Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch has bemoaned the shifting goalposts on his AFL coaching future as he confronts possible unemployment.The three-time premiership winner with Brisbane has led the club for three years and a total of just 14 wins.The Lions bottomed out in 2016 with three victories, avoiding the wooden spoon by half a percentage point, and recording the worst season in the merged clubs 20-year history.Leppitsch said his assessment of the season was what could go wrong did go wrong including an unprecedented injury run.But he maintains it would be unfair, and against the clubs previous word, to assess him purely on his win-loss record.The messaging (from the club) throughout the year has been long-term ... apart from three weeks ago, he said.(My job) has been to introduce and play young talent which were AFL No.1 at ... that coupled with our injury rate doesnt equate to successful seasons.Every moment before (three weeks ago there) hasnt been a win-loss component to me keeping my job but obviously things have shifted.Leppitsch said he would have coached differently with different goals.If it was win-loss this year I would have traded the first pick, he said.We actually traded for future picks this year. I wouldnt have done that either.Furthering his case to stay, he pointed to the emergence of first-year players Eric Hipwood, Josh Schache, Ben Keays and Rhys Matheson.I dont think most clubs can say they could do that in one year and its going to be hard for those boys to get a game next year when the likes of (Allen) Christensen and (Dayne) Beams are back, he said.Leppitsch said he wasnt aware if his side claimed the wooden spoon until he was asked a question in the post-match press conference.It might be better for the club if we did (finish last), he said.It doesnt sound good to say that but you can probably do a few more things at the end of the year.No one even thought about it to be perfectly honest ... weve got some bigger picture things to worry about than that as a football club. Jimmy Johnson Jersey Doug Cunningham Jersey . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Paralympics will go ahead in Rio next month, but organizers said Friday that deep budget cuts mean a venue will close down, facilities will be dismantled and the workforce will be reduced.Poor ticket sales have compounded existing financial challenges in recession-battered Brazil that have already affected operations at the Olympics, which close Sunday.Rio has less than three weeks to prepare for Paralympics, the pinnacle of the disability sport calendar. Organizers had hoped to build on progress made at the well-attended Games in London four years ago. Rio organizers report ticket sales of just more than 290,000 tickets for the Sept. 7-18 Paralympics.At this point, it is difficult for us to expect the full venues that we saw in Beijing or London, or expect to see in Tokyo in four years time, International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven said Friday.The IPC said it has already sought to reduce costs over the past year and the new, deeper major budget cuts will affect every team and visitors to the Games.Never before in the 56-year history of the Paralympic Games have we faced circumstances like this, Craven said. Since becoming aware of the full scale of the problem, we have focused all of our efforts on finding solutions to the problems.The IPC has secured an additional 150 million reals ($47 million) in funding from Riio Mayor Eduardo Paes and said the government will bring in up to 100 million reals ($31 million) of sponsorship from state-run companies.ddddddddddddBut the workforce for the Paralympics will still be reduced, transport services cut and media centers closed. The wheelchair fencing competition will move to a new venue, allowing the Deorodo Olympic Park to be closed and dismantled.Grants of more than $7 million that the Rio organizers were due to make to the 165 participating countries are almost a month overdue. The first athletes are due to arrive Aug. 31, although there will be no Russians after the country was suspended from the IPC over its state-sponsored doping scheme.Currently we have around 10 countries who, even if the grants are paid, may struggle to cover the cost of their travel to the Games, Craven said. The IPC is working with them to find solutions and ensure their participation here in Rio.Britains Paralympic body expressed concern that Rios constrained budgets are setting back the Games.London 2012 proudly showed the world what was possible, and we want Rio to be the next stage of that positive journey, the British Paralympic Association said. The IPCs announcement makes clear that there is major risk to that. ' ' '
