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| Post subject: Re: 2017 Member Forum |  |
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| K wrote: | ...
Question P1:
To Bucks: Is there evidence that the players' kicking skills have undergone real and continuing improvement? At a previous Member Forum, you said that they had and that it takes time for people's perceptions to adjust to this. Well, another year has passed and the perceptions are still the same. Kick rating stats this year suggest Pendlebury was best, but he's always been that good. Those stats also suggest Crisp was one of the worst in the AFL this year.
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Hmm... The evidence from the AFLX and intra-club matches was not all that encouraging. We know that they're practising this stuff with a lot of competitive match sim in training. More patience required?
It seems they regarded N. Murphy's kicking as elite and this influenced their draft decision.
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Just adding Rodney Eade's comment...
Partial Answer P1:
Steve: "how realistic is it to expect to be able improve the skill level of a list aside from replacing personal?"[sic!]
Eade: "Marginal improvement in players by training , devt etc. Certainly recruiting good kicks eg D Wells is best way. If poor kicking team you need game plan that can accommodate that. Rich turned it around after being poor kicking team. Change GP"
Well, maybe some of Eade's other comments on Collingwood kicking are relevant here, too... In summary, Eade says:
Lack of skill (turnovers) the main issue.
Need 1-2 good kicks off half back (e.g. Heater).
Adams good player but tries difficult kicks all the time, which is beyond his ability.
Varcoe another turnover merchant.
Steele better on non-preferred side. |
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| K wrote: | https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/pies-close-in-on-ground-breaking-deal-to-sell-pokies-to-racing-club-20180215-p4z0ic.html
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The Magpies earned revenues of $12.2 million from their gaming operations in 2016-17, the third most in the AFL competition behind Hawthorn ($23.3 million) and Carlton ($17.6 million).
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Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has suggested to the club's members (when speaking at member forums) that the club would eventually like to get out of gaming, with the proviso that the club had to be in a financial position to do so.
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https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/collingwood-cashes-out-of-pokies-20180717-p4zrxy.html
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Collingwood cashes out of pokies
Collingwood have confirmed they are leaving the gaming industry, having agreed to sell their 156 poker machines to the Melbourne Racing Club.
As flagged exclusively by Fairfax Media in February, the Pies will sell the licence for their two venues, Ringwood’s The Coach and Horses and The Club in Caroline Springs, with settlement expected to take place in October.
Collingwood had already ceased operation of their Magpie Millions lottery, meaning the club will move away from gaming completely.
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“Collingwood is in a strong financial position, with net assets of $32 million, and with the continuing support of its members will be in an even stronger position with this sale. It is the right time for Collingwood to be making this move.”
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Addendum --- the club's statement:
http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2018-07-17/collingwood-and-mrc-finalise-gaming-and-venue-deal |
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| Jake Niall (Dec. 8 ) wrote: | ...
The decision by McGuire and his directors to accept or embrace change follows not only the review of the board governance by Chris Thomas of Egon Zehnder, but also some agitation behind the scenes by at least two wealthy Collingwood-supporting businessmen.
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Jake Niall:
"A couple of well-heeled supporters from the CBD Group (the corporate coterie group) made muffled noises about challenging Eddie McGuire’s board, but no one was willing to take on Eddie. The wealthy Bryan Dorman, also from the CBD Group, was appointed to Collingwood’s newly formed nominations committee, which performs a vetting process for prospective board directors (Richmond, Carlton, Essendon, Melbourne et al do the same).
Shrewdly, the McGuire board encouraged a couple of long-serving board members to step down (Alisa Camplin and Ian McMullin) and went on and appointed the ex-Copeland Trophy winner Paul Licuria, whose popularity with the masses would ensure he’d withstand any challenge, and Jodie Sizer, an Indigenous woman with a corporate accounting background.
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Privately, clubs will acknowledge that, while they are member organisations, they don’t want elections, which led to people getting involved without the specific skill sets. Fans will always vote for a good midfielder who played 200 games ahead of the lawyer or businessman the hierarchy craves. On those rare occasions when there is a club election, only a small proportion of the base actually votes.
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If democracy has withered to the point of irrelevance at club level, the fan still can exert influence in this way: by not showing up, by cancelling or micro-waving his membership, by phoning the club, flooding the Facebook page and perhaps ramping up the pressure on the club and its sponsors. The clubs certainly listen to the concerns of sponsors. Social media has given the fan another pressure point.
The fan’s genuine power is as consumer. Coaches are sometimes sacked when the club calculates that action is needed to stem financial losses. Clubs will take drastic (and often stupid) action in response to fans – sign a player, sack a coach, bring back a favourite son."
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-fan-s-genuine-power-is-as-consumer-only-20180721-p4zsuo.html |
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