Their ladder position suggests otherwise. Who do you see them missing out on due to Boyd? The salary cap is going up a fair bit and that 7% will be less. Don't be surprised to see $15mill over 10 years being thrown around to Jesse Hogan.
Think this is a bit unfair on Harker. Boyd signed a 7 year $7m contract of which 2015 salary was low (payout Griffen). So more than $1m pa now.
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Sadly have to agree CFC has stuffed up.
More like a Cannon! Boyd is a 20 year old KPP who can seriously play. He wasn't the standout number 1 draft pick in his draft year for nothing. And anyone who can't see tgat is either dilusional or sees 'what they want to see'...wish he was in Navy Blue.
Yes, we could write a 5,000 page thesis on our drafting / list management blunders over the past 15 years. Doesn't mean others can't be critiqued.
This is what I'm scared about with Harry McKay, I see blues supporters writing him off after a year or 2 because he hadn't done anything. He needs time as does Boyd. I also think Boyd is going to be seriously good in a few years
Boyds salary was heavily front loaded which suited them fine. In the next year or two they will move some of the space to sort out appropriate contracts for Bont, Stringer et al.
So now we're talking about numbers? O.K.
Boyd was touted as being on a 6 million contract for 7 years. Some said more but let's go skinny.
His first year under the draftee rules, he would have topped 200K, leaving 5.8mil for 6 years........fair to say 1 mil a year? I think so.
So this year he's being paid ~one million dollars to play in the 2's and Beveridge would be happy, going forward?
There has been talk of Boyd accepting a reduction in salary. He may accept that and if for no other reason, than fair play.
He's not a million dollar a year player this year and he won't be next year........Scary numbers that could end up putting a noose around a clubs neck.
Big forwards take time, no doubt there. The difference with McKay is that he won't start earning those dollars until he proves he is worth it. Boyd is about to turn 21 and is in his third year so there is plenty of time for him to prove his worth, but just because someone can dominate juniors doesn't necessarily mean they will dominate seniors.
Matthew Watson yeah.
Still will be tough trade to get across the line. They don't want to lose Marchbank and Steele but at the same time realise there will be salary cap casualties, they will put offers to these guys no doubt but will it be enough to keep them? There is only so much salary they can spend and they have other highly talented players who are probably a bigger priority.
