I absolutely hate the guy, and I hate player managers. They're parasites. Scum.
Indeed they are, but I doubt many players, especially the young kids, can work their way through the system without one, sadly.
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I absolutely hate the guy, and I hate player managers. They're parasites. Scum.
It's about balancing between the two. If clubs are loath to deal with the guy ultimately that's going to result in a poorer deal for clientele. Moreover, most of these guys don't get pickers name out of the phone book; he is recommended by the club and or by other players. It's a dangerous game IMO.
Indeed they are, but I doubt many players, especially the young kids, can work their way through the system without one, sadly.
That's a fair point, but my guess is the clubs understand the position that Pickering is in. I figure they realise that it's all in the game, that it's bad for business to hold grudges with them and that what goes around comes around in the age of free agency.
I still wonder about the 75% or so of players at each club with relatively no public profile, marketing, media and endorsements to handle. I've always thought a lot of these players would be better off doing their contracts as a once-off through a solicitor. That is one big difference between US (and presumably other international) sports agents: they've got some serious law qualifications to do what they do. As far as I understand it, AFL player agents can do a course for a few weeks and then they're accredited. Can you imagine a train wreck like Ricky Nixon lasting two months, if he was managing 50-60 NBA and NFL players?
I don't think that deception is a necessary or sufficient condition for being a good player manager. Ultimately clubs will less trusting of Pickering and that will only be damaging to his clients (the players).
I have no doubt the next time a Pickering managed player A says "I will make his mind up at the end of the year" the players club will say "obviously being a Pickering player he is going to leave us" let's start worrying about stitching up other player's contracts. Player A is then in a severely reduced bargaining position.
I still wonder about the 75% or so of players at each club with relatively no public profile, marketing, media and endorsements to handle. I've always thought a lot of these players would be better off doing their contracts as a once-off through a solicitor. That is one big difference between US (and presumably other international) sports agents: they've got some serious law qualifications to do what they do. As far as I understand it, AFL player agents can do a course for a few weeks and then they're accredited. Can you imagine a train wreck like Ricky Nixon lasting two months, if he was managing 50-60 NBA and NFL players?
Chicken Train!
I don't think that deception is a necessary or sufficient condition for being a good player manager. Ultimately clubs will less trusting of Pickering and that will only be damaging to his clients (the players).
I have no doubt the next time a Pickering managed player A says "I will make his mind up at the end of the year" the players club will say "obviously being a Pickering player he is going to leave us" let's start worrying about stitching up other player's contracts. Player A is then in a severely reduced bargaining position.
I'll never get used to this photo...
What keeps me warm at night with this one is that is good to get experience elsewhere from different systems and environments.
Other than that.. It's cold mate.. ******* cold..
Go Catters
That's not all of the Catdogs either. You could add Steven King to that pic.
Gold Jacket man over my left shoulder?
This was when I stood and applauded Ablett's goal from the boundary, wasn't it?
I was watching a video of our 2012 season highlights last year, and this popped up on the screen:
Gold Jacket man over my left shoulder?
This was when I stood and applauded Ablett's goal from the boundary, wasn't it?
I was watching a video of our 2012 season highlights last year, and this popped up on the screen:
Click to 38 seconds then you will see yourself
Gets funnier every timeI found one more.