List Mgmt. List Management Thread

[Mostyn]

Yep, I think we're a good chance to get Sharp

As you said, the SA kids tend to slide during their draft year. And our 1st round pick usually ends up much earlier than we thought.

The twain shall meet

I'd normally agree with this, but the top SA player has mostly held their draft position for the past few years - no idea if that's a coincidence or a trend.

 

[cmndstab]

I'd normally agree with this, but the top SA player has mostly held their draft position for the past few years - no idea if that's a coincidence or a trend.

Us generally having a pick near the top of the draft has probably helped that.

 

[Cleric]

Ok, I have asked this on a number of places but can't get an answer.
If there is an U17 kid tied to a club via FS or Academy, and Tasmania gets the pick of the U17s for their initial squads, who gets preference on the kid?

 

[Vader]

Ok, I have asked this on a number of places but can't get an answer.
If there is an U17 kid tied to a club via FS or Academy, and Tasmania gets the pick of the U17s for their initial squads, who gets preference on the kid?

I guess it depends on what mechanisms the AFL uses, when building the Tasmanian team's list.

If players are pre-listed, and not taken through the draft directly, then I guess Tasmania would have preference. However, the kid would almost certainly have to agree to the arrangement, so they could still opt out and end up at their FS/Academy club.

I suspect the AFL will go down a similar path to what they did when GWS & GC joined the competition, back in 2010 & 2011. These clubs were allowed to pre-list some players from their respective zones (e.g. QLD & NT for GC), and were given a raft of 1st round picks to use. If that's the case, then the legacy clubs would still be able to match any Tasmanian bids on their FS/Academy players, just as they can today.

As a general rule, if a kid is eligible for FS/Academy selection by multiple clubs, then it's up to the player to decide which club they will go with. I see no reason why things would be any different with Tasmania.

 

[Vader]

Ok, I have asked this on a number of places but can't get an answer.
If there is an U17 kid tied to a club via FS or Academy, and Tasmania gets the pick of the U17s for their initial squads, who gets preference on the kid?

Here's a BF thread discussing the Gold Coast startup concessions - the first couple of posts are actually more comprehensive than anything remaining on the rest of the internet.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/gold-coast-draft-concessions.489632

That should give you some idea of what to expect when Tasmania is added to the competition.

Again, I don't believe there would be any precedence as far as Tasmania vs legacy FS/Academy rights. The final determination will be made by the kid, as it is today.

 

[GreyCrow]

Us generally having a pick near the top of the draft has probably helped that.

Yeah I think there is the Twomey factor to consider

'' Hey Reidy what are the club looking at at pick 4 and is Sid a chance''

' hey Cal yeah of course Sid is up there in our thinking '

'' hey Reidy what are the club looking at for pick 11 and is Dyson a chance? ''

' yeah Cal of course we hope Dyson gets to us '

 

[Velvet George]

Who's on the table? Updated list of 2025 free agents revealed

Almost 100 players are eligible for free agency following list moves during the exchange window

www.afl.com.au

Some interesting names.

So let’s say Schoenberg has a decent year, he’s now a free agent and we could lose him.

Sure he might not, but unless we had some hope that he could why wouldn’t we cut him and create a list spot.

Just reinforces the decision to not cut Smith and make him a rookie instead of a younger player even more baffling. Didn’t we want to hurt Smiths feelings or could Smith have said no?

 

[1970crow]

Who's on the table? Updated list of 2025 free agents revealed

Almost 100 players are eligible for free agency following list moves during the exchange window

www.afl.com.au

Some interesting names.

So let’s say Schoenberg has a decent year, he’s now a free agent and we could lose him.

Sure he might not, but unless we had some hope that he could why wouldn’t we cut him and create a list spot.

Just reinforces the decision to not cut Smith and make him a rookie instead of a younger player even more baffling. Didn’t we want to hurt Smiths feelings or could Smith have said no?

Smith has no choice in the matter. We did it to Mackay from memory, so not sure why we wouldn't do it with Smith. He's behind every other potential defensive player on the list, there's not one that I'd play him ahead of. And that includes giving Murphy a crack down there if injuries forced us to consider Smith.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Who's on the table? Updated list of 2025 free agents revealed

Almost 100 players are eligible for free agency following list moves during the exchange window

www.afl.com.au

Some interesting names.

