CatToTheFuture
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- Aug 18, 2018
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I think it's a good deal for both. Crows get not much less than they would in trade, be seen to be letting him walk for unders, get to talk about a line in the sand etc. Could be their Brisbane moment.Thank you soo much saints , I really was worried he may end up at the Tigers
Extremely strategic offer by the saints , I doubt even $700k x 5 will likely get a Band 1 and would be extremely surprised if it does with all the compo picks handed out so far what was the lowest of the contracts that returned a band 1 ?
The AFL would cop a hell of alot of crap from teams like the eagles & richmond as well as the media comparisons to previous compo picks
we all seen last year about the Ellis compo and how much crap they handed out.
But the part of this offer that is extremely strategic is that it is placed exactly at the point where the crows would not have wanted it to be
$650k-$700k x 5 years is a contract that the crows just cannot match unless they actually want to keep him (which i dont believe they do)
But if they match the saints could walk away and Crows get caught holding the baby.
This deal could have been spoken about and agreed upon with Crouch's managment & St Kilda where if the crows match then thats fine and crouch stays
What a great deal for Brad but not so great for the Crows
Also lowest contract was Frawley i think and if you scale his contract up to current salary cap it's something like 780k per year.