I've always wondered Wally, you guys seem to have much more success getting blokes from the WRFL and keeping them. Same goes for Werribee. What's the secret?
I must say that we don't recruit that many players from the WRFL nowadays but we do get a lot from the Western Jets and from Willi CY's in the Ammos and they do seem to stick around even if they don't realise their AFL dreams - why do they stay? I can't figure that out as they can get more money for less training playing in lower leagues but i'd like to think it's because of the great coaches we have had over the journey - we have only had 6 coaches since 1996 so that provides stability - a good, winning, successful culture and great support staff - I believe we are the only VFL standalone club with a high-performance manager. They must enjoy playing here as many go on to play 100 games and get life membership.
I have no doubt that off-field stability has to play a part Wally. Certainly we've had trouble with that. When Brett lovett left us in 2009 you could feel that the good times were over, and sure enough we've had a bunch of coaches since then, not to mention a few overhauls of boards, and the club going into recession for a year.
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I've always wondered Wally, you guys seem to have much more success getting blokes from the WRFL and keeping them. Same goes for Werribee. What's the secret?
I must say that we don't recruit that many players from the WRFL nowadays but we do get a lot from the Western Jets and from Willi CY's in the Ammos and they do seem to stick around even if they don't realise their AFL dreams - why do they stay? I can't figure that out as they can get more money for less training playing in lower leagues but i'd like to think it's because of the great coaches we have had over the journey - we have only had 6 coaches since 1996 so that provides stability - a good, winning, successful culture and great support staff - I believe we are the only VFL standalone club with a high-performance manager. They must enjoy playing here as many go on to play 100 games and get life membership.
I have no doubt that off-field stability has to play a part Wally. Certainly we've had trouble with that. When Brett lovett left us in 2009 you could feel that the good times were over, and sure enough we've had a bunch of coaches since then, not to mention a few overhauls of boards, and the club going into recession for a year.
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