Hurricanes 2020
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What a cop out if he goes to the Crusaders. How boring would this competition be if the Canes lose Beaudy and Jordie.
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@Canes4life Its looking very likely the canes will lose both.
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@Canes4life Time to give some exciting young talent an opportunity. Nothing boring about that. Personally, I can't wait to see how Toala goes.
You've gained Lomax. You lose some, you gain some.
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@Stargazer yeah because it’s so exciting seeing Canterbury win all the time. By the looks of their crowds even Cantabs are getting bored of it. The Jordie signing (if it eventuates) just points out the need for change. On one end you have the Landers losing 13 players and on the other end you have the Crusaders over-stacked in the backs. IMO it’s better for the comp, you can hardly call it Super Rugby anymore when some teams are stacked and some teams have barely any depth apart from a couple of promising 19 year olds. Will be suprised to see it happen.
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@Canes4life The Canes don't seem to lose many players, unlike some other franchises. They are stacked with good midfielders and outside backs themselves. Apart from Lomax, you've also gained Scrafton. Main problem is the halves. You're whining too much. The Canes will be good again next season. If you're in doubt, read back some of your own very confident posts on the Fern from recent weeks.
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I think it’s fine. Players take the risk of competing for spots and not getting to show their wares. On the other hand, being part of a successful team often helps you develop and doesn’t seem to harm AB selection - although that seems to be changing - TTT hasn’t had many runs, and he’s paid for it by being skipped over.
I do think the Saders are better at giving their players plenty of opportunities, but at some point they’ll have to much talent to get them all out there.
I wonder what Havili is thinking?
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@Stargazer i’m not just talking about the Canes. I’m pointing out the fact that there is a massive imbalance in this competition and it’s becoming far too predictable. I’m not sure about you but I’d rather watch a Highlanders vs Crusaders game without a predictable outcome.
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@Canes4life Maybe we could offer one of there promising younger players a contract 😂
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@Canes4life I'm not sure you're realising how many players the Crusaders are losing, but yes, the Highlanders are losing many, but mostly to Japan. The imbalance isn't created by the Crusaders contracting players from outside. They have most of their players coming through their academy - and - remember - Reece wasn't wanted by any other franchise. Jordie came to the Canes from Canterbury and Crusaders academy as well. If you want the imbalance to disappear, then other franchises should be better at talent identification and development. I think the Canes are doing pretty well, but can do better. Chiefs, too, I think. The Highlanders have been good in contracting over the years, but probably not sufficiently in developing. The Blues problems are known. The problem isn't with the Crusaders.
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@Stargazer If players are going to be switching teams all the time then why not introduce trades. Wouldn’t that prevent one team being too stacked in one area. Atm having Havili, Reece, Jordan, Barrett, Goodhue, Bridge & Ennor in one team seems fairly silly and surely one player isn’t going to be happy with lack of game time when they are on the cusp of being an All Black.
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Not sure how trades would work given almost all the player moves happen when players end their contracts? The fact that all the franchises have the same amount of money to spend on players should mean that they are all relatively as strong as each other over time. The issue is that some teams are better at identifying talent and then value adding. This comes down to coaching, administration and culture. Also success tends to beget success and young players are prepared to play for less money if they think their careers will be advanced.
I'm not sure that it's possible to make the cultures of different organisations more equal through policies. The fact that the Crusaders spend roughly the same amount on players as the other NZ teams, yet are playing for their 10th title, suggests that culture plays a huge role in the success of an organisation.
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@Cantab79 said in Hurricanes 2020:
Not sure how trades would work given almost all the player moves happen when players end their contracts? The fact that all the franchises have the same amount of money to spend on players should mean that they are all relatively as strong as each other over time. The issue is that some teams are better at identifying talent and then value adding. This comes down to coaching, administration and culture. Also success tends to beget success and young players are prepared to play for less money if they think their careers will be advanced.
I'm not sure that it's possible to make the cultures of different organisations more equal through policies. The fact that the Crusaders spend roughly the same amount on players as the other NZ teams, yet are playing for their 10th title, suggests that culture plays a huge role in the success of an organisation.
Trades generally lead to a rich get richer scenario because the successful teams end up with more resources to attract talent than the weaker teams.
To balance a league you need a salary cap that's low enough that you can't afford to you hold on to all the talent. That brings its own problems though and is more likely to increase the number of players going overseas.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Stargazer i’m not just talking about the Canes. I’m pointing out the fact that there is a massive imbalance in this competition and it’s becoming far too predictable. I’m not sure about you but I’d rather watch a Highlanders vs Crusaders game without a predictable outcome.
NZ rugby need to do something about this. I never even bothered watching the final as the outcome was so predictable, Crusaders always winning will help destroy super rugby. If NZ rugby spread around the talent rather than stacking it all in one team = a much more exciting competition. Stack it all in one team as is currently being done and I don't have much hope for super rugby
There must be a financial structure so its impossible for one team to stack it with ABs. Maybe the NZRU believe NZ rugby can do OK without super rugby (or a 2nd rate competition) and the ABs mostly selected from overseas Europe and Japan teams, Because that's were its heading
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@Chris said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Winger Players are being picked for the AB’s after they are selected and play for the Crusaders not the other way around
So maybe recruitment and the environment that turns these players into AB’s needs to be replicated at other franchisesTo an extent yes, but also the key fact that recruitment to the Crusaders has no boundaries in place. Good players want to jump on the bandwagon.
This has been one of the key factors in the continual success of the Saders and decline of the Blues.
Also one of the reasons why most pro competitions have draft systems and caps. As @Winger points out you can kill the goose that lays the golden egg if competitions lack competition.
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@Crucial sure that is a point in looking at the overall product of SR
The same happened in the 90s with Auckland we got smashed every year by the Aucks even the first year of SR
Maybe the Crusaders through losing a lot of talent for 2020 may change things
Whitelock,Franks,Crotty,Read,Taufua Todd,Funnell,Bateman is a big loss
