List Mgmt. 2025 List Management discussion - part 2

[Dr Spaceman]

TDK is obviously gone.

Question I think now is...

Saints or Cats?

 

[saxond74]

So you don’t actually know?

Well I live in Adelaide & I haven’t seen him today (or any other day) so he must be somewhere else!!

 

[botts]

So you don’t actually know?

No. Of course not. But who’s sticking their neck out saying he’s here. Hope I’m wrong

 

[botts]

So you don’t actually know?

I’m not sure who started the rumour last night. Maybe they can back it up

 

[gubby88]

I’m not sure who started the rumour last night. Maybe they can back it up

all i know is that they were both at Dendy Deli this morning

 

[kernelT]

Gents, I was walking through Hyde Park at lunch today and I spotted John Saffron doing an interview on a park bench. It's a sign! A SIGN!

What's on in court today chieflet?

 

[botts]

all i know is that they were both at Dendy Deli this morning

Did you see them?

 

[SainterinSydney]

What's on in court today chieflet?

Directions hearing was vacated today, so just bips and bops for the rest of the day.

 

[Saintbloke]

Would be funny if he signs with Cats on $800k a season, but also ends up with 40 hectares.

Not all the Geelong players live in Geelong or surrounds- some live in Melbourne on much less than 40 acres

 

[Circus]

I spent the last 15 years of my career working in a very small team of specialists in a very highly pressurised, demanding and politically sensitive environment. It was extremely hard to recruit bright young people because of the pressure. Our work was designing and negotiating solutions acceptable for all parties.

One of the most challenging aspects was negotiating with relatively inexperienced ego driven people in positions of power. They simply didn't understand the "rules," those subtle signals that could get them what they wanted in a slightly different way, because if we openly offered it they would immediately become suspicious and back away. It was extremely tedious and time-consuming. Sometimes stuff took months, or years, to achieve outcomes that really switched on negotiators would agree to much, much sooner.

It seems Ben Williams is the problem, that his ego is in the way of nailing the "agreed" outcome and that he's simply ****ing around with almost irrelevant details.

 

[kernelT]

Directions hearing was vacated today, so just bips and bops for the rest of the day.

Windy's manager apparently spotted in Paddington, can you confirm?

 

[gubby88]

Did you see them?

my dad did, he frequents that place...i live in Traralgon, so im a ways away

 

[saint66au]

Ben Williams def in town. at a deli in Brighton with Nas atm

I call BS. If Nas wants to have a quiet confidential chat with his manager, the very last place on Earth he'd want to be is a deli in Brighton

 

[gubby88]

I call BS. If Nas wants to have a quiet confidential chat with his manager, the very last place on Earth he'd want to be is a deli in Brighton

calling my dad a liar?

 

[SaintlyHymns]

I call BS. If Nas wants to have a quiet confidential chat with his manager, the very last place on Earth he'd want to be is a deli in Brighton

Why would it need to be quiet and confidential? May have had it elsewhere then popped down to the deli after.

The more pertinent question is what did they order at the Dendy Deli? Protein-rich like an omlette suggests he's still playing for increased dollars and unsigned, something more carb-rich like a toastie or croissant says he's content and signed.

And now we wait.

 

[kernelT]

 

[Miha]

Remember that TDK is a restricted free agent.

Cats would most likely pay a lot less than St Kilda, in which case Blues could match forcing a trade. That would cool the Cats interest.

This is true but Geelong don’t care about draft picks

 

[Saints43]

I call BS. If Nas wants to have a quiet confidential chat with his manager, the very last place on Earth he'd want to be is a deli in Brighton

What if they just want to eat a sandwich?

 

[BrutThough]

Where are we on the 'Hopeful' meter today?

 

[beside the seaside]

TDK is obviously gone.

Question I think now is...

Saints or Cats?

It's so obvious he's coming to us it's not funny.

 

[SainterinSydney]

It's so obvious he's coming to us it's not funny.

I think it also highlights how ridiculous Geelong are that it could be believed. I'm with you, though, signed, sealed and delivered to us.

 

[Joffaboy]

I understand your points. We have been our biggest enemy whilst there has been inequality in the AFL. So, until we get out own house in order, crying to the AFL about FS/Academy isn't doing to change the fact we are poorly run.

Add to that, we are pushing to remove the FS rule when we have at least 5-6 potential FS picks on the way. Why try and remove something that may end up finally benefitting us? I understand there are no guarantees but there is every chance a Lenny Hayes jnr is playing at a different club, all thanks to our own stupidity.

Somebody make it make sense to me?

I don't think we are pushing to remove anything. The whole purpose is to make the payment of FS and NGA's fair.

Even if FS was removed, if a player wants to play for their fathers club after two years, that club had to pay his worth.

Say Daicos went to West Coast, Collingwood would need to pay appropriate compensation like 3 firsts.

The draft was supposed to equalise the comp, how does that work when finals teams get Daicos, or Darcy, or the Suns get three NGA's in the top ten while a bottom four team has no access to them, or the Premier get the best player in the draft while bottom six doesn't get a look in.
Just make it fair.

 

[dmark]

Windy's manager apparently spotted in Paddington, can you confirm?

 

[SainterinSydney]

Windy's manager apparently spotted in Paddington, can you confirm?

Stuck in CBD, mate, definitely can't confirm

 

[Moquo]

Would be funny if he signs with Cats on $800k a season, but also ends up with 40 hectares.

...that gets rezoned to residential...