An idea so crazy it might work - Tebow time

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The day demonland died

[Deestroy All 14,262]

Can I get a refund on the time I spent reading this?

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I'm for it, the Irish experiment worked - even though their game was a little more similar to AFL.

North are trying it with Eric Wallace (a no namer in the states), I believe the first team to "crack" the US market will be smothered in riches, if this guy already has that much publicity I say do it, and if the AFL want to cover his wage DO IT! Nothing to loose really, employ someone to help guide him.

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I actually think Tebow would agree, being the clean living lad that he is.

[Strafford 182]

Not sure about his endurance, that may be the only problem. He is 6'4 so that shouldn't be an issue. Is it sad that there's part of me seriously considering bringing this up to him the next time i run into him?

Don't tell him about the pay or the Aussies drooling at the thought of being a punter in the US.

[Cheesy D. Pun 1,762]

I draw the line at Christianity.

[Macca 16,173]

Why stop at Tebow?

Rex Grossman might be handy in a back pocket and we could coax Favre out of retirement again.

Bring 'em all over!

[Deemachine 58]

The bloke is an exhibitionist Christian, as if he woul play for a club called the DEMONS

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,078]

LOL - Buddy went for the dees as a kid but so did Judd...

[Little Goffy 12,727]

Followers of the NFL, devout Christians or fans of novelty celebrations are bound to know who Tim Tebow is.

If you don't it goes like this (briefly)

- College football star quarterback - 2 National titles

- Christian +++ (probably not a huge fan of Demons)

- Virgin (maybe)

- Dodgy throwing action and in general makes poor throws but still wins

- Media follows every move he makes

- Drafted by Broncos, crowd cheers for him to start games, replaces B grade QB, somehow wins games whilst barely throwing (ie. like a football winning without getting a kick) ends up leading them to an unlikely playoff victory until former QB and list manager (AFL terms) John Elway makes a deal for Peyton Manning (MVP, Superbowls, gun) and ships Tebow off to the jets

- Jets suck, they are like the Melbourne of the NFL, coach is pretty mental (like a confident Mark Neeld), GM (CE0) gets the sack, their former promising QB Sanchez is now horrible (like a Jamar) and they even want to trade their best player. Yet poor old Tebow still can barely get given a game on the field

- After most of the free agency deals etc are being done the Jets still haven't cut Tebow despite reports they don't want him and no other NFL team is interested because they don't want the disruption to their QB. The pressure placed on your starting QB with the fans and media continually asking about the number 2 is an awful distraction.

Is this some kind of joke?

Your number two and three items on the list are "Christian +++" (whatever the hell that means) and "virgin". Then there is 'moderately good at American Football' and 'gets lots of media hype'.

Personally, I think we should go for Christina Aguilera. Gets a lot of media attention, has a great aggressive streak, is seriously fit and works really really hard.

But seriously, this is just... not related to reality. At all.

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Followers of the NFL, devout Christians or fans of novelty celebrations are bound to know who Tim Tebow is.

If you don't it goes like this (briefly)

- College football star quarterback - 2 National titles

- Christian +++ (probably not a huge fan of Demons)

- Virgin (maybe)

- Dodgy throwing action and in general makes poor throws but still wins

- Media follows every move he makes

- Drafted by Broncos, crowd cheers for him to start games, replaces B grade QB, somehow wins games whilst barely throwing (ie. like a football winning without getting a kick) ends up leading them to an unlikely playoff victory until former QB and list manager (AFL terms) John Elway makes a deal for Peyton Manning (MVP, Superbowls, gun) and ships Tebow off to the jets

- Jets suck, they are like the Melbourne of the NFL, coach is pretty mental (like a confident Mark Neeld), GM (CE0) gets the sack, their former promising QB Sanchez is now horrible (like a Jamar) and they even want to trade their best player. Yet poor old Tebow still can barely get given a game on the field

- After most of the free agency deals etc are being done the Jets still haven't cut Tebow despite reports they don't want him and no other NFL team is interested because they don't want the disruption to their QB. The pressure placed on your starting QB with the fans and media continually asking about the number 2 is an awful distraction.

Now here's where AFL comes in. This guy wants to be a starting NFL QB but just maybe he'd take the chance to be an AFL star. Now the money is a big hurdle because if he strikes it rich in the NFL as a QB he's getting 15+ million per year. But as a lowly backup without a team he's heading for more like 1 mil a year non guaranteed. Now GWS and GC both got players signed for them by the AFL on promotional deals. I think after this weekend we will prove to be just as bad as they are. The AFL would hate to give us another priority pick, it would look disastrous. And they can't justify just giving us more money. But if they could spend up on a promotional signing for us then it could help. If they offered him 1.5 million plus per year and organised some deals with Australian Companies wanting to make it in the US they would get every dollar they spent and more back in media exposure. That's where it helps us. Our sponsors names would be everywhere with massive US exposure. Not to mention his first game is bound to have massive coverage and a draw a crowd.

Now of course its all got potential to be a disaster. Tebow is 25 and 191cm 107kg is too heavy for AFL currently and wouldn't have the fitness. But he's a damn hard worker and is tough as old boots. He runs like a running back and isn't afraid to take a hit.

Now I'm usually a fan of just keeping it simple. Keep making smart choices with recruitment of players and staff and things will turn around. But as this season goes on I'm getting concerned we are so far behind the other clubs we need something a little crazy. So crazy it might just work.

