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- Feb 13, 2003
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No doubt, that pick is gone now.
In terms of paying the dollars, we have to meet in the middle here. We can't keep getting blown out of the water by minnow clubs, and we do need to acknowledge the changing landscape of FA and increases in cap limits.
I'm not saying going all "Crazy Vossy", but we need to get with the program. We are no longer "the destination club", and we are now competing with the likes of Richmond, Melbourne and Essendon for the types we want. We can't offer the promise of flags like we could during the 3 peat. Clubs are building world class facilities. Coaching and fitness departments are similar now.
It's an arms race, and some clubs have caught up. We're in the fight with them. And it means upping the ante with coin.
Move with the times Hawthorn, or get left behind.
Perfectly put hence my reason we need to pushing the envelope as much as we can to the magic million dollar mark.