Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

[Scorpus]

Spoiler: Older Rumors

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Rumors from September 30

• FiveAA claims we are after Scott Borlace, current Head of Development at Brisbane (link)
• Claims of Rory Sloane
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  Rory Sloane

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  heading to Melbourne Demons as a development coach, but maybe not before asking for a job at the Crows first?
• Inside Trading suggests we are interested in Gold Coast's pick 12 (link)
• Inside Trading also suggests Clayton Oliver
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  is possibly back on the trade table, but doesn't link him to any specific clubs

Rumors from October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
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  a five year contract extension early ahead of free agency (link)
• We are attempting to lure Graham Wright to our football department (link)

Rumors from October 2-3

• Graham Wright, who we are chasing as a head of football, is also being chased by Carlton for a CEO position (link)

Rumors from October 4-5

• Gettable claiming pick 25 for Neal-Bullen and a future 2nd for Peatling (link)

Rumors from October 6

• Tom Morris claims we are open to splitting pick 4 (link)

Rumor summary October 8

• Jon Ralph claims we are not prepared to use a future 2nd on Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 9

• Graham Wright will not join Adelaide, instead taking up the Carlton CEO role (link)
• Tom Morris claims the Peatling trade will involve future 2nd and 3rd round picks, and we have offered him a four year deal at about $600k per season (link)
• Riley Beveridge claims we asked GWS if they were interested in one of our players in the Peatling trade (link)

Rumor summary October 10

• Collingwood are interested in Justin Reid as their new head of football (link)
• GWS want our future 2nd and pick 46 for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 11

• Poster claims we are attempting to lure Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, maybe in 2025 (link)
• Tom Morris claims we will do the Peatling deal for pick 46 and a future 2nd provided there are other late pick swaps (link)

Rumor summary October 13

• Tom Morris suggests we have offered a trade involving a swap of future 2nds for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 15

• After West Coast got absolutely rogered, Cal Twomey claims we have offered either two future 3rds for Peatling, or a swap of 2nds and a future 3rd (link)
• We have interest in Sam Davidson from Richmond VFL (link)
• Mitch Cleary claims some GWS players are facing suspensions from the AFL due to behaviour at an end of season event (link)
• Brett Montgomery is staying at GWS, meaning we were unsuccessful at luring him (link)

Rumor summary October 16

• Stalemate on the Peatling trade as of 4pm, with us threatening to send him to the PSD (link)

 

[George Kramer]

Riley Beveridge, in response to a listener question, seemed to suggest we asked GWS if they'd be interested in any players as part of the Peatling deal. Giants said no, but could be a signal that we're shopping a couple of guys around.

Give them 2 then for the price of 1.

 

[El Doederino]

"We need to get this done quickly, Geelong have a lot of other deals in the works".

Oh god, I'm getting flashbacks. That trade was the worst.

 

[FR0GGY]

"We need to get this done quickly, Geelong have a lot of other deals in the works".

“lube cost too much so we decided to just go dry.”

 

[1970crow]

Good position to be in means there is pressure to stay in team no free rides

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Also means players that were considered best 23 have been overtaken and are no longer.

 

[1990crow]

“We couldn’t ask for future first as they needed it for Henderson”

Ooft. I know Gibbs was bad, but for club killing impact Dangerfield trade is worse.

That 2016 Geelong first pick ended up being Jarrod Berry (Lions).
Players taken immediately after include English, SPP, Cumming and Hayward.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So are we still looking for someone to fill the role, or has Davis filled it?

Re-read my post.

They are 2 different roles we are looking to fill.

1 to boost coaching - Davis

1.to boost football department- still looking.

 

[George Kramer]

Re-read my post.

They are 2 different roles we are looking to fill.

1 to boost coaching - Davis

1.to boost football department- still looking.

That last role I don’t believe is happening, pretty sure Olsen said something like “we were looking to boost the footy department which we have with Davis. When someone of Wrights calibre becomes available you try to get him in”

So no Wright, no role.

 

[LoBu]

Like butter was an opinion at the time!

One thing Noble can do is conduct reviews, didn't he fire Sanderson and Ratten (St Kilda) after a couple of reviews? I'm sure some of the Nicks critics would love a Noble review on our club (again).

Apparently he's real hard nosed, rubbed JHF up the wrong way (speaking of butter).

 

[Cromulant]

That last role I don’t believe is happening, pretty sure Olsen said something like “we were looking to boost the footy department which we have with Davis. When someone of Wrights calibre becomes available you try to get him in”

So no Wright, no role.

In a way I'd rather that than going cheap and finding another Kelly.

But it's clear we need more, and it seems like only Tim Silvers is looking for it.

