When money comes into it, it's probably a bit of a no-brainer, unless Boyd is just stupidly, incredibly good, like Tony Lockett-good, and Paddy only say Jay Schultz-type good at best. Otherwise, we'll be paying Paddy around $100K next season and then we'll probably look to extend his contract by 3 years at the end of next season, meaning we may end up paying him around $1.3mil for his first 4 years with us, while WB will be paying Boyd around $4mil for his first 4 years with them and there is an awful lot you can do with $2.7mil over 3 years (the likely estimated difference over that first 4 years) and then whatever the gap is between their contracts in the last 3 years of the next 7, if Boyd is still getting more than Paddy.
I think WB made the best of a bad situation though and doubt they have too many, if any regrets.
I think WB made the best of a bad situation though and doubt they have too many, if any regrets.