The new AFL admin - how bad?

[joe444]

Just watching today's game, and reflected on / learned:
1. The "let's review every score" system sucks.
2. North have been fixtured to play at 10 different grounds this year and only one at the MCG
3. Geelong have a 6 day break ahead of Brisbane, who have a 9 day break. And Geelong's VFL team are fixtured away at the same time as the seniors.

What sort of administration makes these decisions??? Are we seriously just finding out that the new guys aren't as competent as the old guys?

 

[Underarm]

Just watching today's game, and reflected on / learned:
1. The "let's review every score" system sucks.

The old method of "sometimes we don't review them and miss obvious goals" was worse.

2. North have been fixtured to play at 10 different grounds this year and only one at the MCG

This isn't new to this administration.

3. Geelong have a 6 day break ahead of Brisbane, who have a 9 day break. And Geelong's VFL team are fixtured away at the same time as the seniors.

This isn't new to this administration.

 

[Osho]

It's a bit too early to be certain.

I'm thinking that they are quite possibly inept and dishonest, but will wait and see.

 

[Shane Heard]

Yeah they should’ve got Alan Joyce running the joint.

Fixtures are no harder than organising Qantas flights

 

[joe444]

This isn't new to this administration.

Really .. (re North's 10 venues & 1 MCG / and a team hosting a 9-day v 6-day break match)?

 

[Outtatym]

Really .. (re North's 10 venues & 1 MCG / and a team hosting a 9-day v 6-day break match)?

2 games at the G last year and 9 venues I think. Typically we get one game a year. It's not new

 

[PenfoldsFan]

Just watching today's game, and reflected on / learned:
1. The "let's review every score" system sucks.
2. North have been fixtured to play at 10 different grounds this year and only one at the MCG
3. Geelong have a 6 day break ahead of Brisbane, who have a 9 day break. And Geelong's VFL team are fixtured away at the same time as the seniors.

What sort of administration makes these decisions??? Are we seriously just finding out that the new guys aren't as competent as the old guys?

Of all the reasons to float for the AFL admin being inept, you go with 1, that you're wrong on, 2, that in all reality you couldnt give a shit about before arriving at 3 that has you in tears because it hinders your team.

Oh well.

 

[Underarm]

Really .. (re North's 10 venues & 1 MCG / and a team hosting a 9-day v 6-day break match)?

GWS played 12 venues last year.

R2 2023 Richmond 9 days vs Adelaide 6 days. There would be more examples, that was just the 1st round I looked at.

 

[Punt rd end]

Round 0 says it all

 

[Sumwun]

Geelong have a 6 day break ahead of Brisbane, who have a 9 day break. And Geelong's VFL team are fixtured away at the same time as the seniors.

Welcome to our world. Did you have to fly across the country on that 6 day break?

 

[The 747]

Given that both major appointments were internal what exactly is new about it? Same people as before, the only thing that is different is the two talking heads.

 

[extractasam]

Just watching today's game, and reflected on / learned:
1. The "let's review every score" system sucks.
2. North have been fixtured to play at 10 different grounds this year and only one at the MCG
3. Geelong have a 6 day break ahead of Brisbane, who have a 9 day break. And Geelong's VFL team are fixtured away at the same time as the seniors.

What sort of administration makes these decisions??? Are we seriously just finding out that the new guys aren't as competent as the old guys?

Happens all the time.

 

[BF Tiger]

I’m not surprised.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

"Opposite" (butters as he is anything but soft) not giving away a kick & then getting a week was disgraceful

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[Altum Volantes]

4. ‘Players using gay slurs is different than Coaches using gay slurs.’

 

[The 747]

4. ‘Players using gay slurs is different than Coaches using gay slurs.’

This is an allegation of vicbias and that is not new.

 

[Back One Out]

Cats fan complains about having 3 fewer days to prepare than their opponent.

As though this isn’t a common occurrence for every team that isn’t Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon or Richmond.

Give us a spell

Steve Hocking and Brad Scott are no longer working for the AFL. Get used to it.

 

[JackFlash]

The AFL have been floundering since Gil packed up his office. Gone is the corporate speak (gobbledygook) of Gil and it's been replaced with some not so well thought out new rules and policies. Score reviews is a shambles, the AFL drug policy is more than questionable and i am still furious over cashless Kardinia Park! It might take some time for the CEO to settle in, but what has Gillon really left Dillon?

 

[Altum Volantes]

This is an allegation of vicbias and that is not new.

I wouldn’t say it’s VicBias - moreso ‘one rule for one, one for another’ and picking and choosing when to ‘set an example’ based on how ‘outraged’ the media is.

But alas, you are probably right, it’s not new.

 

[iameviljez]

Just watching today's game, and reflected on / learned:
1. The "let's review every score" system sucks.
2. North have been fixtured to play at 10 different grounds this year and only one at the MCG
3. Geelong have a 6 day break ahead of Brisbane, who have a 9 day break. And Geelong's VFL team are fixtured away at the same time as the seniors.

What sort of administration makes these decisions??? Are we seriously just finding out that the new guys aren't as competent as the old guys?

Why is it an issue that North plays at 10 different grounds, and only once at the G? I thought they were a Marvel stadium tenant.

It's a shame that the VFL fixture isn't in lockstep with the AFL, though. The VFA is dead guys, let it go.

 

[HugeJohnson]

2. North have been fixtured to play at 10 different grounds this year and only one at the MCG

North are a basket case and have been for years now. Did you watch them play yesterday? It was insipid. They don't pull a crowd, they don't play attractive football at the moment. On top of this, they play 4 home games in Tasmania by choice and another away game against Hawthorn probably also by choice.
Why the **** should they get or need any games at the MCG? Their home grounds are Marvel and Blundstone and even those are too big for them.

 

[iameviljez]

i am still furious over cashless Kardinia Park

Sorry mate, I know it sucks when technology moves in a way that you don't (and that's not sarcastic, it's genuine - I remember that email confounded my Mum at first, and ATMs were too much for my Grandma), but surely everyone over 12 has a bankcard now.

However, I do find that people get really angry over the non-acceptance of cash in a way that goes beyond the level of inconvenience that it actually costs them - that it's become some kind of personal/political flashpoint that means more than it actually does.

Cheques went the way of the Thylacine 25 years ago and I don't remember it being anything like this.

 

[JackFlash]

Sorry mate, I know it sucks when technology moves in a way that you don't (and that's not sarcastic, it's genuine - I remember that email confounded my Mum at first, and ATMs were too much for my Grandma), but surely everyone over 12 has a bankcard now.

However, I do find that people get really angry over the non-acceptance of cash in a way that goes beyond the level of inconvenience that it actually costs them - that it's become some kind of personal/political flashpoint that means more than it actually does.

Cheques went the way of the Thylacine 25 years ago and I don't remember it being anything like this.

Cash is still the best way of buying a pie at the footy and i'm well up on technologies. It is wrong for any establishment to refuse cash in Australia. People are compromised enough these days.

 

[iameviljez]

It is wrong for any establishment to refuse cash in Australia.

That I disagree with. If you're a private business, you have every right to refuse payment in any form so long as you are upfront about it. Particularly in places like small pop-up shops, I get why cashless stores are becoming increasingly popular.

Cash can be a pain in the arse for businesses, particularly if most of their transactions are done by card.

 

[Underarm]

Cash is still the best way of buying a pie at the footy and i'm well up on technologies.

I'd love to hear the explanation on this one?