Most successful Long term deal?
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Yep - that's the only answer to this question. Lock the thread, it's over.
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Didn't win a flag up there though, so I am not convinced the Swans got the return on the investment that they hoped for.
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It’s Dustin Martin and it’s not even close.
Signed a seven year deal on the eve of a dynasty in which he showed he was the best big game player we’ve likely ever seen.
This year was the second last year of the deal and an argument can be made he deserved to be All Australian.
Signed a seven year deal on the eve of a dynasty in which he showed he was the best big game player we’ve likely ever seen.
This year was the second last year of the deal and an argument can be made he deserved to be All Australian.
Definetely our best long term deal.
It tied in both player and club success, and he never really fell off the cliff at the end (assuming he doesn't this year which seems extremely unlikely).
An amazing career. If there's anything missing it's a flag at the Swans which never quite worked out and in the last handful of years, his form (largely injury related) probably wasn't worth the cap space of the deal. Think he might have had a few injury plagued seasons where he missed a lot of footy
Yeh nah, how old are you? It's still Lynch by a mile. The guy signed a 10 year contract in 1994 , years 7-10 of that contract he was still full forward in a dynasty team that almost won 4 flags in a row.
He would have been paid peanuts compared to what he was worth . The money / % of the cap he got compared to Martin would be nothing
Franklin and Martin are two of the highest-paid players in the game for their entire contracts. Lynch's turned out to be an absolute bargain for the Lions - got paid about a third of what he was worth.
The question is successful for who, the player or the club, the Martin deal probably wins it as a win win contract for both player and club, Lynch is easily the best long term deal for a club though.
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The premise of the thread isn’t how much the player was paid. It was simply the success surrounding long term deals. If you want to measure success by salary cap space, then sure, maybe you've got a point, but success to me is wins and premierships.
Alastair Lynch:
Ten years, 3 premierships and a winning percentage of 61.85%
Dustin Martin:
Seven years (6 thus far), 3 premierships and a winning percentage of 78.29%
Brisbane were also less reliant on Lynch than Richmond were on Martin.
A. Lynch, D. Martin
L. Franklin
T. Lynch
L. Franklin
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0 flags, cost Sydney their ability to cheat the salary cap. Was a complete failure, possibly the worst player move in AFL history.
0 premierships
The key reason he went to Sydney was to win flags.
Footy karma for shafting Hawthorn!
I wish people would stop saying that as it is 100% false.
Buddy went to Sydney as he wanted to get out of the Melbourne fishbowl and his wife had business opportunities in Sydney. That is why he wanted to move, and he picked the Swans over GWS as he felt the Swans were more likely to be in contention for a flag than GWS were, and he was right, but his primary reason for moving to Sydney was for personal reasons, not professional.
You saying "karma" is rather dickish considering all Buddy wanted was to be able to go to the shops without being swamped. I mean how dare he want that.
He literally said it during the press conference. And it is karma, the footy gods are good at seeking vengeance when players do the wrong thing.
