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The way I see it, the market deemed Brad Crouch
's worth and deemed it less than us supporters expected.
Kelly shot his mouth off with a similar value in mind. Had no fall back plan in the event the offer would not trigger band 1 other than to go to the Saints cap in hand and ask for their first rounder.
No other club wanted him, the Saints did not want to spend a pick on him. Given the contract triggered band 3 ( not band 2, so the AFL did not "rob us" with the formula), they certainly don't seem him as a first round trade value.
If we matched he would be a Crow next year or go to the Saints via PSD. No trade would have happened.
My issue is with Kelly, talking tough without reading/knowing Crouch's worth in the market. As the GM of Footy.Ops he should have an idea and indeed a bit of a plan to involve other clubs in a trade scenario to make the "Pick 2 or match" call in public.
This is the mistake the club (Kelly) made.
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The way I see it, the market deemed Brad Crouch
PLAYERCARDSTART
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Brad Crouch
- Age
- 30
- Ht
- 186cm
- Wt
- 86kg
- Pos.
- Mid
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 26.1
- 5star
- K
- 12.1
- 4star
- HB
- 14.0
- 5star
- M
- 2.7
- 3star
- T
- 5.5
- 5star
- CL
- 5.0
- 5star
- D
- 20.3
- 5star
- K
- 11.1
- 4star
- HB
- 9.1
- 5star
- M
- 1.5
- 2star
- T
- 3.9
- 5star
- CL
- 4.6
- 5star
- D
- 21.6
- 5star
- K
- 10.0
- 4star
- HB
- 11.6
- 5star
- M
- 3.4
- 4star
- T
- 4.2
- 5star
- CL
- 2.6
- 5star
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Kelly shot his mouth off with a similar value in mind. Had no fall back plan in the event the offer would not trigger band 1 other than to go to the Saints cap in hand and ask for their first rounder.
No other club wanted him, the Saints did not want to spend a pick on him. Given the contract triggered band 3 ( not band 2, so the AFL did not "rob us" with the formula), they certainly don't seem him as a first round trade value.
If we matched he would be a Crow next year or go to the Saints via PSD. No trade would have happened.
My issue is with Kelly, talking tough without reading/knowing Crouch's worth in the market. As the GM of Footy.Ops he should have an idea and indeed a bit of a plan to involve other clubs in a trade scenario to make the "Pick 2 or match" call in public.
This is the mistake the club (Kelly) made.
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