Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 25
- Thread starter RussellEbertHandball
- Start date
- Tagged users None
- Status
Mitch Georgiades to WC for pick 1. HR to Port, confirmed
Ha. Trouble is that our urgent need is tall and mobile key position players too.Mitch Georgiades to WC for pick 1. HR to Port, confirmed
V'Landys is no gentleman - I see the NRL has a game tonight, albeit in Wollongong rather than Sydney.
In all honesty, wouldn't mind if we were to trade out picks & maybe a player or 2 to get in Duursma's Bro and get the family reunion happening
It would be a Channel 7 decision since they are host broadcast of the Games.
- Jul 31, 2017
- 3,300
- 8,255
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
Yeah the top 6 and middle 6 part could work but the bottom 6 playoff would not work at all
Likley because the Matildas are playing Ireland in thier WC opener & C7 are broadcasting it.
To make matters worse, the West Tigers who are currently at a Norf/West Coast shitshow viewing perspective are playing the Dragons.
A Message To You, Harley (Stop Your Messin' Around)
Launchpad McQuack
Internet fact checker.
- Jul 6, 2011
- 5,451
- 17,585
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
This is coming from the same guy that though West Coast was a finals chance after the preseason games.
In all seriousness this could work.
After 17 rounds break it up into three conferences: 1-6, 7-12, 13-18.
First conference plays for Top 6 positions.
Second conference plays for last two finals spots with teams 7-10 playing off in a "wildcard" round.
Third conference plays for draft order with 13 getting first pick down to 18 getting the sixth.
Gives everyone something to play for at the end of the season and eliminates tanking.
- Mar 19, 2015
- 723
- 3,286
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Red Sox, Patriots
In this scenario would the premiership points already won prior to the conference break-up be reset to even?
I know this season isn't a good indicator because some teams have already played double ups and still haven't played other teams once, so it isn't representative. But if we take the current 28 point gap between Gold Coast in 13th and West Coast in 18th then essentially West Coast are locked into either pick 5 or 6. The draft is already compromised enough without the worst team ending up with the 5th or 6th pick based on having a horrible 17 weeks and being too far back to "win" the first pick.
Steve Dore
International Trade Facilitator
- Aug 30, 2004
- 36,816
- 67,357
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Vikings, Canadiens, Sharks
Only for people who had a feeling they'd seen it before somewhere.
Ford Fairlane
Moderator
- Feb 21, 2002
- 82,746
- 204,382
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Port Adelaide Magpies
- Moderator
- #4,393
So you would be OK with the Crows getting the #1 pick this year?
They could easily end up 13th.
On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app
Port01
Norm Smith Medallist
Veteran
Port Adelaide - Riley Bonner Player Sponsor 2016
Port Adelaide - Brendon Ah Chee Player Sponsor 2014
Port Adelaide - Jarrad Redden Player Sponsor 2014
Port Adelaide - Matthew Broadbent Player Sponsor 2013
Port Adelaide - Captains Club 2012 Sponsor
Port Adelaide - John Butcher 2012 Player Sponsor
Seems like Dillon has a bunch of rehashed rubbish old ideas to try and make a mark on the competition.
the draw part brings in inequality to solve inequality. Do we financially compensate the 13-18 teams because they get shit uninteresting games and timeslots for 6 weeks? Who is going to care about draft pick games? What happens if all the top 6 haven't played their quota of home games? who misses out?
Wildcard round is just rubbish. playin kind of works in nba because it is a one series game whereas the real finals are best of 7, but it does make it so 2/3rds of teams at least make the playin. NBA has so many games that its just an excuse to try and make a couple of games interesting before the playoffs.
NFL has wildcards but only 7 out of 16 teams in each conference make it. They call it wildcards because the division leaders get 4 playoff spots and it is the best of the rest.
The AFL season is too many games already with 23 rounds and finals for the physical sport it is. 9th and 10th don't really deserve it. If you want something to do with the bye weekend, just get rid of the ****ing bye weekend, it isn't necessary.
the draw part brings in inequality to solve inequality. Do we financially compensate the 13-18 teams because they get shit uninteresting games and timeslots for 6 weeks? Who is going to care about draft pick games? What happens if all the top 6 haven't played their quota of home games? who misses out?
