Past #25: Robbie Tarrant - traded to RFC for CCJ&picks - 2yr deal at RFC - 174 NM games/44 NM goals - retires 13/7/23 effective immediately

[Themanbun]

The club won’t be shy in telling us the contract offer. They just won’t talk money


Not to do with contract length? If we offered him 2 years to begin with then I have no doubt he would’ve stayed.

Like with Brown they'll tell us the start and end offers but won't tell us about the shitstorm in between

 

[Val Keating]

Simple negotiation I reckon. When the decision was made he reportedly had a similar offer from us. he wanted to go.

Fair enough. I’m sure the lure of a flag played a role as well.

 

[Val Keating]

Like with Brown they'll tell us the start and end offers but won't tell us about the shitstorm in between

Agree and nor should they

 

[Waussie]

We upped our offer and he still decided to go.

Can only suggest he was offended by the one year, which considering his age and recent injury - don't think he's justified in being aggrieved.

Get the feeling the Brown and Tarrant situations are still residual effects of the club re-signing senior players on chunky contracts with no performance attached to it during the 2010-19 era , and any time the club hasn't caved, we've seen the players leave in sour circumstances.

Your offered 1 year take it or leave it, it turns sour when they leave it.
Grovelling with a new contract after the leg works done and your given an offer from elsewhere shows you should have handled it differently.
Good chance JZ is also shopping around.
At the end of the day this is a job, we all look for better offers in life.
Go well Taz, you'll be missed

 

[Swallow_Wood]

Would have preferred he stayed, but I think he's cooked anyway.
Obviously this year was a wash with his heath issue.
However, as great as he's been I felt he was starting to show genuine signs of decline last year.
Should have been AA for us... Was huge down back for a few seasons

Felt he had lost some of his bounce this year. Not quite as sharp, not quite as agressive, a little less spring in his step, a little more running on his heels.

I still would have liked him to stick around to help Buckets and the new KPD we draft so that feels a little s**t tbh.

 

[Val Keating]

Your offered 1 year take it or leave it, it turns sour when they leave it.
Grovelling with a new contract after the leg works done and your given an offer from elsewhere shows you should have handled it differently.
Good chance JZ is also shopping around.
At the end of the day this is a job, we all look for better offers in life.
Go well Taz, you'll be missed

You think our captain would be shopping himself? I’d be disgusted if he did.

 

[Waussie]

Tas is younger than his age, he may surprise a fair few

Yep, it's not about age it's about how good you maintain you body, look at boomer

 

[tales129]

You think our captain would be shopping himself? I’d be disgusted if he did.

I wouldn’t be surprised if his manager is fielding calls for 2 year deals after his season this year

 

[Passmore]

The only disappointment on the whole scenario is that we caved and offered him 2 years. I certainly hope we don't do the same with Ziebell.



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[The Filth Wizard]

You think our captain would be shopping himself? I’d be disgusted if he did.

I hate to say it with Jack but I can’t see him moving interstate and I can’t see him improving any other Vic side to a degree they’d put two years to him. Would be stunned if he didn’t take the one year deal.

 

[Passmore]

I wouldn’t be surprised if his manager is fielding calls for 2 year deals after his season this year

The vast majority of teams would see through the numbers you'd think.

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[Val Keating]

I hate to say it with Jack but I can’t see him moving interstate and I can’t see him improving any other Vic side to a degree they’d put two years to him. Would be stunned if he didn’t take the one year deal.

Or he just takes the one year because he knows where he’s at and he’s our skipper

 

[shinboner magic]

I hate to say it with Jack but I can’t see him moving interstate and I can’t see him improving any other Vic side to a degree they’d put two years to him. Would be stunned if he didn’t take the one year deal.

So you’re talking bout the Delusional saints then and they do love their Jacks

 

[Waussie]

You think our captain would be shopping himself? I’d be disgusted if he did.

Why hasn't he signed?

 

[gokangas]

It’s probably just policy not to offer 32 year olds anymore then 1 year deals.

Maybe - probably a reasonable principle, but we did offer two in the end.

 

[Val Keating]

Maybe - probably a reasonable principle, but we did offer two in the end.

Yeah he’s one of our most loved players

 

[Val Keating]

Why hasn't he signed?

It’s been reported that he has but nothing official has come out.

 

[Ry009]

Your offered 1 year take it or leave it, it turns sour when they leave it.
Grovelling with a new contract after the leg works done and your given an offer from elsewhere shows you should have handled it differently.
Good chance JZ is also shopping around.
At the end of the day this is a job, we all look for better offers in life.
Go well Taz, you'll be missed

Are you saying we should have handled it differently or Taz should have?

 

[Masked Avenger]

Theres an argument for him being the fifth best

top four in no particular order -dench, glendinning, Martyn, Thompson

then you’d have to be looking at ross smith, fairley, Tarrant

Not sure how far you go back but Tarrant ain't fifth best in that company. Behind Dench and Glendinning granted. No one is a bigger fan of Mick Martyn than me, he was the second most important player behind Carey in Pagan's teams, but Taz is the equal of him. People underestimate how much easier it is to perform in a top notch team - Taz never had that opportunity. Taz has Thompson covered. Grossly underrated Taz. Only one of three players in the last 20 years that would have walked into Pagan's team. Should have got at least 3 AA's.

 

[B4Bear]

Sorry to see him go.

But this allows the backline to be regenerated sooner rather than later. He would not be here when we are aiming for a flag, so it works well for us and gives him a shot at a flag with the Tigers.

Gl Taz, thanks for the memories.

 

[Mav]

It’s probably just as simple as he wanted 2 years we offered 1, his management got offered 2 by Richmond and he agreed then we offered 2 but he’d already said yes to Richmond’s offer and stuck to his word.

Yep, and he wanted to go and play at Richmond with guys of similar integrity.

Cough cough Dusty cough cough.

 

[Mav]

Why hasn't he signed?

Cause we don’t know what the salary cap is yet.

 

[muttley45]

Law, Smith and prolly Fairley.

Scotty Thompson not in the conversation Hoj ?

 

[AnEmptyChair]

I hate to say it with Jack but I can’t see him moving interstate and I can’t see him improving any other Vic side to a degree they’d put two years to him. Would be stunned if he didn’t take the one year deal.

Yeah, agreed. Gold Coast is the only club I could see offering him two for his leadership but I doubt he'd move interstate.

I know we all love Jack, but we just can't offer him two years. We are stacked for medium defenders and need to give them an opportunity. As it is, it's gonna be tough to fit Corr, Ziebell, Bonar, McDonald in the same side and we need to give opportunities to Atu, Perez, even Young, and Hayden if he stays to see if they're part of our future.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

I only remember in 2012 him kicking one from the goal square against Collingwood. Either they kicked the first 5 or we did. I think we won.


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Ok, so Pies kicked the first 4, we won, and Tarrant/Hansen/Petrie kicked 8.