Opinion Your Clubs' Pre-Tassie Checklist

[boncer34]

I also doubt this team gets off the ground, Tasmanians still have this weird idea that if a stadium isn't built then a billion dollars will suddenly appear in the coffers for some hospitals and whatever else. young people are increasingly gutless and would see living in a cold town of 300,000 people as like, not what they're entitled to.

No progression on the Launceston ground's redevelopment and no subsequent news from the AFL who absolutely love staying in the news cycle.

It's a shame but I just think it fizzles out.

Man you really have transitioned seamlessly from "I know more than all previous generations" to "Young people these days are nothing like my generation was."

 

[Caj]

With a near full salary cap to play with? And very liekly less draft assistance than GC or GWS got, as there is no need for the AFL to try and make Tassie competitive. Especially not in the first two years when it will sell out, before the novelty wears off.

Won’t matter how much money they have to throw around, young guys in their 20s aren’t going to want to live in Tasmania to play for a team that will be anchored at the foot of the ladder

 

[PhatBoy]

Genuinely don’t care. The rest of the comp generally get better picks than us anyway for starters so it’s not an unusual position, so there’s that

Secondly, they aren’t going to be a factor as a premiership contender for at least, you would think, 5+ years after they enter the comp.

The picks they have are not relevant to us.

The draft starts after the picks they have get taken. Ie. if they took the first 10 picks, pick 11 realistically becomes pick 1 as far as the competition proper goes. We are competing with what happens after that. If we have pick 25 we just need to treat it as though we have pick 15.

 

[errant bounce]

I think the AFL really want them to be competing from the first year, going down the draftee route is a total lottery and gamble, they'll probably get access to a heap of free agents.

 

[Billy ray]

nothing
we trade well
we draft well

 

[theGav56]

oscar allen.

more father son gifts.

more academy rorts.

Also long standing traditions involving paper bags and cardboard boxes.