Quote Originally Posted by Jim View Post
Assuming people have no idea because they disagree with you says more about your narrow minded persona than anything else.
The reason why you chest beat about success is because you like beating down on smaller clubs and whilst not scared to go up you choose the easier option.
The jump up isnt going to ruin your club but you wont have success and you wont handle that. And since you are so great your players wouldnt have to "train" more or put in a whole lot more to be competitive in 2nd div.
You dont need 3 divs to stay at a club or get young people to stay for a long time at a club G Suburb is a good example. You can have AA fri night or Sat.
I hear a lot of excuses but in reality you prefer my point 2 than anything else. No respect for your club from me on that note.
It has nothing to do with "success". The demand on the volunteers and the structure of your club changes. Once you make the jump to second division, you are essentially opting into putting your hand up for NPL. And some clubs are simply not set up for that, nor do they want to be.
It's all if's and but's. But what happens if Kotara for instance go on to win ZL1 this year and then what happens, they have to completely upgrade their facilities in a few months? And then what IF they then win second division, they have to all of a sudden become a semi professional set up and pull in sponsors north of $100k to pay wages and run the club? Or start charging their juniors ridiculous rego fees to pay player wages?
Clubs at our level want to remain community clubs.

You don't have to respect our club, that's all good Jim. Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion. But at the end of the day, I don't hide who I am or who I am associated with. It's easy to go around laughing at clubs on here for voicing their honest opinions when you hide your identity and association.
Now I certainly have no time or respect for anyone that's hiding who they are and where they are from in terms of clubs around this particular conversation. This is a big change and clubs are rightly so divided on opinion. It's all well and good for others to throw in their two cents, but there's not a lot of substance to that.
Would happily put my hand up and be proved wrong if you or old mate straight red are involved with a club.