So let’s say Schoenberg has a decent year, he’s now a free agent and we could lose him.

Sure he might not, but unless we had some hope that he could why wouldn’t we cut him and create a list spot.

It just feels like cutting players full-stop while in contract is barely a thing. Probably due to good-will (why would players be encouraged to play for a club that consistently doesn’t stand by previously agreed to contracts?)

Also probably due to cap reasons, in regards to contending clubs (ie not us right now)

 

[Velvet George]

It just feels like cutting players full-stop while in contract is barely a thing. Probably due to good-will (why would players be encouraged to play for a club that consistently doesn’t stand by previously agreed to contracts?)

Also probably due to cap reasons, in regards to contending clubs (ie not us right now)

If we did it regularly fair enough but we haven’t.

And it can’t be cap reasons for us.

Besides main point is Smith should have been the one to moved to the rookie list.

 

[1970crow]

It just feels like cutting players full-stop while in contract is barely a thing. Probably due to good-will (why would players be encouraged to play for a club that consistently doesn’t stand by previously agreed to contracts?)

Also probably due to cap reasons, in regards to contending clubs (ie not us right now)

Key word above is "consistently", not sure anyone is asking we do it except in fairly rare circumstances. That said, we did it to Brown and Gibbs, so we've not been all that shy the last few years. And we've managed to recruit a few via trade.

 

[Danger in Texas]

If we did it regularly fair enough but we haven’t.

And it can’t be cap reasons for us.

Besides main point is Smith should have been the one to moved to the rookie list.

To be fair if the club did it once, we’d probably be advocating for them to do it every year haha, “we were willing then so why aren’t we now”?

Agree that Smith should’ve been moved

 

[Danger in Texas]

Key word above is "consistently", not sure anyone is asking we do it except in fairly rare circumstances. That said, we did it to Brown and Gibbs, so we've not been all that shy the last few years. And we've managed to recruit a few via trade.

Was Brown forced?

To be honest we wouldn’t be in this position if the club wasn’t so contract-happy, which is my main list management gripe

 

[Velvet George]

To be fair if the club did it once, we’d probably be advocating for them to do it every year haha, “we were willing then so why aren’t we now”?

Agree that Smith should’ve been moved

If they ran with a full list every year that we called for it then we’d be asking more than why don’t we do it again

 

[1970crow]

Was Brown forced?

To be honest we wouldn’t be in this position if the club wasn’t so contract-happy, which is my main list management gripe

Yep, he was tapped on the shoulder due to his ongoing lower leg issues. His issues were more chronic than Smith though.

 

[Velvet George]

I have on reasonable authority that we brought a lot of 2025 salary forward into 2024 to facilitate the ANB, Cumming, Peatling and attempted Luko shopping spree.

So it wouldn’t surprise me if we then didn’t have the 2024 cap space to delist Smith (which by the rules would have meant his 2025 salary was brought forward into 2024 as well).

If the choice was between (a) getting Peatling and being stuck with Smith on the senior list and Schoenberg as a FA for all time, or (b) missing out on Peatling and delisting Smith - I think we made the right call.

Of course that argument is not a defence of the awful list management that left Smith with a contract for 2025 in the first place.

Thanks for the info but a couple of queries:

Why bring all the contracts forward in the hope you’ll get all of your targets which is unrealistic? Wouldn’t you have them all ready to go and trigger the re-jigging once your target was acquired and Luko was a no pretty early on.

Second we kept Smith and Schoenberg on the list, surely the salary cap impact would be the same if we rookied Smith instead?

 

[1970crow]

I have on reasonable authority that we brought a lot of 2025 salary forward into 2024 to facilitate the ANB, Cumming, Peatling and attempted Luko shopping spree.

So it wouldn’t surprise me if we then didn’t have the 2024 cap space to delist Smith (which by the rules would have meant his 2025 salary was brought forward into 2024 as well).

If the choice was between (a) getting Peatling and being stuck with Smith on the senior list and Schoenberg as a FA for all time, or (b) missing out on Peatling and delisting Smith - I think we made the right call.

Of course that argument is not a defence of the awful list management that left Smith with a contract for 2025 in the first place.

Regardless of attempted acquisitions, we should have been bringing forward contract payments just to meet the minimum spend. We should also have left a few hundred k available for flexibility. The underspend isn't lost as it is banked can be and spent the following year, so end result is exactly the same.

