One word has AFL teams absolutely terrified.
The two teams yet to win a game this season face off in thethis weekend in a microcosm of every AFL club’s biggest fear — the ‘rebuild’.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge this week declared “rebuilding is a myth” after he was accused of sending mixed messages about his club’s direction after leaving talented players out of the team. “We have got to trade, like we did last year with those four players and then we pick up Oleg Markov, and this year we get Lachie Schultz.
But rebuilds are hard, and they don’t always work. The risk of course is you can be bad for a very long time. “We’ve never seen a three to five year rebuild. They’re upwards of 10 years if you’re going to do it properly. Gold Coast entered the AFL in 2011 and while they are yet to make finals, their conveyor of belt local talent is starting to take shape.
“Hawthorn, North Melbourne, West Coast, and probably the Tigers though they’ve got injuries, they’re about to go through a world of pain, and it’s going to be a hard way to see themselves out. Home grown Sydney Swans players who have all come through the Swans Academy. Braeden Campbell, Sam Wicks, Isaac Heeney, Callum Mills, Nick Blakey and Errol Gulden. Photo: Phil Hillyard.
“They got the job done in September but all the elite talent was getting farmed out to the Suns and the Giants.
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