Certified Legendary Thread Alastair Clarksons.

Alistair to North in 2023?

  • Yes

    Votes: 257 77.4%

  • No

    Votes: 75 22.6%
  • Total voters
    332

Remove this Banner Ad

Status
Not open for further replies.
Firebat said:
Errr... Polec? Cried home sickness and ended up in Adelaide and then with us in Victoria?

There is no player in the game who would've turned down the Swans offer. He's still a great player and offers a ton of marketability as well. His output is probably worth 700k plus.
Click to expand...
Sydney aren't exactly giving off a vibe of trying to keep him either so he's not a mercenary per se.

He did 9 seasons at Hawthorn and Sydney each so not a serial club-hopper.
 

Log in to remove this ad.

GR probably posted this already:

AFL gives North, Giants a boost in Clarkson hunt​

Jon Pierik
The AFL has delivered Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne a boost, declaring any club which lands Alastair Clarkson can apply for ambassadorial payments.

Clarkson, the four-time Hawthorn premiership coach, is in deep discussions with North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney to fill their coaching vacancies.
He appears likely to pocket $1 million or more a season but under a soft cap of about $7 million next year - which does not include a further $670,000 in exemptions - fitting the salary that Clarkson expects, along with his new key football lieutenants, shapes as a squeeze.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan insisted on Friday that Clarkson could only sign with the Kangaroos or Giants under the terms of his club contract but - in one of the league’s grey areas - said ambassadorial payments, sometimes given to coaches and players to sell the sport, particularly in rugby league markets, were available.
“They can get them but not in the lead-in to an agreement. So, we need our coaches and players to market products, parts of the code, whatever, but they are never part of the agreement,” McLachlan said on 3AW.

“So, if you are talking about Alastair Clarkson, he will not be able to bank on, in dealings with North Melbourne or GWS, or whoever he might be talking to … other than to say he has to make his decision on terms offered to him in the salary cap within that framework. If he then signs with whoever that team is, if there is an opportunity or role to market something, then they come up, that’s the same way applies to all players and coaches.”
 
Disco Dew said:
For everyone's health, I would strongly recommend staying out of this thread. The stress is getting to me....
View attachment 1466740

J/K, I'm just fat and love food :D
Click to expand...
Blasphemy! There is no jam and cream in this picture. That's their best one!
 
Flawed Genius said:
GR probably posted this already:

AFL gives North, Giants a boost in Clarkson hunt​

Jon Pierik
The AFL has delivered Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne a boost, declaring any club which lands Alastair Clarkson can apply for ambassadorial payments.

Clarkson, the four-time Hawthorn premiership coach, is in deep discussions with North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney to fill their coaching vacancies.
He appears likely to pocket $1 million or more a season but under a soft cap of about $7 million next year - which does not include a further $670,000 in exemptions - fitting the salary that Clarkson expects, along with his new key football lieutenants, shapes as a squeeze.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan insisted on Friday that Clarkson could only sign with the Kangaroos or Giants under the terms of his club contract but - in one of the league’s grey areas - said ambassadorial payments, sometimes given to coaches and players to sell the sport, particularly in rugby league markets, were available.
“They can get them but not in the lead-in to an agreement. So, we need our coaches and players to market products, parts of the code, whatever, but they are never part of the agreement,” McLachlan said on 3AW.

“So, if you are talking about Alastair Clarkson, he will not be able to bank on, in dealings with North Melbourne or GWS, or whoever he might be talking to … other than to say he has to make his decision on terms offered to him in the salary cap within that framework. If he then signs with whoever that team is, if there is an opportunity or role to market something, then they come up, that’s the same way applies to all players and coaches.”
Click to expand...
That’s probably worse for us considering the afl funds the giants so much
 
Flawed Genius said:
GR probably posted this already:

AFL gives North, Giants a boost in Clarkson hunt​

Jon Pierik
The AFL has delivered Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne a boost, declaring any club which lands Alastair Clarkson can apply for ambassadorial payments.

Clarkson, the four-time Hawthorn premiership coach, is in deep discussions with North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney to fill their coaching vacancies.
He appears likely to pocket $1 million or more a season but under a soft cap of about $7 million next year - which does not include a further $670,000 in exemptions - fitting the salary that Clarkson expects, along with his new key football lieutenants, shapes as a squeeze.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan insisted on Friday that Clarkson could only sign with the Kangaroos or Giants under the terms of his club contract but - in one of the league’s grey areas - said ambassadorial payments, sometimes given to coaches and players to sell the sport, particularly in rugby league markets, were available.
“They can get them but not in the lead-in to an agreement. So, we need our coaches and players to market products, parts of the code, whatever, but they are never part of the agreement,” McLachlan said on 3AW.

“So, if you are talking about Alastair Clarkson, he will not be able to bank on, in dealings with North Melbourne or GWS, or whoever he might be talking to … other than to say he has to make his decision on terms offered to him in the salary cap within that framework. If he then signs with whoever that team is, if there is an opportunity or role to market something, then they come up, that’s the same way applies to all players and coaches.”
Click to expand...

I like it! We can send Al to Collingwood and Carlton to try and drum up business for the AFL.

We must be very close so the AFL has tried to get GW$ a leg up.

Oh well
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

KickItAnywhere34 said:
So for what it’s worth we need to take notice of David Kings comments this morning - “get it done by the end of the H&A season”.
My source hasn’t changed on the info that the deal is done verbally and although his initial information was it would be announced by possibly today this clearly won’t happen. It appears the window dressing meetings this week have pushed an announcement out but I think Kingys take is pretty accurate although I have NO further info from my source other than - “patience”. Putting together everything we have got him but just have to wait.
Click to expand...
This being the case still has potential for something to go wrong. I was nearly treating it is a done deal, but now I think it's just a likely possibilty. Won't be celebrating until I see the presser.
 
Le Grille said:
How?
Click to expand...

If the AFL were going to punt extra $$$ to Clarko to get him up there, they wouldn't be open and transparent about it.

GWS would sign him and then in a few months, like 10.45AM the day of the First Test, there'd be a press release dropped out announcing GWS have been given an extra $750k in community ambassador allowances.

Saying while all the attention is on Clarko that his deal has to fit in the soft cap and only then can clubs - and mentioning us by name - apply is saying nah its a level playing field.

Likes of West Coast and Collingwood are lethal on soft cap stuff at moment, they won't wear it being rorted for GWS like this.

It takes a key GWS advantage off the table imo. Their path to getting him just got lots narrower and steeper.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Remove this Banner Ad

Similar threads

RossHenshaw
  • Locked
Bye bye Clarkson
56 57 58 59 60
Replies
1K
Views
65K
Twinkletoes
Twinkletoes
Psicosis
Strategy Clarksons Game Plan
2 3
Replies
67
Views
3K
Liam Boy
Liam Boy
Nate7
Coach Sack Clarksons!
2 3 4
Replies
99
Views
7K
amaz199
amaz199
Back
Top