bowl100 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:Eagles2014 wrote:
Had back issues, also been reported in past for being a chucker, action looks a bit suspect.
Spending big to get off the bottom, could put the money towards junior development, but each to their own I suppose.
Can I ask how you put money towards junior development?
I think making your club appealing to parents would be the key, I've been asked to take my kids out there this season, my son was invited out there last season but the coach's philosophy and game day structure was less than appealing, another parent thought the same thing so we both decided against it, we were right in how we thought it would pan out after checking the stats each week.
Money can go into coaching/ coaching programs, junior equipment, academies/ pathway programs within the club. 20k goes a long way
Agree totally with this bowl100, that's what I was getting at.
Just think spending big money on one or two players does nothing for team morale, especially if they don't perform. Might give them bit of instant success, but in the long run does not help the Club. They have been talking about doing up their ordinary training facilities out the back of Prospect Oval for years, but still sub standard apparently, this money be better used there to help the whole club, not just fill the pockets of two blokes.
Look at the successful Clubs over many years in TTG and Kensington, etc who don't pay players and have strong junior teams, that is a much better recipe for sustained success. I know WT went down this track over last seven years and won the Triple Premiership with all local junior players and not paying any player a cent!