1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:With the lack of artificial equalisation measures compared to the AFL (Salary cap only) SANFL club "windows" are much harder to close and at the same time open.
When is Centrals and to a lesser extent the Eagles going to close???
North (and all clubs to an extent) have the resources to keep their window open a long time yet....
Agreed, its a completely different scenario to the AFL and if anything unlike 3 years ago North have more to build on so in theory should improve. If anything it'll get easier as the only thing hampering North at the moment (besides being mentally insipid at times) is the disruption of the AFL players the longer we stay at the top of the table the less mini draft picks we get. Throw into the mix that more juniors are coming through as its a more successful set up all round at Prospect and I think they'll be around the mark for quite a while, just a matter if they can take the next step or not. After a big improvement from 2003 to 2004 in terms or results every year has seen an improvement of some degree, it remains to be seen if that will continue this year or not.
