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Mercuri, how much Essendon regret
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45 years eh. even if you mean 4-5, you would still be wrong.
i don't know what your point is though. at least he goes on the veteran list next year.
i don't know what your point is though. at least he goes on the veteran list next year.
It's easy to look back in hindsight and say it was a shocking mistake and has cost the club dearly.
It also sent out a warning to other clubs not to sign players to long term deals.
He did the right thing by the club to take a pay cut.
It also sent out a warning to other clubs not to sign players to long term deals.
He did the right thing by the club to take a pay cut.
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Sheik Mathious
All Australian
Long term deals for midfielders are becoming a thing of the past. Unless your name is Voss.
Collingwood and Eddie have got it right. 2 year deals. If they become duds then you can flick them.
Essendon got burnt. They know it! Smoking Joe is the other one that hurts.
Have tried to off load both with no success in past trade periods. Smoking was very close to going to the Pies at some stage. (Can't remember the exact year.) Do you think that Essendon wanted quality players like Hardwick, Carracella, etc out the door?
What about Kouta's deal at Carlton?
Collingwood and Eddie have got it right. 2 year deals. If they become duds then you can flick them.
Essendon got burnt. They know it! Smoking Joe is the other one that hurts.
Have tried to off load both with no success in past trade periods. Smoking was very close to going to the Pies at some stage. (Can't remember the exact year.) Do you think that Essendon wanted quality players like Hardwick, Carracella, etc out the door?
What about Kouta's deal at Carlton?
Originally posted by rockdog
And your point is? This is an old tired topic, move on.
Originally posted by Sheik Mathious
Essendon got burnt. They know it! Smoking Joe is the other one that hurts.
how so??? He was on a 2 year contract that ended this season in the first year of that he finished 4th in the B&F after missing 9 games, now he is on a 1 year contract.
marcuz
Norm Smith Medallist
I would have given mercs the arse...i cant see him giving us much this year....the fact we would have to pay him out if we did get rid of him and that would count towards the cap was in his favour.
Plus the fact he has been a star for most of his career i think sheeds felt we owed him the chance to go out with some dignity. So i hope mercs sticks it up his critics including me this year but i cant see it happening,
Plus the fact he has been a star for most of his career i think sheeds felt we owed him the chance to go out with some dignity. So i hope mercs sticks it up his critics including me this year but i cant see it happening,
Not only would it have counted towards the cap but we would have had to have paid his contract out in full I think, which would have put us over.
Even if we only paid him at the rate he is on for next year we would have had to have spent the whole year with one man down on the list because we couldn't even afford to pay for a draftee with what's left in our cap I believe.
So there's no point in delisting him if he can't be replaced. There's no point having nothing if you can have something. He can still provide service to the club even if it's not the playing deeds we loved to see.
BrownDog2
Team Captain
agreed - total hack. But on the positive side, because we were paying him so much we were forced to get rid of other duds who weren't getting a kick on big money, and got players like McPhee, Andrew Welsh, Cupido on less than half the money we were paying Caracella, Blumfield, Heffernan, Moorcroft etc.
Tired boring old topic.
But, the question needs to be asked?
If you were in Essendon and Mercuri's position in 1999, tell me you wouldn't have signed a long term deal at that moment.
But, the question needs to be asked?
If you were in Essendon and Mercuri's position in 1999, tell me you wouldn't have signed a long term deal at that moment.
It is all so easy in hindsight, but these things can go either way. It's a completely different competition altogether, but the Chicago Bulls signed Scottie Pippen in the early 90s to 5 years at $3m per year. Salaries exploded soon after and guys with half Pippen's talent were earning $10m a year. Pippen's contract turned out to be an absolute bargain for the Bulls, and a $50-$100 million mistake by Pippen and his manager. But, Pippen could have been struck down by chronic injuries soon after his contract was signed and the Bulls would have paid $15 million for a guy that was useless to them. It's a fine line. You win some and you lose some. Get the hell over it.
the contract was signed after the 2000 season was it not?
he was certainly not worth as much in 2000 as he was in 1999. we should have forseen that we would have trouble keeping the team together after 2000, yet we signed mercuri to that deal.
he hasn't even been alive for 45 years
how can you think he is getting paid too much when you don't know what he is getting paid?????
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I have no regrets. Mercuri is like family.
Yeah,correct.
That period also coincided with a stockmarket boom when everyone thought they were geniuses.
Let's hope there are no skeletons from the recent property boom which is just about to end.
Two year contracts should be maximum for everyone at every club which at least would slow down some of the overbidding going on.