I think Blockerhall and hypen have made great and very valid points.
The bigger question, however, is who thinks we are in a better position than the aforementioned teams ??(Car, StK, Brissy, Ess, Melb, Suns & and may I include GWS).???
Part of me wants to include Sydney 2017 in this as well....but ....!!
Common denominator through a these teams, is that they have attempted -successfully or not - to rebuild with kids, and, yes have had to suffer some extreme pain doing it.
Have a look at the "basket case" Brisbane. Have a look at the kids they have in their back half and be very jealous. Just have a look at some of the guns that are flinging around StKilda, ..and Carlton. Yes, GWS and GC have been assisted to get to the position they are in, but surely the "Build via youth " model is now showing its dividends.
Yep, all of the above teams got plently wrong along the way.
But, - I dunno - I reckon memberships and supporters are patient with rebuilds via youth.
And not for just this reason, we simply have to get all the young ones playing ASAP, and do a proper rebuild, starting this week.
Carlton, Brissy, Suns and Saints are are lot closer to sustained success than Kangas, Collingwood, Hawks and The Slime, and I think Sydney have been really clever with the path they took for the first part of 2017.
Then consider where Freo is at...???
We simply have to start playing all the young blokes...ready or not...!