 

[WheresGroomgone]

Ooft. I know Gibbs was bad, but for club killing impact Dangerfield trade is worse.

That 2016 Geelong first pick ended up being Jarrod Berry (Lions).
Players taken immediately after include English, SPP, Cumming and Hayward.

Like one Saturday in 2017 I’ve blocked that trade from my memory we got the champion Gore and what else for Danger?

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Is this suggesting that Richmond are taking Langford at pick 1 or a
Our own draft Board rating at Adelaide.

So if Richmond take Lalor North FOS and West Coast Draper..... That leaves Langford at 4 for us to take? Which I believe Hamish would be pretty happy with

There is strong belief amongst recruiters that Lalor and Langford will be gone in that top 3, I think that will be reflected in Twomey's final phantom draft. Twomey has no idea about SA guys, which is why we haven't seen him linked too often with the Eagles, but make no mistake they are extremely keen. Haven't seen Jagga Smith linked with us at all yet, maybe because we are confident that FOS will still be there.

 

[FR0GGY]

Like one Saturday in 2017 I’ve blocked that trade from my memory we got the champion Gore and what else for Danger?

Milera pick wasn’t it? 10 or 13

 

[Mutineer]

Milera pick wasn’t it? 10 or 13

Got more than we would have got if we didn't force a trade and accepted free agency compo.

 

[hippyhippy]

Kane is right

I've sometimes wondered if people have such a high expectation of his value because of his name

Because the suns are the stupid party... Not the afl

When the afl gives away the draft pick... Everybody else loses. When the suns do it, they are only doing it to themselves.

 

[ftmch]

Probably because we weren't looking at them for the same role.

Balme/Wright would have been hired for a position above Nicks. Davis was hired for a position either below Nicks, or off to the side and slightly below Nicks, essentially a glorified Senior Assistant.

My reading (and I could be wrong) is that they were looking at getting Wright AND Davis, not Wright OR Davis. Unfortunately, we missed out on getting Wright, probably because nobody wants to live or work in Adelaide (the city).

Lol, what unadulterated horseshit. Ex-pat Adelaidians are the worst, I swear.

The reason for him not taking up the offer is very clearly because he's being offered a direct path to a CEO role, which he's widely known to have coveted for some time. The fact that he didn't flat out reject Silvers when he first started courting him suggests that there was at least interest in there.

 

[1990crow]

 

[George Kramer]

In other words we want our cake and eat it.

They’ve got the risk of the contract they should be looking to minimise.

 

[MRB37]

That's gonna be the problem. No one else is gonna pay a million dollars a year AND give up a top 20 pick for a guy who has all the issues Oliver has. Wanting your cake and eating it too from a Melbourne POV.

 

[1990crow]

That's gonna be the problem. No one else is gonna pay a million dollars a year AND give up a top 20 pick for a guy who has all the issues Oliver has. Wanting your cake and eating it too from a Melbourne POV.

Same as GC and Lukosius.
But then willing to offer pick 6 for Rioli.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Same as GC and Lukosius.
But then willing to offer pick 6 for Rioli.

At least Luko’s contract can be extended and some of the money smoothed out over a longer period

Oliver’s contract is just a straight-up albatross

 

[Tarasque36]

FOS is a country lad that boarded in Melbourne IIRC?. Smith is Vic metro and private school. If I am correct, that alone tells me enough

Not in this case. Jagga won't be a flight risk for this reason.
Yes, I have contacts here.
He's had a lot of contact with interstate clubs Sydney, Adelaide and West Coast. Plus Vic clubs, obviously.
He completed school last year, and focused on his football career this year knowing interstate is likely.
He has always been the sort of kid that would consider others before himself (usually kids are like "look at what I can do" he was always the one encouraging others "go on, try it, here let me help you".)
If an interstate club is good for him, he will stay and be a leader.
His dad played some games for Collingwood, family is thrilled to be in this position and have no attitude/arrogance to any club/state.
Jagga's attitude and family are exactly up Hamish's alley - as we often say on here.

However, saying that, I have no indication of how it may play out.

 

[Syd Crow]

Bargain, I'll have two please! sheesh

 

[El Doederino]

That last role I don’t believe is happening, pretty sure Olsen said something like “we were looking to boost the footy department which we have with Davis. When someone of Wrights calibre becomes available you try to get him in”

So no Wright, no role.

That’s my understanding too. We don’t need a Wright/Balme because we have Davis.

 

[George Kramer]

That’s my understanding too. We don’t need a Wright/Balme because we have Davis.

Yep, issue is who is going to stop Nicks being even shit given he’s got more time to coach

 

[Samcro24]

I think he’s confusing and with or