Retired # 5: Devon Smith - Hanging up the boots - Thanks for everything Devon! - 12/8

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2023
Last Game Played: Round 11, 2022 (inj)
Injury Status: Mid-season knee surgery no time frame yet - 15/6

My Boy Draft 2022: Claim here

 

[Vindicater]

Needs to go so we can give his number to Martin.

 

[andleanback]

Needs to go so we can give his number to Martin.

Nah 5 needs to go to Perkins

 

[eth-dog]

Needs to go so we can give his number to Martin.

Keep Martin in 37, let him be the first to 100 in that number please.

 

[brain taylor]

wanna see some of the kids make numbers their own, let them become stars in 16, 8, 6 etc.

 

[Beerfish]

Could see Hobbs in the 5.

 

[eth-dog]

Could see Hobbs in the 5.

I feel like we might give it to a new draftee at the end of next year.

 

[DERO]

Could see Hobbs in the 5.

The new Stanton?

 

[jmoo wan]

The new Stanton?

* Hobbs is s**t, he lost us the game. needs to stop smashing durries

 

[carnthedons]

* Hobbs is s**t, he lost us the game. needs to stop smashing durries

Stants did quadruple double that one time though

 

[Nifft]

Surely the best option here is to delist and pay out his contract. We have plenty of cap space so the list spot is far more valuable.

 

[Bjchan13]

Surely the best option here is to delist and pay out his contract. We have plenty of cap space so the list spot is far more valuable.

This has been the obvious best move all year, he's clearly cooked. Do you think the club has it in them to make that call though? Its the same as the Heppell. Is the club strong enough to hold firm on 1 year at modest money? I dont think so unfortunately

 

[Old Campaigner]

Does opening up another list spot this year achieve anything? Given the number of actual OOC players already slated for retirement/delisting/trading he'd probably end with his spot filled from the dregs at the back end of the draft.

 

[Bjchan13]

Does opening up another list spot this year achieve anything? Given the number of actual OOC players already slated for retirement/delisting/trading he'd probably end with his spot filled from the dregs at the back end of the draft.

Have a look at what we've got in the ssp and msd. List spots are gold.

 

[andleanback]

Does opening up another list spot this year achieve anything? Given the number of actual OOC players already slated for retirement/delisting/trading he'd probably end with his spot filled from the dregs at the back end of the draft.

Might be the difference between keeping menzie or not. We already added 2 in the pre season and 2 mid season. Potentially 4 draft picks and maybe 1 or 2 players in a trade. The more list spots the better. Always good to a have a spare spot over preseason for a train on player aswell.

 

[Duckworth]

Might be the difference between keeping menzie or not. We already added 2 in the pre season and 2 mid season. Potentially 4 draft picks and maybe 1 or 2 players in a trade. The more list spots the better. Always good to a have a spare spot over preseason for a train on player aswell.

Could also retire early just before the MSD.

 

[carnthedons]

Does opening up another list spot this year achieve anything? Given the number of actual OOC players already slated for retirement/delisting/trading he'd probably end with his spot filled from the dregs at the back end of the draft.

Devon Smith shouldn’t be on an AFL field again. Whoever we take from the dregs may be awful or may be fit to be on an AFL field at some point. I’d rather a flyer at an unknown quantity than wasting time with a known clogger.

 

[brutus76]

I'd give him till late November (list submission) to get his **** together, slim down get a sprint coach and if he's no good retires with full pay

 

[bombadeer]

Doubt we’ll see him play at AFL level again, just physically not up to it. His knee is ****ed. Thing is, we knew that when we brought him in - and played him through the midfield anyway.

Don’t get it.

For one glorious year, however, he was a tackling machine.

 

[andleanback]

Retired!
Thanks for the service. The right call

 

[Big Slam]

Who has earned the right to represent the famed #5 now?

Give it to Martin?

 

[andleanback]

Who has earned the right to represent the famed #5 now?

Give it to Martin?

I want to see Perkins in the 5. I actually like Martin in the 37

 

[JuniorWatch]

Does the club reach a financial agreement with Smith in situations like this?
Or does Smith just forgo his last year salary?

 

[carnthedons]

Does the club reach a financial agreement with Smith in situations like this?
Or does Smith just forgo his last year salary?

Club absolutely pay him something, probably most of what he’d be due

 

[andleanback]

Does the club reach a financial agreement with Smith in situations like this?
Or does Smith just forgo his last year salary?

Club and player would reach an agreed settlement. Probably 60-80% of what he was owed for next year.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Does the club reach a financial agreement with Smith in situations like this?
Or does Smith just forgo his last year salary?

Dare say it was a case of the club having the extra salary room to use, having no intention of playing Dev much next year and offering him to retire 'on his own terms' and be paid in full.