We aren’t a poor club anymore. We need to stop acting like a poor club and invest where the money is most needed.
We shouldn’t skimp on our footy department.
We are allowed to pay over the soft cap. Pay the tax! It’s not a big deal.
Does anyone think the Hawks aren’t going to be paying more than the soft cap next season?
So how much should we overspend by?
Just want to calculate how much tax we'd need to pay
Who cares?!
What’s the alternative?
Skimp on recruiting? Skimp on player development?
Where did that get us for 30 years?
Whatever it takes to have quality people around the club so the ones we currently have don’t have to double or triple their load because that’s how burn out occurs or diminished focus on all players individual requirements to further development.
This game is about percentages. This isn’t the time to be losing quality people to other clubs.
How is West Coke, Geelong, Essendrug and Swans able to increase their off field team or at the least keep it the same?
How is Hawthorn going to be able to afford to pay Clarkson out and still keep assistants? Do you truly think they will stay under soft cap?
I don’t think the “richer” clubs give a stuff about soft cap as much as we do.
PS. Interestingly that we don’t have access to see who is part of the footy department any more.