Player Watch #27: Jack Darling

[DuckYeah]

I'd be shocked if he's actually on that much but it's not like we've got a cap squeeze.

Well shock yourself away because thats what he’s on for his 2025 contract.

 

[Luke72]

Well shock yourself away because thats what he’s on for his 2025 contract.

Isn’t the deal we extend it to two and split the salary, so 400k per year? TBH I’d rather give him the 800k and have it only a 1 year deal but he could stay in WC for that

 

[giantroo]

 

[An Ardenary Life]

All my thought processes re Darling to North. Can only wait and see, I guess.

 

[rickety]

Simmo bedding in his new assistant coach for when he takes over from Clarko in a couple of years. The plot thickens

 

[rickety]

Lock in a round 2 game in Perth against West Coast.

Usually happens anyway …

 

[DuckYeah]

Isn’t the deal we extend it to two and split the salary, so 400k per year? TBH I’d rather give him the 800k and have it only a 1 year deal but he could stay in WC for that

Double the work load for same pay? Okay

 

[Junk yard]

Isn’t the deal we extend it to two and split the salary, so 400k per year? TBH I’d rather give him the 800k and have it only a 1 year deal but he could stay in WC for that

Not sure you've put much thought in to this.

 

[Ichiro #51]

Double the work load for same pay? Okay

Exactly. We’ll be adding to it -enough to convince him to move his family to the other side of the country.

 

[Junk yard]

Exactly. We’ll be adding to it -enough to convince him to move his family to the other side of the country.

Something like 1.2m over two would make sense.

 

[Luke72]

Not sure you've put much thought in to this.

Not much. I suspect we pay him a little bit more than he’s on but I would be stunned if it was in the vicinity of 800k

I think his main motivation is opportunity to play.

 

[Junk yard]

Not much. I suspect we pay him a little bit more than he’s on but I would be stunned if it was in the vicinity of 800k

The first year will be, otherwise why would he come?

 

[Harris 10]

Glowing endorsment.......

 

[Orange Peanut]

If we're worried about the money, who else are we paying it to?
If we're worried about keeping young developing players out of the side, who?
If we're worried he's not very good, who on our list is he worse than?

I'm not doing cartwheels with excitement, but I really don't understand the level of upset this has caused a lot of fans.

 

[The Nostradamus]

The first year will be, otherwise why would he come?

i could see it being 900k over 2 years

if he thinks eagles will cut him after 1, getting an extra year in the game plus 100k plus match payments might be enough to make it worthwhile

 

[Krakouer Bonar]

Donald!! Welcome to the darling thread, Hows ya son, happy meal going? Ruffling some hair? Smiling as he turns a ball over? You know who would be fun at parties, Luke McDonald.. he’d come up with all sorts of childish juvenile games like, RooLotto pfff

Apparently the guys can't be humans and friends too?

KangaLotto was around a lot longer than the time LMac has been there.

Fruit loop.

 

[DocSholl]

Simmo very diplomatically saying he's cooked. Terrific

 

[Junk yard]

i could see it being 900k over 2 years

if he thinks eagles will cut him after 1, getting an extra year in the game plus 100k plus match payments might be enough to make it worthwhile

Not sure why you'd move across the country and risk your body for 100k.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Not sure why you'd move across the country and risk your body for 100k.

to extend your career another year

and potentially you offer him a coaching gig after too

 

[Junk yard]

to extend your career another year

and potentially you offer him a coaching gig after too

When you've been on 800k+ for the last ten years, I don't think you move across the country for 100k.

 

[The Nostradamus]

When you've been on 800k+ for the last ten years, I don't think you move across the country for 100k.

if you want to extend your career and life after footy you do

 

[Junk yard]

if you want to extend your career and life after footy you do

If you've earned in excess of 10m in your career? Makes no sense at all.

 

[The Nostradamus]

If you've earned in excess of 10m in your career? Makes no sense at all.

we are going around in circles but if you love playing footy at the top level it does and want to secure your post footy life

we are giving him the opportunity to do what he loves for an extra year and maybe set him up after

so getting 900k over 2 years as opposed to 800k 1 year then done can appeal

there is also the chance we up the dollars in the second year if eagles pay some of his next year wage

 

[My Left Foote]

It’s been too long since a Gazey and Maher parody….

Agree it should be an annual event.

 

[Orange Peanut]

we are going around in circles but if you love playing footy at the top level it does and want to secure your post footy life

we are giving him the opportunity to do what he loves for an extra year and maybe set him up after

so getting 900k over 2 years as opposed to 800k 1 year then done can appeal

there is also the chance we up the dollars in the second year if eagles pay some of his next year wage

I reckon you're right in principle, but we're probably going to need to be paying him more than that. A couple of hundred more probably makes it worth his while.