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The Contract thread
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Tidy little bone arse to the clubs paying through the nose for their coaches, bend over n dig a bit deeper if you've got a start up coach on moderate salary.
Elite premiership coach on $1.5 mill a year = $300 thou extra in the soft cap.
Rookie start up coach on $500 thou a year = $100 thou extra in the cap.
AFLHQ equalisation where not all things are equal manipulators at it again.
No way
Jack said there's no chance he leaves to play for WC or Freo.
Who wants to play under Longmuire? The bloke is pox
So the following players are over 30 years at the start of next season in age order. Which do we think will end their careers?
Dusty - imo 50/50
Grimes - finished - was done 2 years ago
Pickett - many seem to want him to continue for the 100 games (and father/son - which will probably be worthless once AFL changes rules just in time). Also has the burglary charges hanging over his head. 50/50 for me.
Naismith - done - 4th knee reco
Prestia - done - soft tissue injury king, has been an issue for a while & just can't get up week in week out
Lynch - contracted through 2025. Am concerned for him, 8 games in last 2 seasons. Fingers crossed he gets through the rest of this season otherwise not sure he will continue 80/20.
Broad - contracted, stays
KMac - looked gone earlier in season but has fought back. Not sure he can sustain. I don't think we can keep both Pickett & Kmac. 50/50 for me.
Vlaustin - contracted, stays
Nanks - contracted, stays, just concerned at his high workload, has become unstuck in recent years.
I say at least 4 to go.
Dusty - imo 50/50
Grimes - finished - was done 2 years ago
Pickett - many seem to want him to continue for the 100 games (and father/son - which will probably be worthless once AFL changes rules just in time). Also has the burglary charges hanging over his head. 50/50 for me.
Naismith - done - 4th knee reco
Prestia - done - soft tissue injury king, has been an issue for a while & just can't get up week in week out
Lynch - contracted through 2025. Am concerned for him, 8 games in last 2 seasons. Fingers crossed he gets through the rest of this season otherwise not sure he will continue 80/20.
Broad - contracted, stays
KMac - looked gone earlier in season but has fought back. Not sure he can sustain. I don't think we can keep both Pickett & Kmac. 50/50 for me.
Vlaustin - contracted, stays
Nanks - contracted, stays, just concerned at his high workload, has become unstuck in recent years.
I say at least 4 to go.
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I'd say only Dusty would possibly (but unlikely) move somewhere else. Grimes & Prestia retire. Would anyone else take on Pickett or KMac? They're all unrestricted free agents except for Pickett and at their age and what they would be offered I doubt we'd get anything back.
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Exciting pair sign Richmond extensions
Mykelti Lefau and Maurice Rioli Jnr have committed their futures to Richmond.
So I think this means with those signings we have the following contract expirys. Please correct me if anyone sees any that are wrong.
2024 - Baker, Blight, Campbell, Coulthard, Cumberland, Dow, Graham, Gray, Green, Grimes, Martin (retired), McIntosh, Pickett, Prestia, Tresize and Colina as a Cat B
2025 - Balta, Banks, Bauer, Brown, Clarke, Fawcett, Hayes-Brown, Lynch, McAuliffe, Sonsie, Young
2026 - Broad, Gibcus, Koschitzke, Lefau, Mansell, Miller, Nankervis, Ralphsmith, MRJ, Ross, Vlastuin
2027 - Dan Rioli, Ryan, Short
2028 - Bolton
2029 - Hopper, Taranto
So with Martin retiring, we still have 1 too many on our list, and have 14 on our main / rookie list still out of contract. You'd think certainties to extend in that group would potentially only be Campbell and Tresize. Green a probable. Blight and Gray should get extensions, leaving maybe 9 to go, plus either Rioli, Bolton or both.
So tops we would have 11 picks, but likely if Rioli, Bolton or both leave along with Bakes and Graham, that at least a couple of the group in 2024 will get 1 year extensions, probably a couple of Prestia, Pickett, McIntosh and Dow.
Reckon we will have 7-9 list spots to fill in the trade / draft period.
2024 - Baker, Blight, Campbell, Coulthard, Cumberland, Dow, Graham, Gray, Green, Grimes, Martin (retired), McIntosh, Pickett, Prestia, Tresize and Colina as a Cat B
2025 - Balta, Banks, Bauer, Brown, Clarke, Fawcett, Hayes-Brown, Lynch, McAuliffe, Sonsie, Young
2026 - Broad, Gibcus, Koschitzke, Lefau, Mansell, Miller, Nankervis, Ralphsmith, MRJ, Ross, Vlastuin
2027 - Dan Rioli, Ryan, Short
2028 - Bolton
2029 - Hopper, Taranto
So with Martin retiring, we still have 1 too many on our list, and have 14 on our main / rookie list still out of contract. You'd think certainties to extend in that group would potentially only be Campbell and Tresize. Green a probable. Blight and Gray should get extensions, leaving maybe 9 to go, plus either Rioli, Bolton or both.
So tops we would have 11 picks, but likely if Rioli, Bolton or both leave along with Bakes and Graham, that at least a couple of the group in 2024 will get 1 year extensions, probably a couple of Prestia, Pickett, McIntosh and Dow.
Reckon we will have 7-9 list spots to fill in the trade / draft period.
Campbell commits
Seth Campbell has signed on at Richmond until the end of 2026.
McAuliffe signs until end of 2027
Kane McAuliffe has put pen to paper on a new contract extension.
Updates -
2024 - Baker, Blight, Coulthard, Cumberland, Dow, Graham, Gray, Green, Grimes (retired) , Martin (retired), McIntosh, Pickett (retired), Prestia, Tresize, & Colina as a Cat B
2025 - Balta, Banks, Bauer, Brown, Clarke, Fawcett, Hayes-Brown, Lynch, Sonsie, & Young
2026 - Broad, Campbell, Gibcus, Koschitzke, Lefau, Mansell, Miller, Nankervis, Ralphsmith, MRJ, Ross, & Vlastuin
2027 - Dan Rioli, McAuliffe, Ryan, & Short
2028 - Bolton
2029 - Hopper & Taranto
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Just realised I missed Smith off this list. Still awaiting an announcement on an extension I think.
Remaining 2024 out of contract players:
Retiring - Grimes, Martin, Pickett
Trade - Baker, Graham
Unknown - Blight, Cumberland, Coulthard, Dow, McIntosh, Prestia, Smith, Tresize
Reckon Smith is the only 1 of the unknowns guaranteed to be re-signed. Hopefully that announcement comes soon, they seem to like to do the young boys in 2's, so probably announced with either Tresize, Blight or Dow I guess.