Wildcard round is just rubbish. playin kind of works in nba because it is a one series game whereas the real finals are best of 7, but it does make it so 2/3rds of teams at least make the playin. NBA has so many games that its just an excuse to try and make a couple of games interesting before the playoffs.
NFL has wildcards but only 7 out of 16 teams in each conference make it. They call it wildcards because the division leaders get 4 playoff spots and it is the best of the rest.
The AFL season is too many games already with 23 rounds and finals for the physical sport it is. 9th and 10th don't really deserve it. If you want something to do with the bye weekend, just get rid of the ****ing bye weekend, it isn't necessary.
- Oct 8, 2004
- 18,657
- 25,495
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Liverpool
Adelaide faces an even tougher task of beating Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday after ruling out star onballer Rory Laird.
Veteran midfielder Matt Crouch is expected to come in as a like-for-like replacement.
Veteran midfielder Matt Crouch is expected to come in as a like-for-like replacement.
Doctor Feel
Shitposter In Chief
One crab for another honestly
I think the notion the bottom 6 “play for draft picks” is some what ridiculous. As we stand, with 6 games to go (when we would be starting to split into the groups of 6) the side in 13th (Suns) are only one game outside the 8.
If we keep the ladder active, giving them double ups against North, Hawthorn and WCE they get given a much easier path into making the finals. Putting them at a massive advantage over all other sides hunting for the last finals berth.
Alternatively, are we saying they aren’t eligible for finals anymore and all their games are dead rubbers ? Why bother playing?
The best solution, is play everyone twice. But with 18 sides and one game a week, the year gets too long.
You could look at periods with 3 games a fortnight, but that creates other fixture issues. Such as teams having an even amount of mid week home games.
If we keep the ladder active, giving them double ups against North, Hawthorn and WCE they get given a much easier path into making the finals. Putting them at a massive advantage over all other sides hunting for the last finals berth.
Alternatively, are we saying they aren’t eligible for finals anymore and all their games are dead rubbers ? Why bother playing?
The best solution, is play everyone twice. But with 18 sides and one game a week, the year gets too long.
You could look at periods with 3 games a fortnight, but that creates other fixture issues. Such as teams having an even amount of mid week home games.
DaTBird187
What D Farke?
- Feb 9, 2014
- 17,394
- 46,994
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Liverpool, Boston Celtics
Agreed. If the top six just played each other then it would spoil the finals series.
jdeezy
Premiership Player
- Jul 6, 2013
- 4,852
- 13,588
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
Here's a solution to the bottom 6 thing that to be honest I haven't thought about for more than 5 seconds but it sounds interesting, which I think ultimately is how the AFL makes decisions anyway:
When every team has played each other once and the ladder splits off you give the bottom 6 teams draft picks 1-6 in the normal 18-13 order, but they can play those players there and then if they want to. Perhaps they can even trade players with each other (those 6 teams only). All six teams are ineligible for the finals but then play off in a mini ladder to determine their draft ranking for Round 2 onwards - ie the top team of that category gets Pick 1 of Round 2, etc. This way the worst team still gets the number 1 pick but there is then incentive to win all of your final games.
A little bonus to this for equalisation could be that in the Mini top 6 draft, academy, father/son, etc picks could only be made by teams in that bottom 6, which stops things like the best player in the draft going to the top teams and meaning the top 6 prospects stay in the bottom 6 teams.
Would it work? No idea. But there's an idea the media can yap on about for the next few days and that's what really matters, doesn't it?
When every team has played each other once and the ladder splits off you give the bottom 6 teams draft picks 1-6 in the normal 18-13 order, but they can play those players there and then if they want to. Perhaps they can even trade players with each other (those 6 teams only). All six teams are ineligible for the finals but then play off in a mini ladder to determine their draft ranking for Round 2 onwards - ie the top team of that category gets Pick 1 of Round 2, etc. This way the worst team still gets the number 1 pick but there is then incentive to win all of your final games.
A little bonus to this for equalisation could be that in the Mini top 6 draft, academy, father/son, etc picks could only be made by teams in that bottom 6, which stops things like the best player in the draft going to the top teams and meaning the top 6 prospects stay in the bottom 6 teams.
Would it work? No idea. But there's an idea the media can yap on about for the next few days and that's what really matters, doesn't it?
- Status
