Autopsy Richmond salary cap disaster: 2018-2024

[sprockets]

It's amazing the need to bring us down, now that we are starting to come good.

It goes with the territory, don't let it bother you.

 

[cannot]

If we are good enough and start a period of dominance like Hawthorn and Geelong have then players will settle for a little less to stay a part of a power team. If we are not good enough then keeping aging guns moving into their 30s won't matter.

Isn't it great to be a Tiger fan, if we are going too well lets start a new impractical pessimistic post and stick a broom stick up our own backsides ...

This is a problem for every club, you worry about it when you have to.

 

[Smokeless Wardance]

Agree with the OP. It is an absolute disaster for the Richmond football club that they have retained the competition's best player at a market rate through the rest of his prime. Wait, what?

 

[Blue1980]

This thread is dumb regardless, but if Richmond finish last every year from 18-24 if they win sat they won’t mind

 

[Sydswans666]

Yet you are most likely paying both Mitchell and O'Meara combined over 1.2....

Closer to 1.4

 

[Listclogger]

I must admit I've been worrying about this pending disaster all week.

 

[telsor]

Agree with the OP. It is an absolute disaster for the Richmond football club that they have retained the competition's best player at a market rate through the rest of his prime. Wait, what?

err...BELOW market rate....He was being offered "Over two million more" than what Richmond is paying him.

 

[Wallaby]

really impressed at how tv has blossomed into a solid vfl player with the hawks culture

Some you win - some you lose. Vickery was a pick 8 - boy, did we stuff that up (could have had Ziebell, Phil Davis or Sidebottom - none are great (Davis kills Riewoldt most times) but all better than Ty.

Then we managed to offload him to the Hawks - boy, did they stuff up. Their turn.

We will no doubt stuff up again somewhere (shhhhhh, don't mention Yarran) - it's a game.

 

[Smokeless Wardance]

err...BELOW market rate....He was being offered "Over two million more" than what Richmond is paying him.

Well there you go. Tigers really are rooted. May have to let Steven Morris go to fund Dusty's pay bump. Multiple wooden spoons await.

Really it's best to not have any stars, they're too expensive. Want a nice even spread of average to poor players.

 

[sregit]

North melbourne are overall as a club going nowhere and lack direction, but the best thing they did this year was forcing the tigers to overpay Martin and really hold the Tigers accountable and at least prevent then from getting any better.

As a club theyre not good enough to be true contenders but if they had added another key piece, maybe they would be.

Now with the Martin saga, their hands are tied. Well done north.

Like to revisit this post now? Carlton.... Hahaha.
Behold Richmond! kings of the football jungle.

 

[King Brown]

What a pack of dumbos Richmond are. They paid top dollar to for a player who won a Brownlow, Norm Smith and their best and fairest in a premiership year.

With that level of incompetence their premiership drought should last a few more decades.

 

[Relton Roberts]

if Jake Lever is getting the money it has been reported, looks like we got dusty for a steal...

 

[muzhogg]

Well there you go. Tigers really are rooted. May have to let Steven Morris go to fund Dusty's pay bump. Multiple wooden spoons await.

Really it's best to not have any stars, they're too expensive. Want a nice even spread of average to poor players.

We tried that for two decades. Not sure it's really the best strategy.

 

[Squibbs]

Premiers...unreal. Love you all

 

[Rance2Mewtwo]

What a pack of dumbos Richmond are. They paid top dollar to for a player who won a Brownlow, Norm Smith and their best and fairest in a premiership year.

With that level of incompetence their premiership drought should last a few more decades.

Hahah. Exactly.

Also, like the Franklin deal, it won't sound as big after a couple of years.

It only takes one desperate club to throw 1.5 million at a solid A- player and then it starts...

 

[Haduken]

If only Richmond employed someone as a list manager to handle this kind of thing..

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

We just won the flag and not a single player on the list wants out. Stars all signed up on long term deals. Strong backfire.

 

[Squibbs]

Richmond have the best culture in the AFL, there is no doubt about it now

 

[Blue1980]

Richmond have the best culture in the AFL, there is no doubt about it now

I’d go as far as world sport