List Mgmt. Welcome to Geelong Jack Bowes....

[CatRiot]

I like this selection. He can mark overhead too, so yes we promised him midfield minutes, but worse case scenario he can also play wing or flanks no issue.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I like this selection. He can mark overhead too, so yes we promised him midfield minutes, but worse case scenario he can also play wing or flanks no issue.

He does look pretty flexible positionally. I'd be keen on give him the run on ball he has been asking for

 

[CatRiot]

He does look pretty flexible positionally. I'd be keen on give him the run on ball he has been asking for

So would I to be honest. It's the area in our team that will need more support next season. I think he is more than capable for the role, especially if he has other big bodies next to him like Dangerfield and Blicavs, giving a bit of physical support around him. Even the tank Atkins takes out a player at the stoppages and frees him.

 

[Larry Donohue]

Jack Bowes

12

Jack Bowes

Age

26

Ht

189cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.3

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

18.0

4star

K

11.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

318.1

4star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

will be a mainstay in our midfield
Love this kid.
Balanced, good kick, composed
Will work brilliantly with our rotations.
Number 7 pick is an afterthought
If they nail the pick we are starting to build a decent future.
Hope Jack's potential is realised at this fine club
Get behind him

 

[Boxhead_31]

Good to see no mention of UniCORN's in this welcome to the club

 

[Seeds]

Pick 7 is so unnecessary Also why couldn’t the suns just extend and spread his contract out like Geelong have? Bowes seemed very settled in QLD. Something very suss about all this.

My guess is bowes would not accept it at gold coast. He will only take unders for his 3rd and 4th year at geelong.

 

[Seeds]

Good to see no mention of UniCORN's in this welcome to the club

My shimmy meter is tingling.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I get the feeling Bowes will be the best player we bring in this year.

Bruhn will give him some competition!
But love him backing himself to play in a stacked team..cant wait to see him out there.

 

[Strange Cat]

Pick 7 is so unnecessary Also why couldn’t the suns just extend and spread his contract out like Geelong have? Bowes seemed very settled in QLD. Something very suss about all this.

They backended his contract until they ended up in this situation where he had $1.6 mil over two years remaining

He agreed to help out the club by pushing his salary back each year and they returned the favour by shopping him around to free up the money for other players

A new club and a new contract allowed both parties to smooth out the amount over 4 years with abit extra on top of the amount owed from his previous contract

It isn’t hard to work out and it’s nothing suss about it

 

[FoolCat]

 

[Ratcat]

Doesn't he also go midfield?

 

[devilsnap]

Now it feels complete, eh, Boxhead_31 ?

 

[bellpark]

Damn Jack you look good in the hoops - you are very welcome and add a great dimension to the team. Have fun and go your hardest.

 

[Warhorse]

Bowes is a very high talent player. I can see him walking past Atkins and Parfitt is everything goes well for him.

 

[Turbocat]

I get the feeling Bowes will be the best player we bring in this year.

I have said it for a while ...at least for 2023 ...instant impact.

 

[Turbocat]

Any idea... what the best trade is ...after a club wins the flag?

 

[you pick one]

Doesn't he also go midfield?

I've seen a fair bit of him and that's his spot terrific talent.

 

[supahoops]

Gonna have the microscope on him well and truly. Love the chutzpah of nominating the premier and having the confidence to break into the team. Give him 14. Someone’s got to carry it on and out of all our recruits now and the next few years I’m hoping his is the best story.

 

[year of the cat]

To paraphrase Kerry Packer, “You only get one Gold Coast Suns in your life and I’ve had mine”.

 

[TheAthlete]

Bowes is a very high talent player. I can see him walking past Atkins and Parfitt is everything goes well for him.

Geez that is a massive call. He would want to be ******* good to walk past a player who won multiple games almost off his own boot in last quarters this year

 

[DanA]

Bowes is a very high talent player. I can see him walking past Atkins and Parfitt is everything goes well for him.

Parfitt sure, but Atkins is a beast, no way does this happen.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Bowes is a very high talent player. I can see him walking past Atkins and Parfitt is everything goes well for him.

I can see him walking past Atkins with the ball while Atkins blocks the opposition on-baller, his specialty

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Parfitt sure, but Atkins is a beast, no way does this happen.

We can rate Jack highly without having to denigrate our current players as well.

In the words of that Old El Paso girl, why don't we have both?

 

[jnrburger]

They backended his contract until they ended up in this situation where he had $1.6 mil over two years remaining

He agreed to help out the club by pushing his salary back each year and they returned the favour by shopping him around to free up the money for other players

A new club and a new contract allowed both parties to smooth out the amount over 4 years with abit extra on top of the amount owed from his previous contract

It isn’t hard to work out and it’s nothing suss about it

Exactly. Not sure why people are finding this one difficult - even the ‘experts’ on Fox were struggling with this tonight! “Why would he split $1.6m over 4 years when he was owed it in two?”

The $1.6m is not the total of his new 4 year deal, but it is factored into the total where we are now paying over what he would otherwise get if he signed a fresh contract based on his current market rate.

Would assume his new contract is something like $2m over 4 years - ie. $500k a year.


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[cats_09]

Pick 7 is so unnecessary Also why couldn’t the suns just extend and spread his contract out like Geelong have? Bowes seemed very settled in QLD. Something very suss about all this.

A couple of reasons:
- Bowes & GC agreed to a contract extension in 2019, but it was renegotiated at least once since then and that's why it ended up backend to the state it was; plus

- GC don't necessarily view Bowes as an automatic best 22 player going forward, and thus his contract was something that didn't exactly want to be paying