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I'll preface this with: I think Nas is staying, at least for the 2 years.
BUT IF HE DOESNT
When they write the book "How the St Kilda Football Club Died", Nas leaving will be it's own chapter.
The AFL has never been more about dollars and public perception. We don't have much leverage in either. We're the whipping boys in the media which hurts our public perception. And they are gonna have a field day with "Saints are dumb, they overpaid TDK and lost Nas" because they are idiots. And our crowds are awful, so dollars are going to be down too. We just saw probably our greatest home and away moment in 50 years and half the top level was closed, and you could read the Marvel letters on the bottom level seats because it was half empty.
Our supporter base is on the brink after another 15-year rebuild. Nas is our best player, universally liked, and someone who delivers on everything we've been missing for that 15 years. 15 years of mids who butcher the footy. 15 years of youngsters sitting in the stands injured. 15 years of blokes going missing when the heat is on. If he walks out the door at 22, it may just be the straw that finally breaks our collective spirit.
BUT IF HE DOESNT
When they write the book "How the St Kilda Football Club Died", Nas leaving will be it's own chapter.
The AFL has never been more about dollars and public perception. We don't have much leverage in either. We're the whipping boys in the media which hurts our public perception. And they are gonna have a field day with "Saints are dumb, they overpaid TDK and lost Nas" because they are idiots. And our crowds are awful, so dollars are going to be down too. We just saw probably our greatest home and away moment in 50 years and half the top level was closed, and you could read the Marvel letters on the bottom level seats because it was half empty.
Our supporter base is on the brink after another 15-year rebuild. Nas is our best player, universally liked, and someone who delivers on everything we've been missing for that 15 years. 15 years of mids who butcher the footy. 15 years of youngsters sitting in the stands injured. 15 years of blokes going missing when the heat is on. If he walks out the door at 22, it may just be the straw that finally breaks our collective spirit.
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I reckon hes gone tbh. We surely opened the chequebook after Sunday and if that coupled with the high of that win didnt get him to ink the contract i thnk hes gone.
I get it and TBH if we managed to win one i wont give a **** if were terrible for the next 60 years but both of those lists should have won and done more.
The dogs could still go again, Darcy will be a year older, maybe they trade Jamarrah for the key back theyve needed for 10 years and as long as Bont and Richards stay they could always contend.
The dees are ****ing cooked, strip it back, sell the parts and go again.
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Also from a St Kilda perspective, we have very little to gain but a lot to lose here. We aren't a Gold Coast who have heaps of good players and no-one that cares about the outcome.
We are a fan base that loves our players too much and have **** all else. We are on our arses if he leaves.
To other clubs he's a bit more gloss on the Ferrari. To us he's the wheels and engine of our VK Commodore.
We can't afford to look like we are losing on this deal for so many reasons.
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If Port genuinely come with their two firsts (and Berry or Whitlock) i actually think most supporters would rather we let him walk to the PSD if it comes to that.
Call is irrational and angry and stupid but our supporter base knows nothing but principles and hope.
Im a member already but i reckon if i wasnt id sign up to support it if we did.
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More a catch 22 IMO. You can't be attractive without doing the work, you start doing the work and look awful and players want to go elsewhere. Brisbane and North have both had it happen to them and didn't collapse but it's a brutal kick to the guts for a supporter base desperate for success.
Yup, this warped notion that we need to bend over and accept unders for a top 3 player in the comp is crazy talk.
SOS seems to play hardball with trades, so I cant ever see us caving.
Brisbane and North both got AFL draft assistance.
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It feels alot more likely Port blink and try to throw something additional at the last minute than we cave and accept some shit deal.
Might be naive but i still reckon Nas stays with a two year deal if a trade doesnt get done. Alot would have to go sour for him to want to go to the PSD.
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We need to get smart, a little lateral thinking.
If we’re going to loose Nas at least go down fighting and make sure we’ve left no stone unturned in finding ways to keep him. Peter Hudson flew in from Tassie to play for a season in the late 70’s, not ideal but it’s workable.
If we’ve genuinely looked at every option and he still wants out at least we can send him to the draft with a clear conscience. Imo if we do everything we can and can’t get a deal that suits then that’s on Nas, his manager and whoever he nominates.
If we’re going to loose Nas at least go down fighting and make sure we’ve left no stone unturned in finding ways to keep him. Peter Hudson flew in from Tassie to play for a season in the late 70’s, not ideal but it’s workable.
If we’ve genuinely looked at every option and he still wants out at least we can send him to the draft with a clear conscience. Imo if we do everything we can and can’t get a deal that suits then that’s on Nas, his manager and whoever he nominates.
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I actually back the club completely on this.
For the first time in a long time i reckon they will manage and work every angle and if Nas still goes there will have been nothing we could do.
Ive bickered with stavro#4 and others about what WE think is going on money and contract wise but i genuinely think the list management team will be doing everything, including compassionate leave, paying for the family to come here etc etc etc.
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The narrative has seems to of changed a bit after Sunday.
It feels a bit more "surely he cant leave after that"
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Brisbane lost almost an entire rebuild. One of the reasons the AFL introduced the academies IMO.
2010 Brisbane get Polec, Karnezis, Josh Greene- all left
2011 Brisbane get Elliot Yeo, Billy Longer and Sam Docherty- all left.
2012 Brisbane get Sam Mayes, Jack Crisp both gone.
2013 Brisbane get James Aish, Lewis Taylor, Tom Cutler all left.
They then turned it into a deliberate policy to chase country boys who wouldn't mind the slower quieter life in Queensland and started to amass a very good side. A lot of compensation picks were a lot worse than the positions their players were taken in and they were also screwed by the timing as GWS and then GC took a heap of the best players from every draft.
North haven't proven anything yet but amassing talent will eventually pay off. They turned JHF into Sheezel and Wardlaw who are both exceptional talents so many end up a win win.
Even Judd who was the big ticket trade of the time gifted WCE pick 3- Mastens, pick 20 -Tony Nott and Josh Kennedy.
At the time all of it seemed catastrophic failure. Hopefully if we lose Nas we can make something out of the absolute crushing disappointment.
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A prominent industry figure close to the club. Idk if even I believe it but its just what they've told me
They also said NWM has all the info in front of him, just needs to sign the dotted lines. Was adamant that he has not signed yet so all the ITKs saying he had done so were allegedly incorrect
Still confident he is staying though
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My thing with Whitlock is where would he play for us?
We'd be losing the thing we need the most (A+ dynamic mid) and replacing him with a tall.
Let's assume we gain TDK & Aleer and have a healthy list for round 1 next year.
King
Mitchito
Marshall
TDK
Sharman
Tauru
Caminiti
Howard
Wilkie
Keeler
Dodson
Moose
Whitlock might be better than some of these guys eventually but he's 100% unproven & just not something we desperately need compared to what Nas provides.
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