Reasons
- Likely retirements in 2017 3-4 of Roo, Gilbert, Montagna, Dempster
- We didn't know we would have 2 2017 1sts to work with when we gave them deals
- We can trade always Pierce/Longer and maybe Holmes if we don't care what we get for them
- We can move Minchington or Wright or both to the rookie list next year if need be as we have to draft or let go Coughlan or NOK in 2017
- Rewarding their efforts and demonstrating faith in them.
- We will probably need them this season
- We didn't know we would get Stevens
- We really didn't know we would get Brown
Next year we likely draft 2 players and upgrade either NOK or Coughlan to meet draft requirements, recruit 1-2 players as f/a's or traded.
4-6 spots we need to free up a
ssuming we go 3 years without a player requesting a trade.
3 retirements
2 players moved to the rookie list
1 player for unders/nothing/steak knives
Simples