Player Watch #32: Toby Pink - has been selected with #1 in the RD - Welcome Back, Pinky

[The Nostradamus]

The Nostradamus is on a crazy streak lately.

A few of you should kneel before the great man.

Hope Smillie lands at Arden Street to cap it off.

Now just need a club to please take the stink before us so we don’t waste a rookie spot on ol pinky

I’d just pay out his trigger tho altogether regardless

Get a new rookie or keep the spot open for SSP train ons

 

[cybercrab]

I don't understand this as it doesn't give us any new spots, just means River will be picked up in the ND not the rookie

 

[The Nostradamus]

I don't understand this as it doesn't give us any new spots, just means River will be picked up in the ND not the rookie

or we don’t take river

Can also pass on our last pick

And end up going 37 senior list and 7 rookies

Instead of 38 and 6

 

[CURVE]

Delisted but will be rookied

Unless Gold Coast seeks a little revenge.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

I don't understand this as it doesn't give us any new spots, just means River will be picked up in the ND not the rookie

Gives us the flexibility to take 4 picks in the ND. Perhaps we think a player may be available later in the ND who won't be there in the rookie draft?

 

[cybercrab]

Gives us the flexibility to take 4 picks in the ND. Perhaps we think a player may be available later in the ND who won't be there in the rookie draft?

That makes sense, though it would be a pretty shit thing to do to Pink. Has a club ever committed to pick up a player and taken back their word? I'm assuming we pick up River as Cal said we would

 

[Shermanator]

Don't get too excited Nostra. Pink could be the new Kayne Turner. You think he's gone aaaaaaaaaand he's back.

Good on him for agreeing to being rookied though. Admire his team first ethos. Knows where he's at.

Wait.. Kayne Turner is returning? This totally makes sense as the last piece of the puzzle is a lock down defender .. can you imaging the Nostrils commotion?..

Backman Turner (Nostrils) Overdrive..

You aint seen nothing yet!!..

 

[trooroo4life]

I don't understand this as it doesn't give us any new spots, just means River will be picked up in the ND not the rookie

It’s to cover a River bid in the ND.

If we fill the list spots before hand and then someone bids we wouldn’t be able to match. This is just the safe way to go about it.

3 live picks and then take River with the last selection or match a bid with our last selection.

Really no difference at all for Pink. No one will pick him.

 

[Makeshift Park]

It’s to cover a River bid in the ND.

If we fill the list spots before hand and then someone bids we wouldn’t be able to match. This is just the safe way to go about it.

Mmm that presupposes we’re going to trade 2 and/or future picks into at least three 2024 picks

 

[Its a Process]

"Toby has worked hard to earn a second chance in the AFL, and we are committed to re-drafting him as a rookie.

"We thank Toby for selflessly agreeing to this move to assist the club with our list strategy."

What a team player!!

 

[Shermanator]

"Toby has worked hard to earn a second chance in the AFL, and we are committed to re-drafting him as a rookie.

"We thank Toby for selflessly agreeing to this move to assist the club with our list strategy."

What a team player!!

Heart and soul of the club!

Has there ever been a statue erected of a player selected from the rookie list before?..

Make it happen Euge.

 

[trooroo4life]

Mmm that presupposes we’re going to trade 2 and/or future picks into at least three 2024 picks

Yes I would think opening up another senior spot would suggest we have a swap basically agreed already.

Wouldn’t open up another spot if we were still likely to go in with 2 & 62. Rawlings says in the article it will allow us to bring in more talent via the draft. So another pick is coming from somewhere.

 

[amaz199]

absolute legend

 

[Samsquanch]

Really no difference at all for Pink. No one will pick him.

It would have been a risk if Adam Simpson was still at WCE though. I could just imagine him using their first round selection just to spite us!

He has form.

 

[LB2Snake]

This makes things interesting. Wonder if Brady has given up pick 2 for 15+25+36.......it's a super draft ya know.

Feel like I'm in the Simpson's Mono Rail episode. "2<6 and 8>2 this year!!"

 

[Chadwiko]

Hope this means the club is honouring the contract he earned via the trigger last year, and isn't giving him a pay cut as part of this move.

Toby did everything that was asked of him by the club, without much consistency as he was swung forward and back and forward again, as well as being thrown into the ruck. People forget that he played his first AFL games ever last year. Tough situation and he handled it superbly IMHO.

Yes, I'm an unashamed fan of his, and want him to succeed. Glad he's sticking around.

 

[Samsquanch]

Hope this means the club is honouring the contract he earned via the trigger last year, and isn't giving him a pay cut as part of this move.

Toby did everything that was asked of him by the club, without much consistency as he was swung forward and back and forward again, as well as being thrown into the ruck. People forget that he played his first AFL games ever last year. Tough situation and he handled it superbly IMHO.

Yes, I'm an unashamed fan of his, and want him to succeed. Glad he's sticking around.

I'd have preferred to see Harvey on the rookie list.

You did well leading the "Pink, Pink, Pink" chants last season Chad. Plenty of people joined in too!

 

[Chadwiko]

I'd have preferred to see Harvey on the rookie list.

Would have been 'cleaner' too, since Harvey was out of contract and didn't require us to delist anyone before re-rookie listing them.

Plus, y'know... Pink is better.

 

[Wonderdog]

Or perhaps we have an eye on a DFA for the list spot created by Pink.

 

[King Hansen]

Worst day of my life

 

[Waynesworld]

Saw him in a shop near my house recently.

Not as big as I thought he was.

What sort of shop?

 

[trooroo4life]

Or perhaps we have an eye on a DFA for the list spot created by Pink.

Rawlings stated in the article that they’ve opened the spot for the draft.

 

[Shermanator]

What sort of shop?

Adult..

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Hope this means the club is honouring the contract he earned via the trigger last year, and isn't giving him a pay cut as part of this move.

Toby did everything that was asked of him by the club, without much consistency as he was swung forward and back and forward again, as well as being thrown into the ruck. People forget that he played his first AFL games ever last year. Tough situation and he handled it superbly IMHO.

Yes, I'm an unashamed fan of his, and want him to succeed. Glad he's sticking around.

Can't just re-adjust a contract on the fly like that, unless a player agrees to it. I'd say he would've been on a base salary similar to a rookie list player which is why we could drop him down with no financial impact to him or to us.

 

[hilly]

Given his manager worked in a games trigger I highly doubt he is now on less money than he is entitled to.