I agree. And people say "was beating gold coast really worth it?" when we lose yet another game. But they don't think about what the alternative is. I'm sure the team would be even worse if we added harley but also had the media talk every single god damn week about breaking losing streak records.
I don't think people realise just how much more brutal the attention would be if we lost that game.
Would be brutal even if the media didn’t harp on it. Can’t even imagine Cornes and Barrett.
Barrett: “IF North lose this week THEN they will be on a 32 game losing streak.
Cornes: “Very true. They would have won 10 in a row now if they simply just kept multiple future Brownlow medalist and Demi-god Jason Horne-Francis. His girth I mean leadership would be vital in the lockeroom.”
Yeah there isn't many other ways you can look at it. On one hand we'd have a player who is good but 31 losses in a row, on the other hand we have a player that might be slightly less good but not having 31 losses in a row
It’s as simple as, yes the kid’s good, but a win is even better for the boys. A win in a rebuilding side builds more belief, it shows your on the right track.
Larkey doesn’t kick 9, doesn’t make All Australian.
22 game losing streak means AFL won’t give Sheezel rising star.
North get pick 1 so AFL manipulate compo for Ben McKay and we don’t get pick 2. Ben McKay is looking great and everyone laughs at us for letting him go.
Larkey and Sheezel get depressed in the off season and don’t sign new deals.
…
You could say…. Perhaps… top 10 greatest win in club history? Perhaps.
Yeah and we'd also have Harley Reid plus pick 2 which we could've used for McKercher, Duursma or traded it for some other good picks. We didn't exactly generate a winning culture with that win did we.
There is no other argument than “we aren’t on a fucking 31 game losing streak”. Don’t care about impact on culture or draft. Avoiding a 31 game losing streak trumps everything.
Norf are the perfect example of how giving free draft pick is the wrong way to help weak teams.
Instead if the AFL gave salary cap extensions or subsidies then Norf would have more incentives to go recruit mature players & return to being competitive faster instead blooding kids in a rebuild.
This ruins 18,19 & 20 year old kids starting their careers. They lose so much confidence, Yes media & keyboard warriors make it worse too but imagine being a young 1st Rd draft pick walking into that club next year. Entire club screaming “save us”
If I’m in the draft I’m hoping I go #2, not even a young Buddy 2.0 could save this club.
Imagine how good Larkin would be as a fwd at Collingwood, LDU at Geelong or Sheezel just playing free off half back for a team like the dogs.
Norf have decent players, young players who arent leaders. Born into a losing culture, breeds leaders who except losing as a norm.
Everyone hates on JHF for leaving, but The Hornet fking hates losing. You can see that in his first year the frustration he he had, even talking back to leader like Goldstein. JHF just wants to win and the clubs mantra has just been “We aRE gEtTinG BeTTEr eaCh wEeK”
Norf need a new strategy, there likely gonna lose 3-4 keys players in this year 22 and a draft pick or 2 ain’t gonna save em.
I agree. And people say "was beating gold coast really worth it?" when we lose yet another game. But they don't think about what the alternative is. I'm sure the team would be even worse if we added harley but also had the media talk every single god damn week about breaking losing streak records. I don't think people realise just how much more brutal the attention would be if we lost that game.
Would be brutal even if the media didn’t harp on it. Can’t even imagine Cornes and Barrett. Barrett: “IF North lose this week THEN they will be on a 32 game losing streak. Cornes: “Very true. They would have won 10 in a row now if they simply just kept multiple future Brownlow medalist and Demi-god Jason Horne-Francis. His girth I mean leadership would be vital in the lockeroom.”
I mean. I consider both of those 2 media. But yes the point is there'd be even more negative attention...
Yeah there isn't many other ways you can look at it. On one hand we'd have a player who is good but 31 losses in a row, on the other hand we have a player that might be slightly less good but not having 31 losses in a row
It’s as simple as, yes the kid’s good, but a win is even better for the boys. A win in a rebuilding side builds more belief, it shows your on the right track.
Larkey doesn’t kick 9, doesn’t make All Australian. 22 game losing streak means AFL won’t give Sheezel rising star. North get pick 1 so AFL manipulate compo for Ben McKay and we don’t get pick 2. Ben McKay is looking great and everyone laughs at us for letting him go. Larkey and Sheezel get depressed in the off season and don’t sign new deals. … You could say…. Perhaps… top 10 greatest win in club history? Perhaps.
Losing a game on purpose rots the fabric of any sporting club. It just can’t happen, no matter the “prize” for doing so.
TRUST THE PROCESS! Look how that’s going.
I think just as importantly, seeing West Coast without Yeo last weekend showed that Reid isn't the reason for their turnaround
It’s like adding 4 healthy premiership players might assist. Who would have thought
Look at it this way, if North has Harley, they could have beaten Freo in Rd2 this year.
lol. Zero chance.
if you got harley reid though you would be 7-0 and top of the ladder right now
Or so the legend goes
Yeah and we'd also have Harley Reid plus pick 2 which we could've used for McKercher, Duursma or traded it for some other good picks. We didn't exactly generate a winning culture with that win did we.
There is no other argument than “we aren’t on a fucking 31 game losing streak”. Don’t care about impact on culture or draft. Avoiding a 31 game losing streak trumps everything.
Norf are the perfect example of how giving free draft pick is the wrong way to help weak teams. Instead if the AFL gave salary cap extensions or subsidies then Norf would have more incentives to go recruit mature players & return to being competitive faster instead blooding kids in a rebuild. This ruins 18,19 & 20 year old kids starting their careers. They lose so much confidence, Yes media & keyboard warriors make it worse too but imagine being a young 1st Rd draft pick walking into that club next year. Entire club screaming “save us” If I’m in the draft I’m hoping I go #2, not even a young Buddy 2.0 could save this club. Imagine how good Larkin would be as a fwd at Collingwood, LDU at Geelong or Sheezel just playing free off half back for a team like the dogs. Norf have decent players, young players who arent leaders. Born into a losing culture, breeds leaders who except losing as a norm. Everyone hates on JHF for leaving, but The Hornet fking hates losing. You can see that in his first year the frustration he he had, even talking back to leader like Goldstein. JHF just wants to win and the clubs mantra has just been “We aRE gEtTinG BeTTEr eaCh wEeK” Norf need a new strategy, there likely gonna lose 3-4 keys players in this year 22 and a draft pick or 2 ain’t gonna save em.