It is, but given his age, it’s an extremely unlikely scenario.
I think the issue would be he gets paid outside of the soft cap because he’s an indigenous coach, if he’s a player that money would go under the players cap?
Base wage for a rookie isn't included in the salary cap. Port rookied Goldsack even though he was only going to coach, so $80,000 of his salary wasnt included in either soft or salary cap. It might work out the same as the indigenous grant, if Jetta was on the rookie list.
Yes, given that any amount saved would not be great, and that Jetta is 32, it would make no sense at all for us to put him on our list, when (if we do pick up a player) that would mean wasting an opportunity to get someone who might have a long-term future at the club.
Agree. Has any club actually used this draft to target short term needs or injury cover? And he isn't even a short term need.
Hardly anyone, since the mid-season draft made a return in 2019, seems to have been picked up just as a short-term fill-in. Clubs have mostly used the draft to try and snare promising young/untried talent, rather than bring in older, journeyman types. There's been a few, including younger types, who've been quickly discarded, but it still doesn't look as if anyone ever takes a player they think they might only keep for a few months.
Also probably depends on how highly they rate available players and how many they they're confident they'll cut at the end of the year. They're unlikely to pick someone and cut him after 3 months, so it isn't really a free hit, it costs you a rookie list spot and thus a rookie draft pick at the end of the year, with a bigger draft pool available.
Why only why do people keep pumping up Blake Schlensogs tyres? He's not athletic in that he's slow AF and sure as hell not slim. And people 'good below the knees' is such a lazy generic term anyone can just throw out there. Either was it all makes me think you've never seen him play because he's ver ordinary and not AFL and here you are saying he is.
My approach to the mid season draft, add a player with some ability and a future and not a spud like Schlensog, a 200cm great below the knees player. Might be handy if he was great above the shoulders but you keep telling the punters he can play, just not AFL standard.
I really liked Borthwick as well, he gave it everything, though he never seemed like the type someone might draft. I think Fowler must be in with a real chance, and even though he doesn't really fill a list need for us, if we're taking a player I hope we end up with him.
But he isnt one. They play him out of position. Thats the difference, where Fowler is a natural small forward.
So TD is probably correct in saying Fowler could perform better than Cal Brown as small forward at AFL level then.
as a small forward yes. But you can't compare them as natural positions.
Given they’d be competing for the same spot you can compare them.
