A cheap 27 year old - yes. But free agency isn't for the cheap guys, it's for the more expensive end. We can afford it, but I want to see the money spent with a 3-5 year plan in place to give us the best shot at a premiership, not to improve now and have a costly guy on the slide just when we need a guy at his peak. Another couple of trades like the last few years and I will be very happy.
I think we mostly all agree with a few issues about timing. I trust the current mod in charge, and will be very interested in what happens. I reckon getting involved and pushing the price of guys up for other teams whilst incurring no cost to us sounds like a good startegy if we can't get who we want. Machiavelli is my guide in this.
How many "expensive" guys <25yo do you ever see getting let go, as free agents?
It doesn't make it easier to get well-paid, young players out of a club.
IMHO it'll only really come into play in a couple of ways.
1) the odd side will make a big, short term play for the 'missing link' - ie similar to Pies chasing a 28-29yo Jolly, Hawks chasing a 27-28yo Hale.
2) the rest will just be 'meh' players, or players who are OK but well down the pecking order, leaving for somewhere where they will be top of the pecking order (ie your Maric, Houli types)