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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2796949, member: 1899"] Great post, Tunza you raise a bunch of valid points. I guess what I'm getting at is the idea that a rebuilding season, or even a rebuilding process doesn't lead to long term success. When was the last time we saw a real dynasty in the game? Manly maybe the closest we've come to and even then, it was based on a bunch of big name signings (Kennedy, Kite, Orford, Bell, Lyon etc.) before they started bringing up a crop of young players together. Using Canberra as an example, for years they tried to develop their own talent, bring them through the grades only for them to fall and wind up being nothing more than Country players. It wasn't until they started hitting the cheque book and making offers to Sezer, Leilua, Austin, Paulo, Hodgson, Whitehead, Soliola, Tapine etc. that their fate started to shift. They effectively proved that the idea of 'blooding' players is dead and it's much easier to just take players from other teams if you want to be in the premiership race. [/QUOTE]

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