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CibbuanoGold Coast team needs more concessions: Voss
May 21st 2008 00:26
MICHAEL Voss has told the AFL it needs to give the new Gold Coast club more concessions if they want him to become the coach.
The three-time premiership winning Brisbane Lions captain is considered all but certain to coach the Coast side which will become the AFL's 17th team in 2011, but he has refused to commit himself until he is convinced the club is going to be competitive.
Voss said the new Gold Coast club would need more concessions if they are to have any hope of being competitive.
"I do my own homework on the process and what they have got, and they are short. That's my opinion," said Voss, who has joined the club in an advisory capacity.
"I am not looking at it from the point of view of winning a premiership in two years' time.
"I am looking at it from being competitive . . . they are short. They need to find more."
The new Gold Coast team will have access to 12 uncontracted players before it enters the competition and will have two opportunities to dig deep into the 2010 draft.
The AFL has promised the Gold Coast franchise access to 10 elite 17-year-olds from all over the country in next year's draft. The AFL has also raised the draft age to 18 years (January 1 to December 31) for the 2009 draft - a decision that will vastly enhance the quality of the 2010 draft in which the Gold Coast is destined to have picks No.1-5, 14, 15, 24 and 41.
The Coast team will be given a 10 percent higher salary cap for its first five years and will be allowed to list 15 Queenslanders from outside the draft next year.
Despite the seemingly generous concessions, Voss said the emphasis on Queensland-raised recruits would not be enough to make the Gold Coast team competitive in the short-term.
"I'm not saying you are after the best list in the history of the universe. You just want a list who are a reasonable chance of competing," he said.
"As fast as we are developing in this state year after year, we won't have the depth to have Queenslanders come through the system and rely on them to be the core of the team."
The three-time premiership winning Brisbane Lions captain is considered all but certain to coach the Coast side which will become the AFL's 17th team in 2011, but he has refused to commit himself until he is convinced the club is going to be competitive.
Voss said the new Gold Coast club would need more concessions if they are to have any hope of being competitive.
"I do my own homework on the process and what they have got, and they are short. That's my opinion," said Voss, who has joined the club in an advisory capacity.
"I am not looking at it from the point of view of winning a premiership in two years' time.
"I am looking at it from being competitive . . . they are short. They need to find more."
The new Gold Coast team will have access to 12 uncontracted players before it enters the competition and will have two opportunities to dig deep into the 2010 draft.
The AFL has promised the Gold Coast franchise access to 10 elite 17-year-olds from all over the country in next year's draft. The AFL has also raised the draft age to 18 years (January 1 to December 31) for the 2009 draft - a decision that will vastly enhance the quality of the 2010 draft in which the Gold Coast is destined to have picks No.1-5, 14, 15, 24 and 41.
The Coast team will be given a 10 percent higher salary cap for its first five years and will be allowed to list 15 Queenslanders from outside the draft next year.
Despite the seemingly generous concessions, Voss said the emphasis on Queensland-raised recruits would not be enough to make the Gold Coast team competitive in the short-term.
"I'm not saying you are after the best list in the history of the universe. You just want a list who are a reasonable chance of competing," he said.
"As fast as we are developing in this state year after year, we won't have the depth to have Queenslanders come through the system and rely on them to be the core of the team."
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