 

[Mostyn]

First question is a fair question. I can’t really remember now when I was told about some existing contracts being juggled but I’m pretty sure it was between the end of (our) season and the start of trade period. So I don’t pretend to know exactly what happened and when and on what terms.

Nor am I saying that it’s definitely the case that this is the reason for delisting Schoey rather than Smith. Just giving a possible explanation for what otherwise I agree is inexplicable based on what I do know. I accept it’s not solid evidence of the decision making process.

Second question - that may be right actually.

Maybe we are just ****knuckles.

Sounds like you heard about contracts being juggled before Luko announced his intentions, which was September 23. If payments were brought into 2024, that would have needed to be negotiated at the start of the season and would have nearly all been paid by then.

I'm sure our priority from a long way out would have been flexibility to bring in players and improve in 2025, which meant random space in 2024 for early contract cuts wasn't possible.

Still, it was stupid having Smith come back. That's annoying.

 

[Mutineer]

Rather than clog up bigman thread a omparison of all AFL clubs ruck situations..

Adelaide
Reilly O'Brien 29yr 4mth
Keiran Strachan 29yr 3mth

Brisbane
Oscar McInerny 30yr 6mth
Darcy Fort 31yr 5mth
Henry Smith 22yr 3mth
Zane Zakostelsky 19yr 1mth (Defender/Ruck)

Carlton
Tom DeKoning 25yr 5mth
Mark Pittonet 28yr 7mth
Hudson O'Keefe 20yr

Collingwood
Darcy Cameron 29yr 5mth
Mason Cox 33yr 10mth (Forward/Ruck)
Illiro Smit 19yr 8mth
Oscar Steene 21yr 4mth (Forward/Ruck)

Essendon
Sam Draper 26yr 3mth
Todd Goldstein 36yr 6mth
Nick Bryan 23yr 2mth
Vigo Visentini 19yr 4mth

Fremantle
Sean Darcy 26yr 7mth
Luke Jackson 23yr 3mth (Forward/Ruck)
Liam Reidy 24yr 7mth
Odin Jones 19yr 3mth
Aiden Riddle 19yr

GWS
Keiran Briggs 25yr 3mth
Nick Madden 20yr 7mth
Logan Smith 18yr 3mth

Geelong
Rhys Stanley 34yr 1mth
Mark Bkicavs 33yr 9mth (Midfielder/Ruck)
Toby Conway 21yr 8mth
Mitch Edwards 19yr 7mth
Joe Pike 19yr 7mth
Jacob Molier 18yr 3mth

Gold Coast
Jarrod Witts 32yr 4mth
Ned Moyle 22yr 11mth
Max Knobel 20yr 6mth
Ethan Read 19yr 6mth

Hawthorn
Lloyd Meek 26yr 8mth
Ned Reeves 26yr 2mth
Max Ramsden 21 yr 8mth (Forward/Ruck)
Clay Tucker 20yr 9mth

Melbourne
Max Gawn 33yr
Tom Campbell 33yr 2mth
Will Verrall 20yr 10mth

North Melbourne
Tristan Xerri 25yr 10mth
Brynn Teakle 25yr 2mth
Finnbar Maley 21yr 5mth
Taylor Goad 19yr 8mth

Port Adelaide
Jordan Sweet 26yr 11mth
Dante Visentini 21yr 11mth
Ivan Soldo 28yr 9mth
Jacob Moss 19yr

Richmond
Toby Nankervis 30yr 5mth
Samson Ryan 24yr 1mth (Forward/Ruck)
Mate Colina 25yr 7mth
Oliver Hayes-Brown 24yr 8mth
Ben Miller 25yr 4mth (Forward/Ruck)
Tom Sims 18yr 8mth

St Kilda
Rowan Marshall 29yr 1mth
Harry Boyd 26yr
Max Heath 22yr 2mth (Forward/Ruck)
Alex Dodson 18yr 7mth

Sydney
Brodie Grundy 30 yr 9mth
Peter Ladhams 27yr
Hayden McLean 25yr 11mth (Forward/Ruck)
Will Green 19yr 4mth

West Coast
Matthew Flynn 27yr 4mth
Bailey Williams 24yr 8mth
Harry Barnett 20yr 11mth
Archer Reid 19yr 3mth (Forward/Ruck)
Coen Livingstone 19yr 7mth (Forward/Ruck)

Western Bulldogs
Tim English 27yr 5mth
Rory Lobb 31yr 11mth (Forward/Ruck)
Lachlan Smith 19yr 3mth

 

[Vader]

Rather than clog up bigman thread a omparison of all AFL clubs ruck situations..

