lot of planning, recruiting the right players & coaches. Clearly there is some luck involved in all this, but clubs with the right approach can/do reduce the error of recruiting the wrong people.
Sustained success is something extra that clubs desire & look for the magic formulae that may give them a longer 'Premiership window'.
I was reading a piece on the ABC online called 'Firepots & Farms'. anyone can google it up pretty easily. Its not a long article but it encapsulates how one team, very much maligned as 'sleepy hollow' for much of its long existence.
Geelong seems to have changed its perceived weakness into a strength. Its perceived sleepy country existence has been changed into an attraction.
Its a story that people looking at setting up a Tassie team should look at.
Much maligned & the butt of jokes for such a long time, Tassie has become a destination of choice, especially over the last decade or so. The fact people come & enjoy aspects of the Tassie experience has taken off since places like MONA came along. Called 'the MONA effect'.
In so far as football is concerned a certain mix of lifestyle opportunities needs to be offered & can be offered in Tasmania.
If we get the nod, we need to promote the attractive differences & some similarities we can offer a largely ignorant football player community.
Being in Hobart isn't that much different to Geelong in many ways. Similar size, close to stunning coastline, close by rural opportunities. Great Ocean & lake fishing opportunities. An established & growing cafe/food culture. Only an hour from Melbourne & playing in Melbourne probably 8 times a year.
Anyway, first things first. If we get a gig in the AFL, how do people see the progression from newbie to becoming hopefully a well established club.
However, as an AFL club, there are ways & means of getting into a good position to win that big cup in September. It always takes a lot of planning, recruiting the right players & coaches. Clearly there is some luck involved in all this, but clubs with the right approach can/do reduce the error of recruiting the wrong people.
Sustained success is something extra that clubs desire & look for the magic formulae that may give them a longer 'Premiership window'.
I was reading a piece on the ABC online called 'Firepots & Farms'. anyone can google it up pretty easily. Its not a long article but it encapsulates how one team, very much maligned as 'sleepy hollow' for much of its long existence.
Geelong seems to have changed its perceived weakness into a strength. Its perceived sleepy country existence has been changed into an attraction.
Its a story that people looking at setting up a Tassie team should look at.
Much maligned & the butt of jokes for such a long time, Tassie has become a destination of choice, especially over the last decade or so. The fact people come & enjoy aspects of the Tassie experience has taken off since places like MONA came along. Called 'the MONA effect'.
In so far as football is concerned a certain mix of lifestyle opportunities needs to be offered & can be offered in Tasmania.
If we get the nod, we need to promote the attractive differences & some similarities we can offer a largely ignorant football player community.
Being in Hobart isn't that much different to Geelong in many ways. Similar size, close to stunning coastline, close by rural opportunities. Great Ocean & lake fishing opportunities. An established & growing cafe/food culture. Only an hour from Melbourne & playing in Melbourne probably 8 times a year.
Anyway, first things first. If we get a gig in the AFL, how do people see the progression from newbie to becoming hopefully a well established club.
