List Mgmt. Contract, Trade and Draft Discussions - 2024 Post Season

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Trade period
In: 12, F1, F2, F3, 73, Baker, Owies, Graham*
Out: 3, 63, F4, Barrass, Darling

*Free agent

Done deals

• Jai Culley, Alex Witherden
  23

  Alex Witherden

  Age

  26

  Ht

  188cm

  Wt

  85kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  20.7

  5star

  K

  15.2

  5star

  HB

  5.5

  4star

  M

  6.2

  5star

  T

  1.8

  4star

  MG

  386.5

  5star

  D

  13.0

  3star

  K

  10.0

  4star

  HB

  3.0

  2star

  M

  7.0

  5star

  T

  0.0

  1star

  MG

  201.0

  3star

  D

  24.0

  5star

  K

  15.4

  5star

  HB

  8.6

  5star

  M

  5.8

  5star

  T

  2.2

  4star

  MG

  380.2

  5star

  and Coby Burgiel delisted
  • Burgiel to be considered as a train on player

• Tom Barrass traded to Hawthorn
  • In: F1, F2, F3 (HAW)
  • Out: Barrass, F4

• Liam Baker and Matt Owies join West Coast in Pick 3 trade
  • In: Baker, Owies, 12, 73
  • Out: 3, 63, 68

• Jack Darling traded to North Melbourne for Pick 67

• Jack Graham joins West Coast as UFA

• Jake Waterman re-signs with West Coast until at least 2029

• Zane Trew, Jamaine Jones
  31

  Jamaine Jones

  Age

  26

  Ht

  180cm

  Wt

  80kg

  Pos.

  D/F

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  9.0

  2star

  K

  4.8

  2star

  HB

  4.2

  3star

  M

  2.1

  2star

  T

  3.8

  5star

  MG

  159.6

  3star

  D

  10.5

  3star

  K

  6.5

  3star

  HB

  4.0

  3star

  M

  2.5

  3star

  T

  4.0

  5star

  MG

  196.5

  3star

  D

  9.0

  3star

  K

  4.2

  2star

  HB

  4.8

  4star

  M

  2.4

  3star

  T

  4.2

  5star

  MG

  166.0

  3star

  and Jordyn Baker delisted

• Archer Reid (2027), Loch Rawlinson (2025), and Coen Livingstone (2025) sign extensions

 

[DRK_13]

The "this move is for Reid" narrative is just a cop-out.

Even Reid would know that another young elite midfield talent would be much better than Liam Baker

3

Liam Baker

Age

26

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

222.2

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

7.9

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

3star

MG

191.9

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

224.2

4star

(who cant string a sentence together) and short-bloke who was bound for VFL.

 

[Corn69]

How are we drafting Champion now? With a pick in the 70s?

That's the sweet part, we ain't.

We just got a generational small forward in Powies.

 

[WCEConnor23]

The most disgraceful trade is the clubs history. Matt Clarke is a ****ing moron.

 

[WA footy mad]

Lets hope we dont look back at the draft and say we could have had a such and such a player, but we gave away pick 3 to get Baker. Baker at best is around pick 20-30 anything higher than that he can stay at Richmond or Freo can be foolish enough to give a high pick away for him.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

All the people talking about cancelling their memberships while the board is like:

Which is basically why the answer is to boo Liam Bakers every touch. Sad but reality

 

[timeforanother22]

Throw in that we will end up losing Harley because after we finish bottom next year he will read the writing on the wall and want out.

In hindsight pick 3 for 6 + Baker looks pretty good right now

 

[xLeCrAs2x]

And to think we were melting over trading Barrass for pick 14 and using it on Baker. This is so much worse in every single way

 

[hudson2006]

I'm still in denial. I mean why not, hasn't actually happened yet. I'll melt once it's official.

 

[footy_basis]

Yeah definitely think he'll be a great addition to the Eagles.

