Game-changer: Five reasons this could be making of Suns
We have been down this road before but with the Suns getting renewed aid from the AFL in the form of an extra priority pick at October’s draft, we look at five reasons this could finally build a successful future.
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WE have been down this road before but with the Suns getting renewed aid from the AFL in the form of an extra priority pick at October’s draft, we look at five reasons this could finally build a successful future.
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1. PLAYER POTENTIAL
Sure, we have spoken of all this before but with the right people in place behind the scenes lessons must have been learnt.
The mistakes of the past can’t happen again. Please.
Getting an extra top talent in the draft has to pay off.
2. PRESSURE COOKER
No one wants too much heat on them but at some point you have to crack or thrive.
With the eyes of the rest of the AFL fixed on the Suns the club knows they simply have no option this time.
3. KEEPING KIDS
It seems the Suns are at the yearly whim of the dreaded “homesickness” but if the success of the Lions this year taught us anything it’s that wins cure all.
Bringing in more top talents surely increases the odds of others staying.
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4. GEN Z IS COMING
It’s easy to forget the club is only eight years old.
That means those toddlers dragged to games are now at an age when they are picking up Sherrins and booting them at their local clubs.
That’s a generation of talent at the Suns’ disposal.
5. FEEL GOOD FACTOR
A wooden spoon hardly inspires confidence but this kind of windfall could be just the tonic for 2020.
Imagine the excitement for Round 1 should a supersized draft perfiod unfold followed by the ultimate preseason. We dare to dream.
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