camelboy wrote:
You might be right. But what if the club in 13th wins 8 games and the club in 16th wins 1 and the 13th club gets #1 and 16th gets #4, is not that counter productive to the whole basis of the draft?
Well, I guess it means 'tough shit 16th place side, you finished last & you didn't end up with a god given mortgage on the no. 1 pick. But tell you what, you get pick 4, which still ain't bad at all (Tambling!)' I actually really like mikkey's model...it means you end up with roughly what you deserve under an even system with still enough uncertainty though to ensure sides aren't even considering tanking & nor are the supporters.
I believe the system stinks. I actually think PPs should go altogether...I think there is enough of an evening up effect by simply having a draft order in the first place...but let's benefit from it while the opportunity is there. Hell, at least Carlton chose the right period in history to win wooden spoons
Top thread camel.
For me it was really wierd...I must confess I have dealt with my anguished acceptance of a wooden spoon possibility by replacing it with apathy. I actually went away to Wodonga for the wknd to visit my best mate, missed the game, normally only do that during the season when we have the bye. Because to be honest like a lot of others here I would have just found the whole feeling too....wierd. And besides, I didn't want to get on Danielle & Clint's parochial nerves like I did at the Haw game

Subsequently I listened in on the train on the way back to Melb yesterday. Yes when Lappin bombed the goal from 50 & I heard the crowd roar I thought how in the HELL could I not be hoping for Carlton to do anything but win...but, well....you know! I just really wasn't too shattered at all that we lost. Which is hard to swallow, just thinking back to some of the insults I hurled at Saints fans a year or so ago on TBV about their club only being good because of how shithouse they were before that. But I just think it's the only way a Vic side can match it with the non Vics!!
Short term pain, long term gain. Synbad recognises this & probably a good example is Geelong. No top draft picks & guess what? They're a VERY GOOD side....but not a PREMIERSHIP side, no matter what anyone says!!
Let's all revisit this thread in November, as that's what it applies to.
As an aside, anyone watch ch 9's coverage of the Roos/Pies? The ch 9 cameras crossing to the box at the perfect times...the dramatic displays of disappointment (from the coach, pres, coaching staff) once the game slipped away...the cynic in me says it all seemed a bit contrived...
Go Blues. (For the long haul)