Oh my lord

[dpositive 1,557]

You havent been speaking to Danks have you Master??????

[cowboy_from_hell 2,390]

Why stop at Tebow?

Rex Grossman might be handy in a back pocket and we could coax Favre out of retirement again.

Bring 'em all over!

Clay Matthews tackling Mitch robinson would be worth seeing.

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Clay Matthews tackling Mitch robinson would be worth seeing.

Wouldn't it just lol

[jordie 22]

Followers of the NFL, devout Christians or fans of novelty celebrations are bound to know who Tim Tebow is.

If you don't it goes like this (briefly)

- College football star quarterback - 2 National titles

- Christian +++ (probably not a huge fan of Demons)

- Virgin (maybe)

- Dodgy throwing action and in general makes poor throws but still wins

- Media follows every move he makes

- Drafted by Broncos, crowd cheers for him to start games, replaces B grade QB, somehow wins games whilst barely throwing (ie. like a football winning without getting a kick) ends up leading them to an unlikely playoff victory until former QB and list manager (AFL terms) John Elway makes a deal for Peyton Manning (MVP, Superbowls, gun) and ships Tebow off to the jets

- Jets suck, they are like the Melbourne of the NFL, coach is pretty mental (like a confident Mark Neeld), GM (CE0) gets the sack, their former promising QB Sanchez is now horrible (like a Jamar) and they even want to trade their best player. Yet poor old Tebow still can barely get given a game on the field

- After most of the free agency deals etc are being done the Jets still haven't cut Tebow despite reports they don't want him and no other NFL team is interested because they don't want the disruption to their QB. The pressure placed on your starting QB with the fans and media continually asking about the number 2 is an awful distraction.

Now here's where AFL comes in. This guy wants to be a starting NFL QB but just maybe he'd take the chance to be an AFL star. Now the money is a big hurdle because if he strikes it rich in the NFL as a QB he's getting 15+ million per year. But as a lowly backup without a team he's heading for more like 1 mil a year non guaranteed. Now GWS and GC both got players signed for them by the AFL on promotional deals. I think after this weekend we will prove to be just as bad as they are. The AFL would hate to give us another priority pick, it would look disastrous. And they can't justify just giving us more money. But if they could spend up on a promotional signing for us then it could help. If they offered him 1.5 million plus per year and organised some deals with Australian Companies wanting to make it in the US they would get every dollar they spent and more back in media exposure. That's where it helps us. Our sponsors names would be everywhere with massive US exposure. Not to mention his first game is bound to have massive coverage and a draw a crowd.

Now of course its all got potential to be a disaster. Tebow is 25 and 191cm 107kg is too heavy for AFL currently and wouldn't have the fitness. But he's a damn hard worker and is tough as old boots. He runs like a running back and isn't afraid to take a hit.

Now I'm usually a fan of just keeping it simple. Keep making smart choices with recruitment of players and staff and things will turn around. But as this season goes on I'm getting concerned we are so far behind the other clubs we need something a little crazy. So crazy it might just work.

I have never read so much nonsense.

He doesn't run like a running back...he runs like a quarterback with the ball. He is a Heismann winner, so he has a very intelligent mind.

HOWEVER, he can not play AFL. The sporting codes are in no way similar, apart from the nickname 'Football'.

And, no the Jets are in no way like Melbourne Football Club. If there is a team that is similar, it would be the Jacksonville Jaguars or the Tampa Bay Bucaneers...

What a waste of time.

[Supermercado 2,645]

Will the AFL pay his salary for us? In that case I'll take any international no matter how ludicrous.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,543]

The Jets are a soap opera lol

Yep - lucky me I chose the Jets to complement my wintertime MFC tragedy with some J-E-T-S soap opera. Both sides going through a rebuild at the moment so I get no relief even during summer.

Also is it just me or is Sanchez the Hispanic-American QB version of Jack Watts?? Well Sanchez has won playoff games at least I guess.

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we could trade JW for him

[DeeSpencer 23,321]

Cut by the Jets today. Stage one of the tebow plan is in motion.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Come on afl be bold

[Geddy Lee 582]

This might be my favourite thread in D'land history. It's completely, admirably, alluringly insane.

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

He couldn't be any worse than Lucas Cook...

[Scipio 5,868]

Could we drag T.O out of retirement? Or is he still playing?

[DeeSpencer 23,321]

Ok it's officially the silly season on demonland and in a sign from above (well Tim will think so when we tell him) it appears Mr Tebow has just been cut and had his NFL most likely ended.

It's time to strike now with the AFL to sign him up on a promotional international rookie contract and get him to the Dees. Need I remind you of the positives I laid out in the first post in this thread.

Vote 1 Roos-Tebow this September.

[Return to Glory 7,779]

And while we're at it lets get Ben Johnson and Speedy Gonzales. Look to your left then to your right Master. Are there two blokes with white coats?

But points for left leftfieldedness

[DeeSpencer 23,321]

And while we're at it lets get Ben Johnson and Speedy Gonzales. Look to your left then to your right Master. Are there two blokes with white coats?

But points for left leftfieldedness

Hey come on I'm not THAT crazy. I just see an unemployed elite athlete with the drive and right age to be good enough to play at least VFL who would probably make money in promotion and publicity than what it would cost to employ him. If we didn't do it (and I claim his ownership rights because it was my idea) then I think GWS should.

Is it really more crazy than Isreal Folau?