Brisbane gets priority pick

[Dante 2,562]

The win today won't help their cause, maybe Carlton will ask for a priority?

 

 

[Moonshadow 16,215]

6 hours ago, Dante said:

The win today won't help their cause, maybe Carlton will ask for a priority?

 

 

Chances of Bris getting a pick declining rapidly. Will still get extra funding from AFL for infrastructure, which will be of more use. Necessary for their survival like it was for ours.

[Whispering_Jack 27,996]

Two wins, 20 losses and a percentage of 54.07 wasn't bad enough to warrant a PP in 2013.

The Lions have three wins already and a percentage over 60.

On that basis alone, the application for a PP has no merit.

[What 18,810]

A PP alone wont save Brisbane.  They are almost like us a few years ago. They need a Paul Roos to come in and build everything from the ground up and totally change the culture.

I cant think of anyone obvious that can do that for them, Roosy is a rare breed.

[spirit of norm smith 12,939]

Can anyone compare MFC with the Lions performance and honestly say the Lions deserve a priority pick ??

Is it the AFL again showing bias against the traditional clubs.

Surely the Lions academy is enough. Let them rebuild and go through a decade without finals action.

[sue 8,434]

The AFL will do whatever it takes and if that means screwing the weak Vic clubs they will.  What probability would you put on Essendon having been merged with GC around now if they weren't such a rich club.  Otherwise I doubt if the AFL could have resisted the temptation presented by Essendon's 'problems' of reducing the number of Vic teams and bolstering a QLD team.

[darkhorse72 1,727]

Like us in the recent past a PP won't fix their problems.  Its all cultural and a PP won't fix that.  Like it didn't fix it for us when we went down hat path.  

[jules7 684]

Unbelievable!!

[Gorgoroth 12,325]

With Gil in charge I can believe anything.

[The Lobster Effect 843]

Melbourne's 2013 season: 2 wins, 20 losses, percentage 54.1%.....   PRIORITY PICK REJECTED

Brisbane's 2016 season: 3 wins, 19 losses, percentage 61.1%.....   PRIORITY PICK ??

 

[Mazer Rackham 14,969]

Why such surprise? Everyone knows they make it up as they go. If you expect consistency from the AFL on anything you will die disappointed. We shouldn't throw stones though ... we got gifted Jackson and Roos on the AFL dime.

[Sir Why You Little 34,523]

Typical Behavior....

[Spirit of '87 321]

If they get a priority pick I will console myself with the very comforting thought that Essendon have been denied the first pick.

[Pates 9,537]

34 minutes ago, Ted Fidge said:

Why such surprise? Everyone knows they make it up as they go. If you expect consistency from the AFL on anything you will die disappointed. We shouldn't throw stones though ... we got gifted Jackson and Roos on the AFL dime.

Look that's definitely true, we may not have got the priority pick but what we got was better. It was club changing for the long term. 

That said I always thought the AFL set a dangerous precedent by giving us nothing that year. They could have given us another second round draft pick and that could have at least satisfied the idea of lending a hand through draft picks. 

The AFL doesn't have a Paul Roos type coach available to do what he did with us again though. Roosy definitely sounded like he was ready for it to finish after Carlton and after Geelong that would be enough to beat any last thoughts out of him. 

Edited September 1, 2016 by Pates

[Sir Why You Little 34,523]

Merge The Bears with Nought Melbourne

2 problems solved...

[chookrat 3,776]

The AFL did better than a priority pick by facilitating PJ into our club. Because we were fined for bringing the game into disrepute by "not tanking" and had screwed up with so many high draft picks the AFL was never going to offer a priority pick to provide another high draft pick. That we got a first rounder (pick 2) for Frawley was a good outcome.

Brisbane need a PJ and Roos more than they need draft picks. If they fold it will be a tragedy for the game given what Fitzroy becoming the Bears did to their supporters.

On a positive I think I'm cured of MFCSS as I no longer relish in other clubs misery unless it is Carlton, North or Hawthorn.

 

 

[Carlos Danger 380]

The only story here is that the Lions applied for the pick, it will get knocked back.

The AFL basically stated it would take something as drastic as a death for the priority pick to return.

[Binmans PA 26,139]

As I mentioned in another thread, PJ better be the first one in line to knock this on its head, as Swan was to our PP proposal.

[Ethan Tremblay 28,423]

22 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Merge The Bears with Nought Melbourne

2 problems solved...

And send them to Tassie. 

The North Tasmanian Drop Bears.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Ethan Tremblay

[Tony Tea 2,786]

The AFL has explicitly stated that clubs must get their houses in order before priority picks are even considered.

Has Brisbane got its house in order?

[Tony Tea 2,786]

1 hour ago, Spirit of '87 said:

If they get a priority pick I will console myself with the very comforting thought that Essendon have been denied the first pick.

I dont think Brisbane would be given pick one. They would most probably be given a pick at the end of round one, or less likely, a pick after their first pick.

[daisycutter 28,563]

if it stops essendrug getting #1 pick then i'm all for it

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

Get over it people.

Melbourne's problems, poor performances and bad seasons were the clubs own dong. We all know the club tanked to get draft picks. We had the wrong people steering the ship and created our toxic culture. We never deserved a priority pick. We dug our own hole and the AFL dug us out how we really needed it.

Brisbane are a club in a state where no one watches or gives a toss about footy.  The clubs beyond broke, they can't retain interstate players and their facilities make Junction oval look state or the art

Give em all the picks they can get, still won't help em. Look at the Gold Coast. Given everything and they're still no good.

all this 'we didn't get one so why should they' crap is just more of the usual demonland outrage police and whinging this place is famous for.

[DubDee 20,683]

Brisbane will 100% get a priority pick.  i dont agree with it but it will happen.

just keep tabs on him and we can steal him in 2 years.

[Scoop Junior 2,963]

21 minutes ago, Hellfish said:

Get over it people.

Melbourne's problems, poor performances and bad seasons were the clubs own dong. We all know the club tanked to get draft picks. We had the wrong people steering the ship and created our toxic culture. We never deserved a priority pick. We dug our own hole and the AFL dug us out how we really needed it.

Brisbane are a club in a state where no one watches or gives a toss about footy.  The clubs beyond broke, they can't retain interstate players and their facilities make Junction oval look state or the art

The flaw in this type of argument has been exposed numerous times before. The only way you get to the bottom is by your own doing. Whether it's poor coaching, poor recruiting, poor development, poor culture, poor management, etc. - the reason you find yourself winning 3 games in a season is typically going to be due to mistakes that your club has made.

You mention problems about Brisbane's location - I didn't see these issues getting raised when they won 3 premierships in a row with one of the best teams we've ever seen!

When we applied for a PP we had won 34 games in 7 years.

Brisbane have won 45 in their previous 7 years (plus 32 in the three years from 2007-2009).

There is absolutely no justification for Brisbane to get a PP based on us being denied one.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Scoop Junior