Adelaide
Reilly O'Brien 29yr 4mth
Keiran Strachan 29yr 3mth

Brisbane
Oscar McInerny 30yr 6mth
Darcy Fort 31yr 5mth
Henry Smith 22yr 3mth
Zane Zakostelsky 19yr 1mth (Defender/Ruck)

Carlton
Tom DeKoning 25yr 5mth
Mark Pittonet 28yr 7mth
Hudson O'Keefe 20yr

Collingwood
Darcy Cameron 29yr 5mth
Mason Cox 33yr 10mth (Forward/Ruck)
Illiro Smit 19yr 8mth
Oscar Steene 21yr 4mth (Forward/Ruck)

Essendon
Sam Draper 26yr 3mth
Todd Goldstein 36yr 6mth
Nick Bryan 23yr 2mth
Vigo Visentini 19yr 4mth

Fremantle
Sean Darcy 26yr 7mth
Luke Jackson 23yr 3mth (Forward/Ruck)
Liam Reidy 24yr 7mth
Odin Jones 19yr 3mth
Aiden Riddle 19yr

GWS
Keiran Briggs 25yr 3mth
Nick Madden 20yr 7mth
Logan Smith 18yr 3mth

Geelong
Rhys Stanley 34yr 1mth
Mark Bkicavs 33yr 9mth (Midfielder/Ruck)
Toby Conway 21yr 8mth
Mitch Edwards 19yr 7mth
Joe Pike 19yr 7mth
Jacob Molier 18yr 3mth

Gold Coast
Jarrod Witts 32yr 4mth
Ned Moyle 22yr 11mth
Max Knobel 20yr 6mth
Ethan Read 19yr 6mth

Hawthorn
Lloyd Meek 26yr 8mth
Ned Reeves 26yr 2mth
Max Ramsden 21 yr 8mth (Forward/Ruck)
Clay Tucker 20yr 9mth

Melbourne
Max Gawn 33yr
Tom Campbell 33yr 2mth
Will Verrall 20yr 10mth

North Melbourne
Tristan Xerri 25yr 10mth
Brynn Teakle 25yr 2mth
Finnbar Maley 21yr 5mth
Taylor Goad 19yr 8mth

Port Adelaide
Jordan Sweet 26yr 11mth
Dante Visentini 21yr 11mth
Ivan Soldo 28yr 9mth
Jacob Moss 19yr

Richmond
Toby Nankervis 30yr 5mth
Samson Ryan 24yr 1mth (Forward/Ruck)
Mate Colina 25yr 7mth
Oliver Hayes-Brown 24yr 8mth
Ben Miller 25yr 4mth (Forward/Ruck)
Tom Sims 18yr 8mth

St Kilda
Rowan Marshall 29yr 1mth
Max Heath 22yr 2mth (Forward/Ruck)
Alex Dodson 18yr 7mth

Sydney
Brodie Grundy 30 yr 9mth
Peter Ladhams 27yr
Hayden McLean 25yr 11mth (Forward/Ruck)
Will Green 19yr 4mth

West Coast
Matthew Flynn 27yr 4mth
Bailey Williams 24yr 8mth
Harry Barnett 20yr 11mth
Archer Reid 19yr 3mth (Forward/Ruck)
Coen Livingstone 19yr 7mth (Forward/Ruck)

Western Bulldogs
Tim English 27yr 5mth
Rory Lobb 31yr 11mth (Forward/Ruck)
Lachlan Smith 19yr 3mth

If you're going to list Forward/Ruck players for other clubs, then you really need to include Thilthorpe for Adelaide.

 

[Coopers]

Maybe we'll be the first club to really and truly do away with the role.

I'd like to see that kind of thinking. I wonder how it would go, just playing another mid.

 

[GreyCrow]

Maybe we'll be the first club to really and truly do away with the role.

I'd like to see that kind of thinking. I wonder how it would go, just playing another mid.

