We don't need the list space immediately, besides it's not fun driving down to Mandurah for a training and he was probably shunned by his teammates because of his attitude. I reckon we saved some money here
Colin Sylvia Retires
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We don't need the list space immediately, besides it's not fun driving down to Mandurah for a training and he was probably shunned by his teammates because of his attitude. I reckon we saved some money here
The Falcon Strike
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It is possible but i pose you this question
You are a bloke with no life skills and all you have to do is drive to mandurah 3/4 times a week. You choose not to do this and give up $400k for the convenience.
Whilst Col might be that stupid - his manager wouldn't be.
It is possible that Freo saved some money, who knows maybe pre-paying his wages they get a CPI discount - but I highly doubt it was meaninful. I just hopes Col negotiated to get some of the money paid in July
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Lol what a flog
I pose you this.
If your current boss was going to sack you in 18 months time but offered you 75-90% of your 18 month wage to walk away now (spread out for tax and cap payments etc). Would you take it?
A person's time is an important commodity. It just depends who wanted to end it most.
Look, I agree to an extent and if I was Colin I'd probably stretch it for as long as I could, but what caught my eye is that "immediate departure". Not sure what value club is getting from that, especially if it turns out that we can't upgrade a rookie as a result. And even if we could, while some of them are really exciting prospects, none of them would slot into first 22. Surely the club saved at least half of his wages for next year to have any value. That's all
It takes a lot mentally to operate as an elite AFL player.
He just didn't have it. If he hadn't been at Melbourne during their rut he'd likely be finished years ago.
He just didn't have it. If he hadn't been at Melbourne during their rut he'd likely be finished years ago.
Because what he's done at Carlton screams a coach at the top of his game.
The Falcon Strike
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It stops Ross Lyon from being asked about the bloke, it stops you having to have welfare officers chaperone him.
Ultimately it stops you guys being responsible for his actions. The bloke is a loose cannon, was never going to deliver for you club and only poses as a liability as a Frementle player
The line of "immediately" shows how much the club wanted him ****ed off and quite reasonably
The Falcon Strike
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Col could probably earn $50k in bush leagues? maybe a bit more? and won't get it until next year anyway
Being sacked now brings his pay into the 2015 FY and maybe 2016. Holding on another year gets him to stretch out the money into 17 as well.
Sports stars do get an averaging provision, however moving 150k into 2017 would save the bloke $30k
I do understand time is a commodity and yes Freo may have made some very minor savings - but they'd be negligible at best for Freo IMO
Haha Freo's top recruit list (blunders) would marry up well with the Tiges over the years.
On top of that, our recruiting team gifted Pavlich to Freo so they've had the last laugh.
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Not quite tall enough, Cats only go for broken down rucks. Plus there'd be a buffer between the Melbourne to Geelong direct route. Wouldn't quite be the same.
I don't think Freo would have cared about saving coin, they just wanted the bloke out of their hair. Would have been a massive distraction for all.
Yeah, we had some shockers but not as many as your mob. Keep in mind, Colin Sylvia would be in your top 10-15 players
All the talk was the he was actually a very good bloke at the Dees in his latter years. Nowhere near the unprofessional menace his reputation had given him. Won Melbourne's community award.
I think his career went in 3 stages:
1) Talented country kid who took a long time to settle in to AFL professionalism
2) Frustrated losing team player without the 110% commitment to rise above the slop
3) Free agent recruit who never found the passion to respond to a tougher challenge
And he was burdened by injuries at all 3 stages.
Free agency was always going to get guys paid above their output. When you don't give up any draft picks for a player you can afford to pay them more.
The lesson is to either avoid players who aren't going to give you their all or to make the pay performance based.
I think his career went in 3 stages:
1) Talented country kid who took a long time to settle in to AFL professionalism
2) Frustrated losing team player without the 110% commitment to rise above the slop
3) Free agent recruit who never found the passion to respond to a tougher challenge
And he was burdened by injuries at all 3 stages.
Free agency was always going to get guys paid above their output. When you don't give up any draft picks for a player you can afford to pay them more.
The lesson is to either avoid players who aren't going to give you their all or to make the pay performance based.
At least he can retire knowing he squeezed every ounce of talent out of himself...
maxmustard
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The thing with him was he'd dominate a game very occasionally (for some reason usually against Richmond), then follow up with multiple weeks of doing absolutely nothing. Or occasionally he'd run through opponents tackles at speed and goal from 60. Seeing stuff like that was more frustrating than a player with no talent. Essentially he finishes his career as a spud which is a shame.
To get past 150 games with limited application is an achievement on its own.
pure demon
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Hey ross! All watts needs is a new environment, and a super elite coach like you to make him a star.
Do it ross, trade with us for watts
Do it ross, trade with us for watts
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I think Sydney were paying Bradshaw still the year after he retired.
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Watts would play better at freo. Psychologically the guy is piss weak and he cant get over the bad press he received in melb. Needs to mobe club to make something of his career.
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No ways freo would have let him retire then. They would have waited for him to not honour his contract to terminate it. They did wait by making him travel 2 hours for Peel and bad mouthing in media. However, for the $$ this wasnt a problem for him and was just goin to turn up so they couldnt terminate.
Funny thing is i could actually see Freo doing it.
