Does anyone remember any reports about Darcy being dissatisfied last year? Because if not, why wasn't it reported then? Its not like journos across the industry would have uniformly kept quiet about it.
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An unstable environment creates that, and with Coach and CEO out the door, plus a list manager under fire, most assistants unsigned and a S&C group apparently under review, we have an unstable environment. Volatile even. The next step is that the scavengers come looking for bits and pieces, and sometimes they find something. Especially if the key person, Bell, is distracted by the business of sticking his fingers in all the leaky bits of the ship. We are vulnerable.
That is not really the way things will work. The destabilisation will come from his manager with the scent of panic in the air from a club fighting spot fires on all fronts. The unsupported report that Darcy is open to a trade to be close to family/his brother/the family cows/the-club-he-supported-as-a-baby emerge. That unsupported report then gets reported as an un-named source, with the added spice that Geelong is reported to have had a meeting with Darcy's manager. Next it is revealed that Darcy is being under-valued in his contract and that with the imminent retirement of Ablett, Cats out of the goodness of their heart have made an offer too good to refuse for a now home-sick Darcy. etc, etc.Does anyone remember any reports about Darcy being dissatisfied last year? Because if not, why wasn't it reported then? Its not like journos across the industry would have uniformly kept quiet about it.
There was a little bit but I don't think anyone gave it any credence.Does anyone remember any reports about Darcy being dissatisfied last year? Because if not, why wasn't it reported then? Its not like journos across the industry would have uniformly kept quiet about it.
Any truth to Luke Ryan wanting to go?
I hope not...The Only place he should go is into our midfieldAny truth to Luke Ryan wanting to go?
Why? He's an elite defender, leave him there.I hope not...The Only place he should go is into our midfield
If cox goes....he won’t be hanging around.
They’re both contracted to next year
I doubt Ryan is thinking "Brennan Cox or nothing".If cox goes....he won’t be hanging around.
Haha contracted..means nothing
If cox goes....he won’t be hanging around.
I would love the slow, lazy imposter out of the club!Matera? I'd say his run in form during the first half of the season attracted some interest from other clubs to ask the question.
If the new coach has a year or so of grace period to be competitive then I agree. Load up on new talent, play them every game next year. If the new coach has to be competitive immediately, trade for more talent ready to go now.As you do at 5 am I've had a bit of a think. I believe I'm echoing others on here when I say this as well but going in to the off-season I think our best bet is going to the draft.
If we play our cards right we could have 4 picks in the top 30, and 2 in the top 6. This could be the draft to cap off the rebuild if, and big if, we get those right.
Kelly seems to be the only decent player on the market we've been linked too. He'd cost at minimum whatever compensation we get for Hill and potentially more. He's a decent player but I don't rate him as highly as others. And in all likelihood he'll request a trade to West Coast again anyway. Beyond that the cupboards pretty bare and you are looking at fringe players.If the new coach has a year or so of grace period to be competitive then I agree. Load up on new talent, play them every game next year. If the new coach has to be competitive immediately, trade for more talent ready to go now.
What I worry about is that there is a board meeting where they decide that we will lose so many members and our game day attendance will get so bad, for us (not bad for the AFL) that we start going broke - quickly.Kelly seems to be the only decent player on the market we've been linked too. He'd cost at minimum whatever compensation we get for Hill and potentially more. He's a decent player but I don't rate him as highly as others. And in all likelihood he'll request a trade to West Coast again anyway. Beyond that the cupboards pretty bare and you are looking at fringe players.
What I worry about is that there is a board meeting where they decide that we will lose so many members and our game day attendance will get so bad, for us (not bad for the AFL) that we start going broke - quickly.
So to stave that off they decide that whatever the price they need to buy players. Say that Carlton offer Brad Hill really good cash and he is out the door, well Bell comes right over the top and offers Patrick Cripps a eight year deal worth $12,000,000. The same deal is offered to Coniglio, full blown buy the players to get some fan excitement going.