Cameron says

[Lach72]

Cookie will be offered full time job

Tackling coach?

 

[The Night Shift]

Freo Club Ambassador/Tackling Coach/ Assistant Coach/ Football Department/ Corporate - I'm sure theres a quite a few jobs for him

He could be a runner - but how fast do you have to be to be a club runner?

 

[Belnakor]

He could be a runner - but how fast do you have to be to be a club runner?

Don't have to be fast at all. There is a guy who runs for Geelong who looks about 50kg overweight.

 

[wehavethepassion]

Indigenous welfare officer??

 

[FootyEater]

Indigenous welfare officer??

thats a good possibility, have him look after the young indigenous players that come from the country. everyone loves him, he'd be good at that im sure. and help with tackling as well

 

[Cameron_K]

In all fairness I was intoxicated at the time.

 

[macca69]

Was Cookie out of contract at the end of this year? If not, it's a good way around paying him what he's owed from his last year of his contract without it going towards the Salary Cap.

Was just about my favourite Freo player, so it's good to see him stay around the club. If he can offload his work-rate, determination, tenacity, etc onto some of his more naturally gifted former team-mates that'd be very valuable IMO.

 

[FootyEater]

In all fairness I was intoxicated at the time.

haha, well i wouldnt have admitted to that, you were sounding smart haha

 

[FootyEater]

Was Cookie out of contract at the end of this year? If not, it's a good way around paying him what he's owed from his last year of his contract without it going towards the Salary Cap.

Was just about my favourite Freo player, so it's good to see him stay around the club. If he can offload his work-rate, determination, tenacity, etc onto some of his more naturally gifted former team-mates that'd be very valuable IMO.

yeah cookie was out of contract. and he was almost everyone at freo's favourite player, even if, towards the end he was surpassed by younger players, we all still loved to see him get the odd game and do what he did best. he will be important behind the scenes in the coming years im sure

 

[theGav56]

Was Cookie out of contract at the end of this year? If not, it's a good way around paying him what he's owed from his last year of his contract without it going towards the Salary Cap.

If a player is contracted, but doesn't play the final year, then his contracted payment is still calculated in the salary cap, whether it is paid or not. If Longmuir retired, we still have to allow that amount in the cap, regardless of whether he undertakes ruck coach duties for us. The only advantage to a player retiring while contracted is that the spot on the list is available for another player, though with Longmuir he could remailn on the longterm injury list and allow us to promote a Rookie.

Anyway, Cook isn't contracted for next year.

 

[macca69]

If a player is contracted, but doesn't play the final year, then his contracted payment is still calculated in the salary cap, whether it is paid or not. If Longmuir retired, we still have to allow that amount in the cap, regardless of whether he undertakes ruck coach duties for us. The only advantage to a player retiring while contracted is that the spot on the list is available for another player, though with Longmuir he could remailn on the longterm injury list and allow us to promote a Rookie.

Anyway, Cook isn't contracted for next year.

I thought he could have his contract torn up and not counted at all, just like what happened with Mal Michael last year.

 

[dockers_bengals]

I thought he could have his contract torn up and not counted at all, just like what happened with Mal Michael last year.

Yeah I thought that if the player was in agreement it could be too.

 

[Ysaye]

I know this is a while into the future, but I reckon Cookie is a future head coach. He's a smart guy, but as we all know he also wears his heart on his sleave. He also has always struggled with technical difficulties of kicking and things and for that reason I reckon he would be the perfect one to perfect drills and spend extra time on little details that make a team go well.