I would instruct my ruck to smash it away from the centre area and do away with the 14 players clogging up the space

 

[Velvet George]

Rather than clog up bigman thread a omparison of all AFL clubs ruck situations..

Adelaide
Reilly O'Brien 29yr 4mth
Keiran Strachan 29yr 3mth

Brisbane
Oscar McInerny 30yr 6mth
Darcy Fort 31yr 5mth
Henry Smith 22yr 3mth
Zane Zakostelsky 19yr 1mth (Defender/Ruck)

Carlton
Tom DeKoning 25yr 5mth
Mark Pittonet 28yr 7mth
Hudson O'Keefe 20yr

Collingwood
Darcy Cameron 29yr 5mth
Mason Cox 33yr 10mth (Forward/Ruck)
Illiro Smit 19yr 8mth
Oscar Steene 21yr 4mth (Forward/Ruck)

Essendon
Sam Draper 26yr 3mth
Todd Goldstein 36yr 6mth
Nick Bryan 23yr 2mth
Vigo Visentini 19yr 4mth

Fremantle
Sean Darcy 26yr 7mth
Luke Jackson 23yr 3mth (Forward/Ruck)
Liam Reidy 24yr 7mth
Odin Jones 19yr 3mth
Aiden Riddle 19yr

GWS
Keiran Briggs 25yr 3mth
Nick Madden 20yr 7mth
Logan Smith 18yr 3mth

Geelong
Rhys Stanley 34yr 1mth
Mark Bkicavs 33yr 9mth (Midfielder/Ruck)
Toby Conway 21yr 8mth
Mitch Edwards 19yr 7mth
Joe Pike 19yr 7mth
Jacob Molier 18yr 3mth

Gold Coast
Jarrod Witts 32yr 4mth
Ned Moyle 22yr 11mth
Max Knobel 20yr 6mth
Ethan Read 19yr 6mth

Hawthorn
Lloyd Meek 26yr 8mth
Ned Reeves 26yr 2mth
Max Ramsden 21 yr 8mth (Forward/Ruck)
Clay Tucker 20yr 9mth

Melbourne
Max Gawn 33yr
Tom Campbell 33yr 2mth
Will Verrall 20yr 10mth

North Melbourne
Tristan Xerri 25yr 10mth
Brynn Teakle 25yr 2mth
Finnbar Maley 21yr 5mth
Taylor Goad 19yr 8mth

Port Adelaide
Jordan Sweet 26yr 11mth
Dante Visentini 21yr 11mth
Ivan Soldo 28yr 9mth
Jacob Moss 19yr

Richmond
Toby Nankervis 30yr 5mth
Samson Ryan 24yr 1mth (Forward/Ruck)
Mate Colina 25yr 7mth
Oliver Hayes-Brown 24yr 8mth
Ben Miller 25yr 4mth (Forward/Ruck)
Tom Sims 18yr 8mth

St Kilda
Rowan Marshall 29yr 1mth
Max Heath 22yr 2mth (Forward/Ruck)
Alex Dodson 18yr 7mth

Sydney
Brodie Grundy 30 yr 9mth
Peter Ladhams 27yr
Hayden McLean 25yr 11mth (Forward/Ruck)
Will Green 19yr 4mth

West Coast
Matthew Flynn 27yr 4mth
Bailey Williams 24yr 8mth
Harry Barnett 20yr 11mth
Archer Reid 19yr 3mth (Forward/Ruck)
Coen Livingstone 19yr 7mth (Forward/Ruck)

Western Bulldogs
Tim English 27yr 5mth
Rory Lobb 31yr 11mth (Forward/Ruck)
Lachlan Smith 19yr 3mth

St Kilda Harry Boyd

 

[Velvet George]

If you're going to list Forward/Ruck players for other clubs, then you really need to include Thilthorpe for Adelaide.

Even adding Thilthorpe which we shouldn’t given his knee, clearly we are behind what the rest of the comp are doing.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

If you're going to list Forward/Ruck players for other clubs, then you really need to include Thilthorpe for Adelaide.

As well as include Toby Murray

It might be someone’s opinion Murray isn’t a Ruck ….. but it’s just an opinion of a 200cm player

Rumour is Sam De Koning might be rucking this year ……. this wasn’t even a possibility until GEEL were forced out of necessity to use him last season