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Not if, as one poster on our board said, we pay him 2 mil for one year.
This means that, you have to match, and pay 2 mil, which screws up your recruitment and re-signings for next year, and he leaves in a year anyway. (Hope Tex isn't out of contract next year).
We then re-sign him for a much more reasonable figure over a longer number of years. The city of Geelong will still be there in a year or two, and Paddy may be even more determined to move back there. But the compo pick might not be. Dealing fairly now means you get something out of it. Otherwise, in two years time, he goes for free anyway.
I don't want to screw you like that, but if Adelaide are unreasonable and want the world......
This means that, you have to match, and pay 2 mil, which screws up your recruitment and re-signings for next year, and he leaves in a year anyway. (Hope Tex isn't out of contract next year).
We then re-sign him for a much more reasonable figure over a longer number of years. The city of Geelong will still be there in a year or two, and Paddy may be even more determined to move back there. But the compo pick might not be. Dealing fairly now means you get something out of it. Otherwise, in two years time, he goes for free anyway.
I don't want to screw you like that, but if Adelaide are unreasonable and want the world......


