Every player must:

· Live an elite lifestyle
· Respect all
· Have a selfless attitude
· Leave their ego on the hook
· Have open and honest conversations - give and receive feedback when the time is right
· Fight to the death

Culture & Planning. It's what Hawthorn have done better than anyone else. So there's lots of unknowns - but there's a lot the club can control as well. Get these two things right and they're well on their way.

I feel as though I should quote Donald Rumsfeld here...

"...because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."

Here are some known knowns. The club can control these things.

1. Culture

We seem to be improving - albeit slowly. But the playing list probably need to take a leaf out of Hawthorn's playing list and follow it to the enth degree. Here's Luke Hodge explaining this last year.

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2. List management Planning

The club needs to have planning strategies for the next few years - and scenarios at the ready based on new changes that directly affect list management. Starting in 2015, the TPP banking mechanism now allows clubs to spend over 100% of the TPP and ASA limits (combined limit). We should plan for this...starting now.

As an example - if Carlton was $500k below the combined limit in 2015, they can spend up to $500k over the combined limits (TPP & ASA) across 2016 and 2017.

The Veterans list is abolished from 2017. We currently save $118k per player on Walker, Waite, Carrazzo and Simpson. Marc Murphy is added to that list in 2015 as a 10-year player. We save $118k on Bryce Gibbs' salary in 2016 before the phase-out.

So let's presume Waite stays... - in 2015 we save $590,000. In 2016 we're presuming Carrazzo goes so it'll be the same with Gibbs added and Waite retained. That's $1.18 million. Without Waite in the equation it's still a $944,000.

With an increase in the salary cap ( $10.07 million in 2015 and $10.37 million in 2016) - coupled with the aforementioned veterans salary excluded from the club’s total player payments - shouldn't Carlton be in the position to a) fill a positional need with the signing of a free agent AND b) save enough in TPP spend so that across 2016 and 2017 they are in a position to legally spend above the required TPP and ASA payments.

Culture & Planning. It's what Hawthorn have done better than anyone else. So there's lots of unknowns - but there's a lot the club can control as well. Get these two things right and they're well on their way.

If we can build a strong on field leadership group, ruthless, must win, stuff, then things will turn around. if we don;t we'll keep chasing those magicial tails, tossing drafts picks into the breeze of futility.

great post.

I feel as though I should quote Donald Rumsfeld here...

"...because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."

Here are some known knowns. The club can control these things.

1. Culture

We seem to be improving - albeit slowly. But the playing list probably need to take a leaf out of Hawthorn's playing list and follow it to the enth degree. Here's Luke Hodge explaining this last year.

[youtube]KVt-XBNbkpk[/youtube]



2. List management Planning

The club needs to have planning strategies for the next few years - and scenarios at the ready based on new changes that directly affect list management. Starting in 2015, the TPP banking mechanism now allows clubs to spend over 100% of the TPP and ASA limits (combined limit). We should plan for this...starting now.

As an example - if Carlton was $500k below the combined limit in 2015, they can spend up to $500k over the combined limits (TPP & ASA) across 2016 and 2017.

The Veterans list is abolished from 2017. We currently save $118k per player on Walker, Waite, Carrazzo and Simpson. Marc Murphy is added to that list in 2015 as a 10-year player. We save $118k on Bryce Gibbs' salary in 2016 before the phase-out.

So let's presume Waite stays... - in 2015 we save $590,000. In 2016 we're presuming Carrazzo goes so it'll be the same with Gibbs added and Waite retained. That's $1.18 million. Without Waite in the equation it's still a $944,000.

With an increase in the salary cap ( $10.07 million in 2015 and $10.37 million in 2016) - coupled with the aforementioned veterans salary excluded from the club’s total player payments - shouldn't Carlton be in the position to a) fill a positional need with the signing of a free agent AND b) save enough in TPP spend so that across 2016 and 2017 they are in a position to legally spend above the required TPP and ASA payments.

Culture & Planning. It's what Hawthorn have done better than anyone else. So there's lots of unknowns - but there's a lot the club can control as well. Get these two things right and they're well on their way.

The big question is - Does Carlton Football Club have the strength and will to do this?

Danny should the club be desperate to keep Waite?

Macca on SEN to discuss Waite leaving and discussed our general strategy - we are building from the bottom up. there will be no more quick fixes with only short term benefit.