AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent 2028 or 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 18, doug85

 

[DERO]

1) There is no reason to believe Parish is the sort of character Cotchin was.

2) Even if makes a change mentally, he has neither the speed nor endurance to be anything more than a plodder when it comes to defensive running.

We'll never know now that Stringer has left. They could have gone on walks together.

 

[The Donners]

Alright run through it

He’s not agreeing to trade to any of the 8 interstate sides - just had a young kid.

Carlton, Melbourne, North, Bulldogs don’t need an inside mid. Richmond is going in another direction.

Hawthorn you could squint and make an argument for, but the way they play and spending money elsewhere id guess probably not.

Geelong, Collingwood and St Kilda probably the 3 options you could’ve made a case for. But these days such a long contract doesn’t secure you any sort of asset - in fact, it’s seen as a burden to his new team to have to take that on.

Having a kid doesn’t stop you from relocating and the “encumbered” club can pay part of an outgoing player’s salary to entice opposition clubs.

 

[jdstorm]

Having a kid doesn’t stop you from relocating and the “encumbered” club can pay part of an outgoing player’s salary to entice opposition clubs.

If we’d have to pay a huge amount of salary to get a pick that’s likely to produce a player both worse then Parish and have to pay Parish salary there’s little value in doing that.

At minimum Parish is a former AA mid in the prime of his career who’s adding competition for best 22 spots and selection pressure.

If teams are asking you to give him away you don’t have to. Can just hold and potentially have him rack up 50 a game in the VFL as injury cover. Then trade him in 12 months if he wants to leave.

Just because the rosters unbalanced doesn’t mean we have to turn into Gold Coast and give away perfectly good players we can easily afford

 

[cAsEy_18]

Having a kid doesn’t stop you from relocating and the “encumbered” club can pay part of an outgoing player’s salary to entice opposition clubs.

It doesn’t, but speaking as someone with a young kid myself, you want to have things settled, be close to family/your support base etc…
There is zero chance with a 2-3 month old at home and life set up here that Parish would have been intrigued if Essendon went to him and said “Hey, have you thought about WA?”

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Parish avoids physicality. Hates to engage with an oppo and stoppage because it stops his momentum getting the footy himself.

Most his tackles are gang tackles or repeat stoppage tackles and too many the oppo still gets his hands free to handball. People will speak to his improving tackle numbers but he’s is no where near the level that we need him.

I don’t see him as overly team orientated either. Would definitely run harder two ways if that was the case.

Parish is smart though, he knows that possessions = personal accolades. Every time you run defensively thats energy spent not getting the ball. You only have so many petrol tickets in a game.

All stars know this but parish isn’t anywhere near as damaging when he does win it offensively.

the guy won an AA selection as an inside mid.

when healthy he is one of the best contested mids in the game.

the suggestion he doesn't like contact, is utterly stupid.