2012 Draft Discussion

Quigley · Mar 21, 2012

I would only be offerring Tippett the same kind of money we were offerring Clark. If that doesn't get it done we should just walk away. Atm he is one of the most overpaid players in the competition based on performance. I hope we don't make the same mistake the Crows made when they signed him to his current deal.

Hollow Knight · Mar 21, 2012

Quigley said:
I would only be offerring Tippett the same kind of money we were offerring Clark. If that doesn't get it done we should just walk away. Atm he is one of the most overpaid players in the competition based on performance.

Definitely agree with this. We are offering him a ticket home, he needs to take a paycut to facilitate it. Hopefully he knows that the Crows are paying him significantly above his true value.

Haso · Mar 21, 2012

TheBrownDog said:
Definitely agree with this. We are offering him a ticket home, he needs to take a paycut to facilitate it. Hopefully he knows that the Crows are paying him significantly above his true value.

From the few interveiws and tweets that I have seen of Kurt, he does not appear to be very silly. One would think he has insight into his current situation.

Bobby Beecroft · Mar 21, 2012

The Flying Belgian said:
Until the Suns trade Sam Day for him...

Good, then we can make a play for Charlie Dixon instead.

Nuggo · Mar 21, 2012

If our window is around 3 to 5 years away that would put Tippett in the 28 to 30 bracket. Well and truly battle harden and hopefully injury free. The question being - is he as good as he's paycheck suggests (going by the rumors anyway). I think we'll learn a lot about Tippett this year. Assuming he wants out and back to Qld, it will give the us a good chance to decide if he is a good fit or not.

Balony_pony16 · Mar 22, 2012

Quigley said:
I would only be offerring Tippett the same kind of money we were offerring Clark. If that doesn't get it done we should just walk away. Atm he is one of the most overpaid players in the competition based on performance. I hope we don't make the same mistake the Crows made when they signed him to his current deal.

I understand that is what Tippett agreed to last year...crows just wouldnt sign off on the deal without our 2 1st draft picks

POBT · Mar 22, 2012

With all this Tippett talk, maybe we need to start the 2012 trade thread?

ZoBlitz · Mar 22, 2012

As well as the exodus thread for old times sake...

Hollow Knight · Mar 22, 2012

Balony_pony16 said:
I understand that is what Tippett agreed to last year

Yeah, we can't prove that he agreed to a significantly lesser deal, but it's blatantly obvious that he had at the very least consented to a trade.

Brisbane wouldn't have been dealing with the Crows with 20 mins left in trade week if Kurt hadn't already signed off.

chopperduck · Mar 22, 2012

IIRC, the sticking point was Redden. I believe the Crows wanted players, not draft picks, and were asking for at least Redden, if not Redden and Polec. We weren't prepared to trade away players essential to our future, no matter how much we wanted Tippett.

It is safe to assume we will be keeping in contact with his manager through the year. If he really does want to come home, he could do a lot worse than coming into a club who should be improving over the next few years, and getting decent coin.

patfullfankezz · Mar 22, 2012

chopperduck said:
IIRC, the sticking point was Redden. I believe the Crows wanted players, not draft picks, and were asking for at least Redden, if not Redden and Polec. We weren't prepared to trade away players essential to our future, no matter how much we wanted Tippett.

It is safe to assume we will be keeping in contact with his manager through the year. If he really does want to come home, he could do a lot worse than coming into a club who should be improving over the next few years, and getting decent coin.

*insert Reddo and Rocky joke here*

Honestly, I think Tippett is surplus to our needs.

Lace Out · Mar 22, 2012

Be mad not to chase Tippett for not above odds wage.

Can't see any other power KPF lining up to go to the Gabba.

Nick Lions · Mar 22, 2012

If we have the money and we dont need to trade a valuable player to acquire Tippett, there is merit in chasing his signature. Of course, the downside is that it's likely one of Cornelius or Retzlaff will see that the writing is on the wall and request a trade, or will be deemed surplus to requirements. Retzlaff I don't see becoming more than an honest battler, however Cornelius has something special, the question is, when will it click?

Haso · Mar 22, 2012

Nick Lions said:
Retzlaff I don't see becoming more than an honest battler, however Cornelius has something special, the question is, when will it click?

With any luck, Round 1 2012.

Hollow Knight · Mar 22, 2012

patfullfankezz said:
Honestly, I think Tippett is surplus to our needs.

An athletic power forward with physical presence? Can't see too many of them on our list beyond our 30 year old captain.

patfullfankezz · Mar 23, 2012

TheBrownDog said:
An athletic power forward with physical presence? Can't see too many of them on our list beyond our 30 year old captain.

I'm still willing to give young blokes like Ace, Retzy and Karnezis a chance. Who says we need a power forward anyway, we just need a bloke who can get the ball and kick goals. Power forwards are SO overrated anyway

Hollow Knight · Mar 23, 2012

patfullfankezz said:
I'm still willing to give young blokes like Ace, Retzy and Karnezis a chance.

Karnezis is quality but he isn't a spearhead.

Retry and Cornelius have this whole year to make a statement. If they don't, Tippett will be a godsend.

Quigley · Mar 23, 2012

Tippett kicked 31 goals 22 behinds last year from 18 games.

Mitch Clarke who was a major disappointment to most kicked 27 goals 13 behinds from 17 games.

Tippett is not the messiah he is just an very average FF (maybe less than that based on last year).

BuntonRules · Mar 23, 2012

IMO Billy Longer will delete the need for Tippett by years end.

Hollow Knight · Mar 23, 2012

Quigley said:
Tippett kicked 31 goals 22 behinds last year from 18 games.

Mitch Clarke who was a major disappointment to most kicked 27 goals 13 behinds from 17 games.

Tippett is not the messiah he is just an very average FF (maybe less than that based on last year).

Yeah but the Crows were nearly bad as us last year. Tippett has looked remarkably better this pre-season with a functional football team around him.

Hollow Knight · Mar 23, 2012

BuntonRules said:
IMO Billy Longer will delete the need for Tippett by years end.

That would be fantastic.

In that case, the money earmarked for Tippett could be used to fill another need (a key defender) or we could frontload a bunch of contracts and free up future cap space to protect ourselves from free agent poaching in coming years.

pauldrc · Mar 23, 2012

BuntonRules said:
IMO Billy Longer will delete the need for Tippett by years end.

Looks like there could be a very good chance of this.... :thumbsu:

Nick Lions · Mar 23, 2012

BuntonRules said:
IMO Billy Longer will delete the need for Tippett by years end.

He'll be better!

Lace Out · Mar 23, 2012

Billy has kicked 2 NAB cup goals,it could be as much as 5 years before he might become a consistent goal contributor.I'd say Tippett is very much on our radar.

Hollow Knight · Mar 23, 2012

Lace Out said:
Billy has kicked 2 NAB cup goals,

4 by my count!

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