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Pick 29: Shai Bolton
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yep - my point was more if we let all our high earners going we will be paying ross, ryan, koschitske, ralphsmith like they are A graders due to the min salary cap rules.
Just pay them more next year if need be as part of their normal deals, will put our cap in a good spot thereafter when they get paid less.
Top 6 player between round 1 to 6 this year
The kid is a star.
I reckon we should keep unless we get offered 2 top 10 picks
The kid is a star.
I reckon we should keep unless we get offered 2 top 10 picks
Agree that we shouldnt but these days here's no need to do so. Many ways to get to the minimum 92.5% TRP or whatever it is, including front ending contracts / bringing forward payments under existing contracts and bearing some or all contract payments for traded players (in effect swapping salary cap for picks and/or players).
It's 95%. Theres not a lot of wiggle room if you hollow out your list and you have no A grade talent. You then overpay mediocre players and destroy your culture. Who would we frontload and on what after we sell all our A graders. I guess we can pay Taranto 2M/yr.
As you say basically to keep paying players we have traded out so that club can overload on talent and in return for even more draft capital would seem to be the play.
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To some extent. But frontloading isnt necessarily paying overs, it's just the timing of payment.
Shai is contracted until 2028 and he only recently signed that contract. I dont care if he wants to go home which i highly doubt.
He is by the length of the flemington straight our best most constructive small forward and he is a keeper. If honest our only consistent sml/med goal kicker which makes it even more important we hang onto him.
Baker and Rioli while nice to hang onto, due to recent drafting are in some ways superfluous to needs.
Get what we can while we can its a very small window that is open to us.
He is by the length of the flemington straight our best most constructive small forward and he is a keeper. If honest our only consistent sml/med goal kicker which makes it even more important we hang onto him.
Baker and Rioli while nice to hang onto, due to recent drafting are in some ways superfluous to needs.
Get what we can while we can its a very small window that is open to us.
Agree, but as a negotiating tool it helps us get the picks. I wouldn’t be paying all remaining years on the contract. 1 yr, if they want 2 get more.
They are poaching our contracted players. We should demand everything and expect to receive it.
He has 3 years to go on a contract, so that is 3 first round picks or no thankyou.
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Young for Bolton or thank you bur we will keep him.
We should be talking to Young and trying to get him on a 7 x 800k deal too
Young for Bolton or thank you bur we will keep him.
We should be talking to Young and trying to get him on a 7 x 800k deal too
Pretty sure they brought in a system a cuppla years back where you can short pay your cap, or bank the short pay for a year or two so you can then pay a bit of overs to assist with bringing in an expensive trade player or retain players when you reach the finals window?????
Not a 100% sure but think they've still got a marketing component that clubs can access outside the cap when they're maxed out, wouldn't need it with a list of kids, any marketing work would simply be included within the salary cap region.
Kicked 4 goals against the Saints at Gather round and was in AA conversation.
Let's see how he plays this week..
Let's see how he plays this week..
Now he is the main man with Dusty gone, and the majority of our hopes to win games.
Added pressure or release valve?
This is the concern if Rioli goes as well. We are already a slow side, imagine if 2 of our fastest go.
