Toast Cockatoo and Gregson sign contract extensions

[Gysenn]

Contract extensions until the end of 2017!

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2015-03-27/cockatoo-and-gregson-extend-contracts

 

[Stan The Caddy]

Great news! They both look the goods long term IMO.

 

[dazbroncos]

BANG BANG!

Credit Hocking and GFC for getting on the front foot.

Good news. Keep them signatures coming.

And good to see you Gysenn. Haven't see much of you of late.

Go Catters

 

[cats_09]

2-year extensions until the end of 2017!

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2015-03-27/cockatoo-and-gregson-extend-contracts

only a 1 year extension - they have a 2 year contract (end of 2016) and extended by 1 year through to end of 2017.

Great news, and hopefully we see news of other re-signings soon.

 

[BUSTER29]

2-year extensions until the end of 2017!

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2015-03-27/cockatoo-and-gregson-extend-contracts

1yr extensions to existing 2 yr deals.

 

[HaroLad]

Why do clubs do this? Melbourne did it with Angus Brayshaw. Is it for a pay rise?

 

[Jeff76]

Big thanks goes out to The Adelaide Crows.

 

[Gysenn]

only a 1 year extension - they have a 2 year contract (end of 2016) and extended by 1 year through to end of 2017.

Great news, and hopefully we see news of other re-signings soon.

Ahh, right you are.

 

[Gysenn]

Why do clubs do this? Melbourne did it with Angus Brayshaw. Is it for a pay rise?

Maybe one of them is getting close to Longergan's wife?

 

[Gysenn]

And good to see you Gysenn. Haven't see much of you of late.

Go Catters

I tend to go a bit awol over the off season sometimes, but I'll be well and truly back soon enough

 

[TheJimmyCartel]

Great news. Have a strong feeling about this draft. Looks like we've got 3 kids that are ready to at least play AFL football. Cunico will likely need more time to build on his frame but has some talent by all reports.

Tipping Gore will be next after murdering the VFL over the next couple of months. I can see moving rapidly up the pecking order.

 

[Gysenn]

Great news. Have a strong feeling about this draft. Looks like we've got 3 kids that are ready to at least play AFL football. Cunico will likely need more time to build on his frame but has some talent by all reports.

Tipping Gore will be next after murdering the VFL over the next couple of months. I can see moving rapidly up the pecking order.

Gore will be the Jansen of 15'

 

[dazbroncos]

Gore will be the Jansen of 15'

Id just like Jansen to become Jansen at the moment. Lots of froth, and upside, but nothing to show for it yet. He has time, and Im glad he's taking it and been given it. Still wanna see him.

Go Catters

 

[cats_09]

Why do clubs do this? Melbourne did it with Angus Brayshaw. Is it for a pay rise?

We did something similar Duncan & Menzel - not 100% sure if they signed initial 2-year deals with a 1-year extension very quickly, or the club signed them to initial 3-year deals, either way they were signed for more than just 2-years very quickly.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Gore will be the Jansen of 15'

If he's 15' why aren't we playing him in the ruck?

 

[SJ]

Mr Gregson after signing a contract extension:

 

[ChookNorris]

I like this.

 

[floodbuster]

Gotta admit that's classy by Nakia being a massive Port maniac growing up (his father also played there).

 

[Jazz71286]

This is the age we live in now, where you need to lock in top tier draftees before they've played a senior match to keep the 17 other team's mitts off of them.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very pleased we're on the front foot for a change, but something about this trend of rewarding new players in order to keep them from leaving doesn't sit quite right with me.

That being said, everything we've seen and heard from Nakia (and Gregson by extension) is that they're quality young men.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Why do clubs do this? Melbourne did it with Angus Brayshaw. Is it for a pay rise?

Why bother to wait until a player, who is contracted for two years, has actually played a month or two of home and away football before deciding to extend him?

Because it looks good as a headline. An extension of the bragging that goes on immediately after the draft:

• 'We can't believe this player was available at pick #68...we would have considered him with our first pick!'
• 'This player is even better than we first thought! It's so exciting how good he is! Let's sign him up before he's even played a game!'

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Worrying signs for Gore and Cunico. Where did it all go wrong for them?

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

Worrying signs for Gore and Cunico. Where did it all go wrong for them?

If you haven't won a Brownlow by the end of your first preseason, you're finished.

 

[Scorpio]

I'm not a fan of this trend of signing players before they've even properly made their AFL debut.

It's inevitable that a club is going to get stung by this one day.

 

[JUBJUB]

Excellent

 

[GFrost]

Funny just yesterday I was just thinking about how much it would suck to lose Cokatoo early, like Caddy or Boyd.
It's a new trend, and I can see why some have concerns, but right now I'm just happy.