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I'll be first to admit i thought he was out the door, but happy to be proven wrong.
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Geary is sacrificing enough to just stay at St Kilda, I reckon he took a 2 year deal because the club has $$ for 2 years and if it's not going well either party can call it quits soon enough.Moving this from the trade thread:
Good news. 2 years is interesting though, in this market where longer contracts seem to be becoming more common it would appear to buck the trend. Could it be a strategic move by Geary or the club?
Personally, I hope it's a sign that the players have come together and decided that they will sacrifice a little bit to help build this new team. If all the players took a 10% pay cut that frees up close to $1m in cap space and gets us a Dangerfield/Fyfe type player when when go to the FA market on top of whatever space Pelch and Co have created.
Geary is sacrificing enough to just stay at St Kilda, I reckon he took a 2 year deal because the club has $$ for 2 years and if it's not going well either party can call it quits soon enough.
The man is always spot on!credit it to mysainters for calling this last week
FIFY.The girl is always spot on!
The man is always spot on!
Because if Geelong really did come a-sniffing, he'd be wise to hear them out. Can definitely see the appeal in going to the CatsI dont understand the surprise, or praise for suggesting Geary would resign. He's mad for the club, he's been hanging around constantly helping the young lads whilst injured rather than focus on himself. He's been down at Sandy coaching.
I think the only reason there was some doubt, and the reason why its 2 years, is that he's underrated. He's ideally not going to be in our best 22 when we're having a title shot. He brings all of the important intangibles to the side, and I feel makes the players around him better. But realistically his skills are not going to improve at this stage in his career. If we can get more of the youngsters to harden up as they mature, then some of Geary's biggest assets won't be as much of a necessity.
So when the contract starts to run out next time, if the club is still down he might seek a move to somewhere he can play finals. Or on the flip side, if the club is up and about but he's not in the side, he might move in order to play more. Remember he wasn't getting selected during our finals runs, so he hasn't had that chance in his career so would probably like to take that chance if he could, but has decided that will be 2 years from now, now next season.
Agree. Signing just means free agency is out. Trades can still happen yet.Because if Geelong really did come a-sniffing, he'd be wise to hear them out. Can definitely see the appeal in going to the Cats
Pretty sure the man is a woman.
Geary signed because he is either fiercely loyal or there was no interest from Geelong.
The club extended the contract because they either see value in retaining him or they want to force a trade with Geelong.
None of these 4 scenarios would surprise me.
FACT: July 24, Ameet Bains is promoted to COO, with a speciality in player contracts.
Missed this. Who does Ameet's old job? Or did they just give him more work?