Some perspective rather than fanboi hate mail.
Getting him for nothing will always remain a coup...one you would have been stoked about if your club had pulled it off. It still stacks up.
It is extremely rare for any fwd/ruck to be averaging what he was doing at Adelaide, hence their desperation to break all the rules to re-sign him. They got busted. We took advantage of it. Boo Hoo. If we could do it every season we would.
Alas its not often a club as stupid as Adelaide were comes along....and all we had to do is find an individual average of $5-7Kpa of future player payments right across the senior list spreadsheet to secure him. Sweet deal considering the long list of impending retirements at the time. A 1st rnd pick trade value for nothing, and only $100-150Kpa overs to snare him from Brisbane who were just assuming he'd go to them for under market worth. Who the hell wanted to go to Brisbane back then anyway ?...who would blame him. Anyone crying over a player doing whats best for their career and future needs to go play/watch amateur sports instead.
As a comparison, the yr before it was well known that Mitch Clark went to Dees on $600-650Kpa and knocked back far more to go to Freo who were cashed up and aggressive. Tippett's record was far better, and the $780K required just took a small tweak of the spreadsheet over ensuing seasons.
Go have a look at your own lists to find a comparison utility ruck/fwd.
Kurt Tippett...1.8 goals per game, 10 Hitouts
Drew Petrie... 1.3 goals per game, 4 Hitouts
Mitch Clark....1.1 goals per game, 9 Htouts
Len Thompson....0.90 goals per game, 17 Hitouts
Paul Salmon...1.7 goals per game, 12 Hitouts
Tippett year on year so far
Gls.....HO
17.....118
55.....243
46.....175
31.....130
39.....158
35.....16
34.....77
44....380 *
17....419
7......118
* 2015 are true champion numbers, missing 2 games and having two terrific finals.
See if you can find a single bloke who has averaged 2 goals a game and >17 HO's in the same season. That sort of season value is rare as hens teeth.
You just dont like his facethe way his chest sticks out a bit
his teeth
You think he drops a few too many overhead marks, but he's a better overhead mark than Franklin ever was.
You really cant put your finger on what it is you dont like...its just the whole package you hate
In terms of a trading coup, you did the same bleating and crying when Franklin didnt go to a cellar dwelling club where he wouldnt be an issue for you.
Adelaide got what they deserved for trying to hold him when he wanted out. They're still crying their poor little eyes about it...awww, that bad bad man didnt want to stay in Adelaide. Bunch of bloody amateurs.
All a player can do is further their career and on the numbers he was producing the queue for him was v v long. Gosh, did he mention Brissy was home but ended up going to Sydney instead ?...ohh booo bloody hoo. Get over yourself.
Even if he was to retire sooner rather than later, the bloke has been good without being an absolute star. Pushed thru some nasty injuries to stay or get back on the field, and made a damn solid contribution. Perhaps he hasnt lived up to his potential, but he has still been a matchwinner at times. Thats a hellova lot better than most can brag. He helped secure finals berths and played many great games including some great as well as poor finals. Nothing unusual there.
You can have a ruckman, or a forward. We got the versatility of having both...on the cheap. No training wheels, no 2-5yrs getting up to speed, etc etc.
Your logical, articulate and well thought out post support by facts and statistics has no place on BF.
Post reported..... I'll get the mods to sort you out.
More baseless accusations, incorrect assumptions, innuendo and just plain clueless statements required in this thread please.
