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Can't let Hammer go then!
If we're going to lose him might as well do it this year. Starting demand Adelaide's first plus they get us GCS pick 4
I don't think it's that crazy in context. Liam Jones was out of the game for a year, 31, and he still managed to get a three year deal on enough money to get free agent compensation.
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Yes I think if we have a FA target next year then Cox leaving as one isn't a big deal (in terms of picks). Struggle to think who that would be. All the obvious candidates are trades I think.
Only reason Cox would go would be if he has had a massive change of heart about his place in the team. One of the only reasons that could be him not happy about shifting forward/becoming a swingman again.
If it's on the cards then we should probably, in all honesty, sell up a bit and look to mini rebuild as we'd have lost too many key pieces from the initial rebuild to realistically target 2025-2027 as our window. Trade Darcy, maybe Ryan (although I'd prefer him there as experience), perhaps Schultz. Go for more first rounders and fix our holes with long term options whilst keeping a hand in future drafts.
My memory was that GWS took on his 1 year (and very high salary) in full for 2021. I just read an article about the confirmation that he would be traded from Freo to GWS and that article indicated that Freo may have to pay some of the year remaining salary. In the end they opted for lower draft pick knowing it would be used for matching (we had both Walker and Western).
Didn't notice any difference when Hamling was in and Cox out. If anything we looked a bit better. Not saying Hamling is a better player, just that the mix looked better. .
Yeah I got that feel as well. Pearce/Hamling looked stronger defensively than Cox/Pearce. I don't think we lost anything ball movement wise either.
Fair enough. I was positive I'd seen at the time a quote either from Hogan or from his manager saying he was going to GWS on a new contract, but I can't track anything down, so I'll go with this version.My memory was that GWS took on his 1 year (and very high salary) in full for 2021. I just read an article about the confirmation that he would be traded from Freo to GWS and that article indicated that Freo may have to pay some of the year remaining salary. In the end they opted for lower draft pick knowing it would be used for matching (we had both Walker and Western).
See this article below which confirms Hogan was re-signed for a further year at the end of 2021 (which was the final year of his three year deal with Freo), and yes there were games based incentives for an extension with the Freo contract for 2021 which could trigger a further year.
If Cox tells club - this year and Im off to Adelaide. We would have to trade him and demand a ransom payment.
Mini rebuild????? Its what we have been doing for most of our history, bar a few years. Time to stop the rebuilds and step up and compete.
My point being that losing Cox on top of everything would be pretty devastating to our ability to do just that.
