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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3323818, member: 9052"] Only thing I can recall about the titans is that it was very much expected... I can't quite remember if AFL beat NRL to the jump with the Suns, but the NRL always had to respond with the titans. I think the big issue with the titans at least initially would've been having zero history or reputation... they could've quite easily just marketted them as the seagulls to link with Tweed or the bears to link with Burleigh and also North Sydney (just to keep NSWRL happy)... although NSWRL were probably still hopeful that the bears might come back, and they may have even been part of the bidding process?? Instead they went with a full plastic completely manufactured team and just assumed it would work, because at that point NRL was absolutely flying and TV deals were through the roof. I feel like they thought they could just chuck any team in there and it would be successful. From the recruitment front it was all very heavy on NSW'men... Luke Bailey and Preston were the big signings, but they also threw a bone to Prince and Rogers as qld'ers... unfortunately most of them were reaching the back end of their careers, except maybe Bailey?? (he might've been mid-late 20's)... but to me it pretty quickly became a retirement home and pseudo NSW heavy team (Lafranchi was big for them, Gordan was a NSW'men??). Just seemed like they had no decent qld juniors in their ranks (I'm sure they did, but I don't follow the school boys comps). They also focussed their juniors on the northern rivers, which is more NSW'men. I think they took far far too long to get Keebra Park on board (although I think Tigers had a mortgage of sorts on the rights), but they have been a powerhouse school for a long time and located in their backyard... so it should've been an absolute priority for them. This time around they've had 3 Brisbane bids and all the bids have a link back to the ISC... so they've all been very targetted and the link to local teams instantly brings history and a supporter base. There has also been an emphasis (at least from the media) for the new team to target young superstar Queenslanders (Munster, etc.), which will instantly bring credibility. I think the new Brisbane team has been set up to be pretty successful pretty quickly. [/QUOTE]

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