Soft cap to increase by $500,000 - where would you spend it?

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,687]

The AFL has apparently determined to increase the soft cap by half a mil per annum. Because we're not on the inside, it's impossible for any of us to know where we should really spend the extra. I'll assume, though, that half will be consumed in pay rises for the staff already there. That leaves $250,000. Where would you spend the extra? Be as serious or amusing as you like.

Do you want to see more skills coaches in specific areas (eg, goal kicking)? How about someone specialising in conflict management? Do we want to beef up recruitment? Or fitness? How about we buy Simon a thesaurus so he can find alternative words for "connection" and "learnings"? Any and all ideas welcome.

[whatwhat say what 22,684]

will be pretty important if / when Yze gets a senior gig

Should enable us to maintain assistant coaching ranks

Surprised we haven’t tapped into the ‘outside the cap’ funds available to bringing on a woman as part of the coaching ranks 

 

[Gorgoroth 12,920]

Forward coach. Get the best one there is. 

[Neil Crompton 5,471]

Lure Daisy back.

[layzie 33,749]

26 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

The AFL has apparently determined to increase the soft cap by half a mil per annum. Because we're not on the inside, it's impossible for any of us to know where we should really spend the extra. I'll assume, though, that half will be consumed in pay rises for the staff already there. That leaves $250,000. Where would you spend the extra? Be as serious or amusing as you like.

Do you want to see more skills coaches in specific areas (eg, goal kicking)? How about someone specialising in conflict management? Do we want to beef up recruitment? Or fitness? How about we buy Simon a thesaurus so he can find alternative words for "connection" and "learnings"? Any and all ideas welcome.

I'm speaking more generally here but I would love to see these resources put to more skill based coaching roles like the positional training coaches, goal kicking specialists, ruck craft and general development guys like the Choccos of the world. As a whole we need to involve the great teachers of the game a lot more. My feeling though is that teams will tend to ramp up their fitness staff. We've been talking about loading all week and the truth may well be that this is the emphasis of the modern game and teams fighting for top honours, probably even more than it used to be. Yes the season is the same length it always was but things have changed, it's never been more difficult to get through a 22 game season.

So yeah, while I would like to see investment in specialist skills, I can see the budget either going towards retaining good assistants or getting the best fitness experts in. 

Edited June 15, 2022 by layzie

[deelusions from afar 1,776]

Psychologists... the game is played 90% above the shoulders!

[loges 6,767]

Definitely forward coach. Same problem arises every year 

[DeeSpencer 25,444]

Boozy steak dinners and beefing up Jason Taylor’s recruiting team, with a particular focus on state league recruiting.

We desperately need to find 3 or so ready made draft gems to reinforce the list. 

[DubDee 25,590]

End of season trip

[Ted Lasso 19,284]

Chuck it in a brown paper bag, and give it to Luke Jackson and Angus Brayshaw so they sign on

 

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,764]

Give it all to Goodwin.

Since Pert announced that Goodwin re-signed for way unders....well you know the rest.

[Gawndy the Great 9,011]

Pay for Entrecote's broken desk. 😂

[rpfc 28,261]

No idea.

Both my view and a summation of the contributions in this thread.

[ucanchoose 1,816]

I'd pay for burgess to commute from Adelaide 

[buck_nekkid 5,846]

I’d spend it on a pie and a beer at marvel stadium

[Fritta and Turner 4,329]

Buy a tape measure that extends past 195cm.

 

 

[3183 Dee 2,845]

Burgo!

[tiers 2,829]

3 hours ago, 3183 Dee said:

Burgo!

+1.

[BW511 2,646]

I would look at specialist coaches.

Fitness is definitely important but I feel like the skill level of AFL players is often below what you would expect of fulltime, professional athletes - this is a generalisation and not specifically based on us. There’s still plenty of players across the competition that are sub-par kicks, plenty of players that can’t mark above their head, a fair amount of players that can’t handball to save themselves and set shot goal kicking is still a raffle.

if Jacko is hanging around, a specialist ruck coach would be very useful - I’d offer a gig to Goldstein if he retires.

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2022 by BW511

[cookieboc 776]

someone to fix the forward structure

[dice 696]

2 hours ago, BW511 said:

I would look at specialist coaches.

 

- Small defender coach (Jetta)
- Small forward coach (Davey)

Edited June 16, 2022 by dice

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,772]

Forward line coaching! 💵💵💵

[spirit of norm smith 16,271]

A specialist forward line coach - put Stafford to ruck coach or assistant ruck coach 

A chaperone for social events, like a Denis Waterman type minder 

[Bystander 903]

Spend it on a review of the number and salaries of AFL and club executives. Once you've reduced the number of executives and their salaries, each by half, give it to the players, ex player welfare and ticket cost relief.

[Diamond_Jim 12,529]

21 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Give it all to Goodwin.

Since Pert announced that Goodwin re-signed for way unders....well you know the rest.

Would be surprised if Goodwin's contract did not have an upward review clause dealing with a relaxation of the soft cap.

Money wise $500k doesn't buy too many full timers. My guess is at least half will go into player welfare