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With Geelong and Collingwood going with their own VFL sides, this is something the club should be looking at closely.
The benefits of having total control of the reserves seems to be:
1. The ability to give all listed players and rookies to play together, and just one rung below the seniors.
2. Development (Collard and Gourdis seem to hae played most of their games in the Coburg 2's this year. Is this due to the cap on the number of listed players/rookies that can play in the Coburg seniors?)
3. Cohesive pursuit of a common goal (i.e. to play AFL finals)
Is success at Coburg is being driven by "good VFL players" from the Coburg list and is this of any real use to the RFC? Or are we seeing real improvement in RFC list depth?
Where does the rule capping the number of listed players that can play in the VFL affiliate come from? This arcane rule appears to stem from an ideology that such a rule helps to maintain the culture/history of the VFL clubs. If so, it's a flawed logic holding our club back. With no club under 19s now and the Reserves wound up, it seems to me the least we can expect is to be able to have all our list players and rookies having a kick TOGETHER each weekend if that's what the club wants to do.
This system of seems crazy to me. I like the VFL comp, but not at the expense of my AFL team. Am I alone here?
So should the club...
a) Do nothing. Persevere, the system works
b) Lobby for a rule change to allow all/more listed and rookie players to play at Coburg
c) Start an independent team like Geelong and Collingwood
The benefits of having total control of the reserves seems to be:
1. The ability to give all listed players and rookies to play together, and just one rung below the seniors.
2. Development (Collard and Gourdis seem to hae played most of their games in the Coburg 2's this year. Is this due to the cap on the number of listed players/rookies that can play in the Coburg seniors?)
3. Cohesive pursuit of a common goal (i.e. to play AFL finals)
Is success at Coburg is being driven by "good VFL players" from the Coburg list and is this of any real use to the RFC? Or are we seeing real improvement in RFC list depth?
Where does the rule capping the number of listed players that can play in the VFL affiliate come from? This arcane rule appears to stem from an ideology that such a rule helps to maintain the culture/history of the VFL clubs. If so, it's a flawed logic holding our club back. With no club under 19s now and the Reserves wound up, it seems to me the least we can expect is to be able to have all our list players and rookies having a kick TOGETHER each weekend if that's what the club wants to do.
This system of seems crazy to me. I like the VFL comp, but not at the expense of my AFL team. Am I alone here?
So should the club...
a) Do nothing. Persevere, the system works
b) Lobby for a rule change to allow all/more listed and rookie players to play at Coburg
c) Start an independent team like Geelong and Collingwood