Past #42: Tom Lynch - officially retires from the AFL as a player

[giantroo]

Welcome Tom.

Confirmed by Brady and Luffy that he will join North and be added onto the rookie list. He will be on standby for the AFL but will mainly play in the VFL and be a development coach.

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[The Nostradamus]

cheeky “retirement” mid year to allow us to replace him with a MSD rookie?

 

[giantroo]

cheeky “retirement” mid year to allow us to replace him with a MSD rookie?

I like that thinking.

 

[buttox]

Welcome Tom.

Confirmed by Brady and Luffy that he will join North and be added onto the rookie list. He will be on standby for the AFL but will mainly play in the VFL and be a development coach.

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If he doesn't play a game next year it means our injuries have improved.
I've never wanted a player to be stuck in the VFL before.
Odd.
Welcome Tom.
2022 Frosty Miller medallist I reckon.

 

[AnEmptyChair]

He will genuinely be in the best 22 players on our list next year but won't play a game. It will be a bit odd.

Anyway, by all reports he was effectively a development coach already at Adelaide and his footy brain is highly regarded. Hopefully he's a key plank of number 5.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Understand the premise, with the soft cap ect but I think it stinks that it may have cost Ham or Dumont their career.

 

[the flying ham]

Love it. Great to attract highly regard people to the club, and a break glass to chop out at seniors. A lot to like

 

[shinboner magic]

If our soft cap is bursting - how much is Paul Roos getting paid

 

[hilly]

Understand the premise, with the soft cap ect but I think it stinks that it may have cost Ham or Dumont their career.

That's on them not Lynch.

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[the flying ham]

If our soft cap is bursting - how much is Paul Roos getting paid

It was cut by $3.5 million due to covid. Roos or no roos, clubs are getting creative

 

[Hojuman]

Do Richmond know ? After the CCJ fuss

 

[buttox]

Does Richmond know ? After the CCJ fuss.

Nope we got the one that can run.
Not the one on $1.4mil

 

[Shinboner1]

cheeky “retirement” mid year to allow us to replace him with a MSD rookie?

I reckon we'll carry him all year.
Decent stats for the games he played in 2021 including 23 disposals against north, 29 against melbourne and 25 against WC.
He'll be in his development role and used as cover if larkey or CCJ go down and we don't have another tall available to play a few games.
In no way did I think from the list management interview that he would be just used as stop gap. We'll probably keep him on the rookie list for 2-3 years.

 

[Devington]

If our soft cap is bursting - how much is Paul Roos getting paid

Even if we were penny pinching to the extreme and hit the soft cap, we would still be seeking methods to increase the number of manhours we have. I don't see the move as being an indictment on our fiscal management. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. In isolation I approve of this move regardless of anything else. It's just a rookie spot. There's plenty of them and the majority of players that go on that list end up achieving nothing.

 

[Shinboner1]

If our soft cap is bursting - how much is Paul Roos getting paid

Cut 3 million from the cap in 2020 and it hasn't increased yet.
Bursting at the seams for a lot of clubs I think.

 

[Shinboner1]

GWS has had mumford on a development/ruck coach player role for the past 2-3 years.
Its not just a this year kinda thing.

 

[The Nostradamus]

GWS has had mumford on a development/ruck coach player role for the past 2-3 years.
Its not just a this year kinda thing.

Difference is he could play a pivotal role in a team challenging for a flag

 

[the flying ham]

Difference is he could play a pivotal role in a team challenging for a flag

Development is pivotal. Mumford played because the other ruckmen were largely injured. Context is important

 

[roos_fanatic08]

That's on them not Lynch.

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Too true and in saying that, I hope Lynch can have a successful career both on and off the field for North. Have no doubt he can still contribute at the highest level

 

[ferball]

He's the perfect choice for us i reckon. Was so good in transition at thje Crows at his best. Its what we need to implement Nobes' running game.

 

[Ball Dont Lie]

Will play games and will be good. A few months older than Ziebell. Not sure why people would be against him playing if he merits being selected. If a kid wants his spot they can earn it. Competition for spots is what will drive us Up the ladder.

 

[the flying ham]

Will play games and will be good. A few months older than Ziebell. Not sure why people would be against him playing if he merits being selected. If a kid wants his spot they can earn it. Competition for spots is what will drive us Up the ladder.

No issues in him playing round 1 in the seniors. Standards matter, and games shouldn't be gifted. But sounds like they arent eyeing him off for too much senior footy

 

[buttox]

No issues in him playing round 1 in the seniors. Standards matter, and games shouldn't be gifted. But sounds like they arent eyeing him off for too much senior footy

Our VFL forward line with Lynch, Edwards and Comben will be worth going to watch.
Exciting.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Our VFL forward line with Lynch, Edwards and Comben will be worth going to watch.
Exciting.

Are we allowed to put Lynch in our best 22's?

Fun fact - Lynch is not the only 31 year old forward we have picked up from SA over the past 50 years.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Our VFL forward line with Lynch, Edwards and Comben will be worth going to watch.
Exciting.

He'll be great for the form and development of those young talls. Comben is a low disposal player and we should be looking at developing Edwards into a Luke Jackson type who wins it on the outside.