From day 1 though I was worried about using pick 3 in some way for him.



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He will become the new whipping boy based on this trade period.

 

[Pwani Magharibi]

This looks like a dark day for the club.

Having sat through the debacle of the last three seasons, I was enthused by the recent off-field changes. I had hope that out of this horrific bottoming out period we might now be going to start building our next dynasty. But it would appear otherwise.

I can only assume the club feels the draft is an even one and the gap between player quality picks 3 and 12 is much less than most years, because Baker and Owies seems like a wafer-thin return for sliding from 3 to 12. It's a decision that reeks of short term thinking yet ironically the minor improvement to our squad is unlikely to lift us far up the ladder even in the short term.

The Kelly trade looks terrible in retrospect but you could understand at the time that the club was taking a swing at another flag while the premiership window lasted. The split pick for Ginbey and Hewett made sense given top players in the draft not wanting to move to WA and, if Hewett gets over his injury issues, could still turn out quite good. But this schmozzle? It's difficult to see any justification for it.

Once a player pulls on an Eagles jumper I support them, so good luck to Baker and Owies. I hope they surpass my expectations. But it's A-grade players that get fans excited, that premiership sides are built around. We are so much less likely to get one at 12 than at 3. Can only console ourselves that we probably would have chosen poorly with pick 3 anyway.

So far, our reward for three years of absolute mediocrity has been Chesser, Ginbey, Hewett and Reid, with no priority picks. Given that Harley is no guarantee to stay at West Coast longer term (probably more likely to leave as a result of this trade), that's not a great return. I fear we'll be dwelling in the bottom half of the ladder for the next decade.

 

[HurnsHairline]

Throw in that we will end up losing Harley because after we finish bottom next year he will read the writing on the wall and want out.

In hindsight pick 3 for 6 + Baker looks pretty good right now

I don’t even understand why Baker would want to come here after seeing what we are doing.

 

[Wight Wolf]

My god what have we done

 

[9494]

I still can’t get over this … almost stop supporting this club worthy.

Soft, heartless, dumb and ZERO F*CKIN HEART

WE really needed to pair quality players with Harley... he is wanting success and we do this.
At the end of Harleys contract he is off, gone, bye bye.
Kings of the big game my arse.

 

[kerrazy]

2 mins guys. Will be the first trade to go through. Woohoo.

 

[ghostbat12]

The most disgraceful trade is the clubs history. Matt Clarke is a ****ing moron.

Don’t think it’s only just his decision but he will be out of a job very quickly if he keeps going like this.

 

[Slash136]

It staggering to believe we could be this stupid after all the tough talk we cannot be this dumb.

 

[sey666]

The most disgraceful trade is the clubs history. Matt Clarke is a ****ing moron.

No, the most disgraceful trade in AFL history.

 

[footy_basis]

Throw in that we will end up losing Harley because after we finish bottom next year he will read the writing on the wall and want out.

In hindsight pick 3 for 6 + Baker looks pretty good right now

Do you have any confidence that this mob can extract fair or good value for harley? Absolutely not based on this disgusting mess.

 

[Cuzz09]

Ah well.

It sucks but what can you do.

Just like watching our on field efforts of late really.

watching West Coast on and off the field the last few years = "Just get through it"



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[Dark Sharks]

Tell ya what, Baker and Owies are absolutely going to cop it from fans.

Good.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

 

[DRK_13]

Don’t think it’s only just his decision but he will be out of a job very quickly if he keeps going like this.

The man was all smug in his press conferences. What an absolute joke.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

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Fan unrest

This is apocalyptic unrest

 

[GrumpyGoron]

Even after years of horrid performance and decision making, we’re still here supporting the club we love. If this goes through I honestly think it may be the straw that breaks the camels back.

 

[Jed Clampet]

I can just see it if Harley wants to go back to Vic. Eagles give Harley plus first round pick for Broad and 2 x 4th round picks.