Restricted Free Agent Zak Butters

[RonnieRaven]

Great player …… but would prefer halving his next contract/salary and having two A graders on the list!

He is elite just missed out on 3 straight AA because he missed a few games still won his 3rd straight bnf
AFLCA winner 25yrs old
It’d be a lot smarter spend than tdk lynch and the like

 

[SSSSSS]

besides the old 'he barracked for them as a kid' what is appealing to ZB about the Dogs.. Low profile club, had a lower average crowd than Port in 2025, If dogs dont win a final Bevo's job will be under huge scrutiny, home ground in the worst part of Melbourne of any club and with so many other 'stars' and Darcy likely to become the highest paid player in the comp if its about $ I am sure other clubs like Essendon or Collingwood would have more $ available.

Closest club to home.
High potential list just hasn't quite clicked.

I can see a lot of reasons why he'd lean that way.

 

[Cyclops]

Has a raggedy Anne looking head, like Picken or that ex captain so Dogs likely, but Daics prolly knows who he has a crush on from high school=leverage, so we're second in line.

 

[CobberRodgers]

Has a raggedy Anne looking head, like Picken or that ex captain so Dogs likely, but Daics prolly knows who he has a crush on from high school=leverage, so we're second in line.

Mate didn’t you see the Bombers on the weekend? Did you know they have a war chest?

There is no line.

Butters AND Daicos to the Hangar.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Zac is a low profile guy.
Playing with Bont.
Money.

Players left large clubs and moved to St Kilda last year.

That was 100% about $ and Saints had to pay considerably above market rate.. Wont be any shortage of clubs prepared to pay Zac 2mil a season.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Closest club to home.
High potential list just hasn't quite clicked.

I can see a lot of reasons why he'd lean that way.

Geelong is closer to Bacchus March than Footscray and Tullamarine would be closer once you factor in traffic.

 

[Cyclops]

Mate didn’t you see the Bombers on the weekend? Did you know they have a war chest?

There is no line.

Butters AND Daicos to the Hangar.

Can Essendon get him in a room with Hird so they can "Pluribus" him?

 

[Orfullrules]

Mate didn’t you see the Bombers on the weekend? Did you know they have a war chest?

There is no line.

Butters AND Daicos to the Hangar.

24/7

 

[SSSSSS]

Geelong is closer to Bacchus March than Footscray and Tullamarine would be closer once you factor in traffic.

Not according to Google maps.

Footscray a couple of minutes (40 minutes) closer than Tulla (44 minutes).

Geelong the furthest out at about 51 minutes.

Much of a muchness in any case.

 

[matey]

He is elite just missed out on 3 straight AA because he missed a few games still won his 3rd straight bnf
AFLCA winner 25yrs old
It’d be a lot smarter spend than tdk lynch and the like

Agree but I’m a bit of a don’t put all your eggs in the one basket type. I would prefer striving to have the best team/list in the competition …… over getting one of the best players. No player is worth $2mil with the current cap levels in place

 

[Atomboy]

Talk of $2mil per year or 2 payers on $1mil each. B graders do not get paid $1mil! If they do ….. that’s bad list management.

In two years time, $1 million will be the going rate for an above average player.

 

[Bald]

That was 100% about $ and Saints had to pay considerably above market rate.. Wont be any shortage of clubs prepared to pay Zac 2mil a season.

Do you think smaller market clubs should have higher salary caps then if they've got nothing else to offer?

 

[HairyO]

In two years time, $1 million will be the going rate for an above average player.

Clubs doing that will deserve their level of shitness.

 

[Atomboy]

Clubs doing that will deserve their level of shitness.

Weddle and Newcombe both got close to that in their recent deals didn’t they ?.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Do you think smaller market clubs should have higher salary caps then if they've got nothing else to offer?

It’s an interesting question and the answer is probably yes, although I would just prefer to restrict teams that finish top 6 from acquiring free agents.

 

[matey]

Weddle and Newcombe both got close to that in their recent deals didn’t they ?.

Big difference is that neither of them spoke to any other club unlike TDK and NWM driving up their price. Weddle could have received half a mil more each year from the Bombers. I know Hawks haven’t achieved anything yet with its current team under Sam but this is the culture you want to create across the playing list. Overpay players and you could potentially miss out or lose players ……. just ask Aleer

 

[Orfullrules]

Big difference is that neither of them spoke to any other club unlike TDK and NWM driving up their price. Weddle could have received half a mil more each year from the Bombers. I know Hawks haven’t achieved anything with its current side under Sam but this is the culture you want to create across the playing list. Overpay players and you could potentially miss out on others ……. just ask Aleer

Haven’t achieved anything, lol. Very short memory. But but semi and then prelim. Make up your mind.

 

[matey]

Haven’t achieved anything, lol. Very short memory. But but semi and then prelim. Make up your mind.

Are you serious? No one remembers who played in a semi, prelim down the track

 

[Sarcoidevo]

So which club has 2 million free a year to spend?

 

[Atomboy]

Big difference is that neither of them spoke to any other club unlike TDK and NWM driving up their price. Weddle could have received half a mil more each year from the Bombers. I know Hawks haven’t achieved anything yet with its current team under Sam but this is the culture you want to create across the playing list. Overpay players and you could potentially miss out or lose players ……. just ask Aleer

Yeah but my point is that it’s not going to be unusual for clubs to be paying $1 million for above average players in a couple of years. The Hawks are close to doing it for a couple already.

Clubs who have been banking their caps for a few years will be able to pay these salaries without impact.

Not sure what Aleer has to do with it, by all accounts he is now on a modest wage with GWS.

 

[HairyO]

Weddle and Newcombe both got close to that in their recent deals didn’t they ?.

No idea. But I doubt they would generally be considered "above average".

 

[Orfullrules]

No idea. But I doubt they would generally be considered "above average".

Lol. Newcombe isn’t above average? Weddle is close to being well above average. Good old hairy, you’ll hit the mark one day

 

[Atomboy]

No idea. But I doubt they would generally be considered "above average".

Not sure either of them have done much to deserve a different rating to this point in time.

Newcombe is a good in and under player and Weddle could be a cracker but yet to do it consistently.

 

[HairyO]

Lol. Newcombe isn’t above average? Weddle is close to being well above average. Good old hairy, you’ll hit the mark one day

Both are well above average which is why one of them is in every top 50 list and the other was offered $10m by your clown school.

Supporters like you are why your club has been useless for decades and wont change.

 

[HairyO]

Not sure either of them have done much to deserve a different rating to this point in time.

Newcombe is a good in and under player and Weddle could be a cracker but yet to do it consistently.

See my comment above. Applies perfectly to you and your club too.

Just because St Kilda pays millions to average players, doesnt mean the successful clubs will.