Stoddart was one good confidence boosting game away from having a future in AFL IMO. Thought he and McInerney combined well in NEAFL.
I think if he managed to latch onto somewhere like Geelong who probably need a bunch of cheapies to go with their new big money signings he might do ok as a running halfback.
Probably in the minority on him though.
I would be truly shocked if he is still on the list next year. Not just for the criminal acts he has confessed to, but also for the repeated instructions from the club that he chose to ignore. There should be plenty of grounds in all of that for the contract to be terminated.
The first bunch have already been announced...
www.foxsports.com.au
Conviction (plea) is about the act.
Would like to see Ling get another go at it
Are there any circumstances that could warrant retaining him on the list?
No, I can't imagine there are, but it's not for the club to make that call and I would assume both legally and morally they can't and shouldn't untill he is sentenced.
Yes.
He has already put in his guilty plea, so I truly am curious what circumstances remain in which you could possibly think he gets retained.
Here we go.....
None of those things sounds like the kind of "extenuating circumstance" that could warrant any sort of reconsideration. Do you really think that any of those scenarios you just hypothesised should see the club maintain him on the list?
I was just riffing. The point is I don’t know. And neither do you.
You were asked to say what circumstances would make the club consider hanging on to him after you suggested such circumstances existed.
Just get more kids. If they're neither the following, delist them
Bruce said that there could be circumstances which would see the club retain Taylor but declined to make what they could be. I asked him for examples and he responded as he did. At no point was the question whether Bruce has inside knowledge about the actual situation, it was about what he would consider to be the kind of situation that would warrant us keeping him. Bruce's inability to imagine a reasonable extenuating circumstance is instructive - there isn't one.No BfB was originally asked whether there could be circumstances?
Reply was yes however he BfB did not know them specifically. No suggestion direct claim that "such circumstances existed"
BfB: " (ET) likely he’s in trouble and will lose his contract. But the moral absolutism of some around here is pathetic. None of us know the details."
We do not know the contract details either. But a review of AFL salary cap rules means that any termination payment is counted in the salary cap when payout occurs.
It would be in Swans best interest not to delist this salary cap year, delay until next. I believe (not certain) which is after all 2020 de listings are registered and trade week begins. (I do not think AFL cap year is a calendar year but relative to season activities- prior to sentencing in Dec 2020)
I am glad Swans have a highly skilled team of professionals that will make decision based on known facts, rather than sanctimonious ramblings and sundry sooks on BF who know nothing other than what the media speculates and reports!
