Camry Crows General Manager Phil Harper went on 5AA to explain the Nathan Bock departure and also explained the money that Gold Coast has to splash around.
http://www.fiveaa.com.au/audio_phil-harper-discusses-nathan-bock-s-exit-from-the-crows_99378
Basically GC has about 30 rookie/kids at about $100K each for a total of $3M. With a total salary cap of $9M that means they have about $6M to get 10 uncontracted players at about $600K/year.
With Nathan Krakouer on about $400K/year all the Gold Coast has to do is find another player at about $400/year and they will be able to spend about $1M/year on one player.
Now if you were the Gold Coast and you had $1M/year to offer a player, who would you try to sign up?
http://www.fiveaa.com.au/audio_phil-harper-discusses-nathan-bock-s-exit-from-the-crows_99378
Basically GC has about 30 rookie/kids at about $100K each for a total of $3M. With a total salary cap of $9M that means they have about $6M to get 10 uncontracted players at about $600K/year.
With Nathan Krakouer on about $400K/year all the Gold Coast has to do is find another player at about $400/year and they will be able to spend about $1M/year on one player.
Now if you were the Gold Coast and you had $1M/year to offer a player, who would you try to sign up?