Doogie
Kennel Lizard Lord
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Here this out - then flame away.
Sports is not really different to business. You have a set income and you need to make it work. So to be profitable, we need to either sell more than our competitors or lower our cost of manufacturing - similar to any other business.
So lets start with lowering our cost of manufacturing.
Pretty tough really. We all have the same income, so we need to buy better quality products for cheaper than our competitors. How do we do that? No player of worth will come here for unders, if anything they will only come here for overs. So thats not happening. the other alternative is we make our own products. Thats fine, but the light at the end of that tunnel is 5 - 10 years away (pending how lucky we get). Keep in mind that while we are trying to make our products, our competitors are doing the same and will pinch our suppliers unless we truly commit to it. So that is a long term project with no guarantees u hit the jackpot like Penrith has.
So whats the other option, to sell more than our competitors. Yep - guess your thinking the KLL has been on the cones again. Well, he has, but with great coning comes great wisdom (Snoop Dog, 2014).
We repackage our product to sell more.
So you're probably thinking at this point that the KLL has been on the snow white as well. TBH, not this week. But repackaging our product has some merit. We change the way football is played. Do something completely different to the rest of the NRL (well ok, we are atm but winning spoons isn't really the goal here).
Enter the Walker Brothers.
They revolutionised footy in Brisbane. Their argument (statistically shown in the NRL) that the worst thing on the gas tank is tackling. And that the team that tackles the least and has the ball the most generally wins games. So they let the other team get through their six as quickly as possible and they hold onto the ball as long as possible. No wrestling, keeping numbers out of tackles and when they have the ball, move it around, no quick sets. Kick plays are designed to offer a chance to get the ball back, now matter where they are on the field. They had a habit of running down teams in the last 20, mainly through the gas tank.
So, my 2c for getting back to where we want to be. Give the Walkers a chance. See whether this works in the NRL. In the meantime, let Gus do his magic in juniors. hedge your bets. If it works, we are competitive again in the short term while the longer term plan is being developed. If it doesn't, we're no shitter than what we are now and the longer term plan is still bubbling along.
Sorry boys - but reckon we could sign Jack Gibson to coach and it wouldn't change shit. No decent players are coming here and committing without us destroying the salary cap. So we're still shit and they leave after taking the honey. Cannot even pay overs on someone to teach the kids as, we have no decent kids.
So break it and rebuild it.
ok - off for another cone. The KLL can only show you the bong. Its up to you to smoke it (Snoop Dogg, 2016).
Sports is not really different to business. You have a set income and you need to make it work. So to be profitable, we need to either sell more than our competitors or lower our cost of manufacturing - similar to any other business.
So lets start with lowering our cost of manufacturing.
Pretty tough really. We all have the same income, so we need to buy better quality products for cheaper than our competitors. How do we do that? No player of worth will come here for unders, if anything they will only come here for overs. So thats not happening. the other alternative is we make our own products. Thats fine, but the light at the end of that tunnel is 5 - 10 years away (pending how lucky we get). Keep in mind that while we are trying to make our products, our competitors are doing the same and will pinch our suppliers unless we truly commit to it. So that is a long term project with no guarantees u hit the jackpot like Penrith has.
So whats the other option, to sell more than our competitors. Yep - guess your thinking the KLL has been on the cones again. Well, he has, but with great coning comes great wisdom (Snoop Dog, 2014).
We repackage our product to sell more.
So you're probably thinking at this point that the KLL has been on the snow white as well. TBH, not this week. But repackaging our product has some merit. We change the way football is played. Do something completely different to the rest of the NRL (well ok, we are atm but winning spoons isn't really the goal here).
Enter the Walker Brothers.
They revolutionised footy in Brisbane. Their argument (statistically shown in the NRL) that the worst thing on the gas tank is tackling. And that the team that tackles the least and has the ball the most generally wins games. So they let the other team get through their six as quickly as possible and they hold onto the ball as long as possible. No wrestling, keeping numbers out of tackles and when they have the ball, move it around, no quick sets. Kick plays are designed to offer a chance to get the ball back, now matter where they are on the field. They had a habit of running down teams in the last 20, mainly through the gas tank.
So, my 2c for getting back to where we want to be. Give the Walkers a chance. See whether this works in the NRL. In the meantime, let Gus do his magic in juniors. hedge your bets. If it works, we are competitive again in the short term while the longer term plan is being developed. If it doesn't, we're no shitter than what we are now and the longer term plan is still bubbling along.
Sorry boys - but reckon we could sign Jack Gibson to coach and it wouldn't change shit. No decent players are coming here and committing without us destroying the salary cap. So we're still shit and they leave after taking the honey. Cannot even pay overs on someone to teach the kids as, we have no decent kids.
So break it and rebuild it.
ok - off for another cone. The KLL can only show you the bong. Its up to you to smoke it (Snoop Dogg, 2016).
