I am not doubting you but i cannot believe that.
Unless this is a one off I can't see us giving the most coin.
And if i am being honest if I were Lynch i would choose Pies or Tigers over us for less $$$$ everyday of the week and twice on Sundays.
Those teams play in front of 60k minimum at the G and are contenders for a few years to come.
We can't even get 30k to Burgoynes 350th.
I have no idea his motivations but he comes across as the type of bloke who isn't motivated by $$$.
I think thats a little tiny bit rough. 6-8 weeks ago the Pies were seen as a rabble. They still havent potentially beaten anyone of value during this period of good footy.
6-8 weeks ago we were being lauded for how quick we'd turned things around. Heck even last week we were seen as a monty for top 8. A bad week and everyones off us again.
Its easy to forget that even this time last year Richmond were just an ok team building for a crack at their first finals appearance foe ages.
Our contact with a bloke like Lynch would have been based on far more than the last 6 weeks. Weve been into him for years.
We are a really well run and organised club, we care about our players, we have a great new facility and an elite medical team to help sort him out. We have an offer that sounds just as good as anyone elses.
The way i see it, we deserve Toms consideration just as much as Rich and Coll.
Despite a lot of us being a little flat with where we are at this week, Id argue that over the course of the last 40-odd games of footy we have played at least half as many good games as bad games, its just that games like the 2 against Bris and GC stand out like dogs balls.