Colin Sylvia Retires

In all seriousness though this frees up a fair chunk of coin for Freo to put out for another FA this year.

Might be a few players just holding on their contracts in case Freo call.
 

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Is this the first high profile fail of Free Agency? From memory the demons got a fairly good pick for him. Wasted space at Fremantle, but I wonder what made Colin not motivated? Fremantle in their prime after years in the dumps at Melbourne, should have tried his hardest to be apart of success.

Yep agree waster of space. Melbourne got Bernie Vince, got to be happy.

I am sure we all agree Sylvia had all the ability but not the mental strength to do the hard work. Ross thought he could hopefully turn him around, you win some you lose some.
 
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In all seriousness though this frees up a fair chunk of coin for Freo to put out for another FA this year.

Might be a few players just holding on their contracts in case Freo call.

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Freo taking him was like a throwback to the old days of them being shook down like a little kid in the playground. Whatever were they thinking?

Only conclusion I can come to is that Ross wanted to prove he could win a flag despite any handicap the AFL would throw at him, so recruited the biggest dead weight he could find....
 

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Is this the first high profile fail of Free Agency? From memory the demons got a fairly good pick for him. Wasted space at Fremantle, but I wonder what made Colin not motivated? Fremantle in their prime after years in the dumps at Melbourne, should have tried his hardest to be apart of success.

Quinten Lynch would have to be more high profile than Sylvia?
 
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I wonder what made Colin not motivated?

A guaranteed six-figure paycheck, regardless of his performance.

Some athletes don't feel they need to continually earn the paycheck and "prove" their worth, but already consider it "earnt" once the contract is signed.
 
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"The Colin Sylvia Basket"
 
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