My theory is the deal with Carlton was more important and once done it ticked all the boxes for GWS and there was no additional benefit for them in trading Cam. If it wasn't for the loophole exploitation they had lined up in advance they might have entertained the idea but with a player with two years to go on his contract plus the Carlton deal of the century they had no interest in listening.
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My theory is the deal with Carlton was more important and once done it ticked all the boxes for GWS and there was no additional benefit for them in trading Cam. If it wasn't for the loophole exploitation they had lined up in advance they might have entertained the idea but with a player with two years to go on his contract plus the Carlton deal of the century they had no interest in listening.
Couldn't or wouldn't?
If they couldn't what was the big issue with McCarthy, GWS, and Freo? From my understanding he was contracted last off season?
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They didn't want to trade mc Cathy because they had him signed up for two more years at probably a good rate of pay, ie cheap and he's going to be a gun.
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Just been on Gdubs forum Lobb thread asking if they had learnt anything from the McCarthy debacle in how things will go when Lobb calls up the coach to ask to be traded. It went down really well...
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Yeah, I think it's simple as that really. From their perspective it was a perfect player to make a point on. If McCarthy was on a salary that was eating big time into the TPP and the like, then maybe. Though I'm sure they were aware they could get good picks for him, they got and will get plenty of high end picks anyway. It was low risk/high reward for them really to dig their heals in. It's why I always thought it would never happen last year.
Equally germane is the fact that they're campaigners with Narcissistic Entitlement Syndrome!
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I think beyond just hoping he would change his mind, the McCarthy trade offered an absolutely perfect opportunity for GWS to draw a line in the sand and send a message.
Tall forwards is not exactly something they are starved for, and as we've seen they've been fine without him. At some point they knew they exodus of high picks was going to come, so in refusing the trade they were able to make a statement to a lot of younger players that they expect them to honour their contracts unless a very favourable deal (i.e. Treloar) comes along.
It was mainly due to the Tom Boyd trade to the Bulldogs, which made GWS look like a bunch of idiots who were walked over like a door mat.
They were never going to let McCarthy do the same to them.
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I think if it was 1 of the big boy clubs. Or a melbourne boy they wouldnt have pushed Back so hard. I'm sort of glad they carried on. We were going to pay overs for him anyways
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I reckon it was sheedy. He was pissed at how we treated his old mate Harvey so said to GWS before he left to "under no circumstances, trade with freo"
I agree. I felt certain about that from day 1.
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