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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 3281236, member: 8423"] Yep all accurate though I think there are some fundamental differences that make it impossible to compare and they are (and there are probably others too but in my opinion these are the major ones but not in any particular order): - The Lions bought in really good management and some renowned list managers (The Broncs have done this with Donuts but he isn't enough) - The AFL has the draft and the importance of this cannot be understated - The Lions started to target country kids who were all really good academically and socially (much easier to find in the AFL than NRL) to avoid the go-home factor that plagued them under the two previous coaches - Fagan bought in some gun assistant coaches who had some runs on the board elsewhere - The Lions have the best medical team in the league by far, so this meant they could attract some excellent but injury prone talent and turn them into regular players, for example McCarthy, Daniher and a few others - They targeted some solid AFL quality players in the 24-28 age bracket to help fill holes until the kids were ready - They implemented a no idiots philosophy, no matter how good a player was - Fagan became a father figure to the players and stuck by them and nurtured them, kind of like Bennett but with less ego - All AFL coached need to do a Cert IV in coaching, so with Fagan, he came in both highly qualified and experienced after spending years and years under Clarkson, the best coach of the last 20 years - There was noticeable improvement across those two years under Fagan and the year before they came second, they were achieving honourable loss after honourable loss, so if even half of those were a kick the other way, they would have been on the cusp of the 8 instead of where they finished up But I can’t stress this enough, Fagan is an excellent coach but he had an excellent management team backing him up in Swann, Noble and Ambrosio. Compare that to White, Morris and Nolan - there’s your number one issue and 67% of it remains. [/QUOTE]

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