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Posted January 07, 2024 01:38 · last edited January 07, 2024 01:42

What I found interesting with all the late night googling (had a bout of insomnia) was what priority the teams put on the facilities when talking about them in their press releases. For instance Sydney talks a lot about trophy rooms and branded entranceways but the actual playing side of things is just a bullet point saying "medical and rehab facilities". Central Coast Mariners talk about office space and business parks, a pub, a petrol station, a four thousand seat stadium, a public swimming pool, and a hotel, but the training and rehab side of things is a gym and a few football pitches, so with the budgets above the focus isn't always on training and rehabilitation either but might be on things which have the trappings and visibility of success without laying the foundations for it.

A team like WSW with a focused $15 million facility isn't necessarily going to have worse facilities than CCM who might have spent $100 million (although it seems like there were supposed to be four phases and they only completed two so the cost is likely less than half that)  but seem to be trying to build more of a community and commercial hub that happens to also have a football team as a tenant.

There's a famous story about former Warriors assistant coach the late Mike Mclennan, when he was the head coach of the St Helliers Rugby League team in the UK. His team had terrible facilities and their locker room was drafty and leaked, yet the boardroom in the stadium and trophy rooms were expensively renovated. He got so fed up with the money being spent in the wrong place that he went into the boardroom, ripped up the new carpet, and put it on the ground in the locker room so that the players would have at least some comfort.

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Unknown editor edited January 07, 2024 01:42
What I found interesting with all the late night googling (had a bout of insomnia) was what priority the teams put on the facilities when talking about them in their press releases. For instance Sydney talks a lot about trophy rooms and branded entranceways but the actual playing side of things is just a bullet point saying "medical and rehab facilities". Central Coast Mariners talk about office space and business parks, a pub, a petrol station, a four thousand seat stadium, a public swimming pool, and a hotel, but the training and rehab side of things is a gym and a few football pitches, so with the budgets above the focus isn't always on training and rehabilitation either but might be on things which have the trappings and visibility of success without laying the foundations for it.

A team like WSW with a focused $15 million facility isn't necessarily going to have worse facilities than CCM who might have spent $100 million (although it seems like there were supposed to be four phases and they only completed two so the cost is likely less than half that)  but seem to be trying to build more of a community and ocmmercial hub that happens to also have a football team as a tenant.

There's a famous story about former Warriors assistant coach the late Mike Mclennan, when he was the head coach of the St Helliers Rugby League team in the UK. His team had terrible facilities and their locker room was drafty and leaked, yet the boardroom in the stadium and trophy rooms were expensively renovated. He got so fed up with the money being spent in the wrong place that he went into the boardroom, ripped up the new carpet, and put it on the ground in the locker room so that the players would have at least some comfort.
Unknown editor edited January 07, 2024 01:42
What I found interesting with all the late night googling (had a bout of insomnia) was what priority the teams put on the facilities when talking about them in their press releases. For instance Sydney talks a lot about trophy rooms and branded entranceways but the actual playing side of things is just a bullet point saying "medical and rehab facilities". Central Coast Mariners talk about office space and business parks, a pub, a petrol station, a four thousand seat stadium, a public swimming pool, and a hotel, but the training and rehab side of things is a gym and a few football pitches, so with the budgets above the focus isn't always on training and rehabilitation either but might be on things which have the trappings and visibility of success without laying the foundations for it.

A team like WSW with a focused $15 million facility isn't necessarily going to have worse facilities than CCM who might have spent $100 million (although it seems like there were supposed to be four phases and they only completed two so the cost is likely less than half that)  but seem to be trying to build more of a commercial space that happens to also have a football team as a tenant.

There's a famous story about former Warriors assistant coach the late Mike Mclennan, when he was the head coach of the St Helliers Rugby League team in the UK. His team had terrible facilities and their locker room was drafty and leaked, yet the boardroom in the stadium and trophy rooms were expensively renovated. He got so fed up with the money being spent in the wrong place that he went into the boardroom, ripped up the new carpet, and put it on the ground in the locker room so that the players would have at least some comfort.
Unknown editor edited January 07, 2024 01:40
What I found interesting with all the late night googling (had a bout of insomnia) was what priority the teams put on the facilities when talking about them in their press releases. For instance Sydney talks a lot about trophy rooms and branded entranceways but the actual playing side of things is just a bullet point saying "medical and rehab facilities". Central Coast Mariners talk about office space and business parks, a pub, a petrol station, a four thousand seat stadium, a public swimming pool, and a hotel, but the training and rehab side of things is a gym and a few football pitches, so with the budgets above the focus isn't always on training and rehabilitation either but might be on things which have the trappings and visibility of success without laying the foundations for it.

A team like WSW with a focused $15 million facility isn't necessarily going to have worse facilities than CCM who might have spent $100 million (although it seems like there were supposed to be four phases and they only completed two so the cost is likely less than half that)  but seem to be trying to build more of a commercial space that happens to also have a football team as a tenant.

There's a famous story about former Warriors assistant coach Mike Mclennan, when he was the head coach of the St Helliers Rugby League team in the UK. His team had terrible facilities and their locker room was drafty and leaked, yet the boardroom in the stadium and trophy rooms were expensively renovated. He got so fed up with the money being spent in the wrong place that he went into the boardroom, ripped up the new carpet, and put it on the ground in the locker room so that the players would have at least some comfort.