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

[Keys]

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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

 

[Spod]

TB comes back to the club on a revised deal which runs for only 2025 so he’s a free agent at the end of next year and we get Band 1 easy done

Don't mind it but think his age would make it hard to get an F1, they factor it into the calculations.

 

[Spoon_Man]

Waterman to Barass on Day 1 of preseason..

 

[ronpingwins]

We really do need to get some picks in at some point. I’m team fold tbh

 

[bzparkes]

TB comes back to the club on a revised deal which runs for only 2025 so he’s a free agent at the end of next year and we get Band 1 easy done

 

[random260]

Sigh.

We try to be tough guys now.

Or hand finishes with
1. 3x year olds
2. 1 x 30 year old KPd
3. Downgraded pick 3 to 12

Wow that's not a rebuilding. There not a single thing that shouts we are rebuilding

 

[JackOutback]

No. Deals can be annnounced from 2pm AEST

Did you not see the Bolton deal announced?…

Thought that was just before the embargo, which shows just how little investment I have in their marketing attempts.

 

[Goroyals22]

The afl.com footage of Paul Connors throwing his weight around in the Geelong room and Mackie staring him down was good tv… shame the eagles room isn’t shown… we probably haven’t shown up


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[Lyyynnnchy]

TB comes back to the club on a revised deal which runs for only 2025 so he’s a free agent at the end of next year and we get Band 1 easy done

The deal with Hawks is 4+1. Pretty sure the free agency calc is off the 4 and doesn’t consider the 1 year option on performance

Next year he’s a year older so likely to be 3+1

We’re not getting Band 1 for a 30 year old with a 3 year deal

 

[javaguice]

Sounds like he might attend the same "special Northbridge club" that Carbine Chaos is a member of.

Is that the illegal brothel at 188?

 

[random260]

The worst trade period of all time. Not a single thing can be pointed to as we are serious about rebuilding

Did we gain more picks? Nope
Did we give up picks? Yep
Did we get young players? Nope.

 

[Deplorable trumpster]

To be in this position where you are haggling it out in the last hour of trade week over a player contracted to you and where the trade has been on the cards for 6 months now is just such awful mismanagement from our club. We shouldn't be in this position. Only an incompetent club would be in this position.

 

[Barrybran]

I feel like keeping Barrass is required to show other clubs we wont trade players for unders however accepting the current offer would be way better for our rebuild then to keep him. Tricky spot to be in.

I'd hold firm at this point. We screwed ourselves with Baker and Richmond knew it. Clubs are going to come after Reid hard next year, whether he wants to continue with us or not. This feels a bit like drafting Reid last year - do it to show clubs that we're playing our game, not theirs. Worst case is we keep Barrass and have a likely pick 3 to offer Sydney for Warner next year.

 

[eaglespremiers]

The afl.com footage of Paul Connors throwing his weight around in the Geelong room and Mackie staring him down was good tv… shame the eagles room isn’t shown… we probably haven’t shown up


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Tom Barrass' manager needs to throw his weight around in the next half an hour if we're going to get two future firsts.

 

[Keys]

Barrass aside, there’s still a heap of other deals to be done

Trade week and the AFL stage managing a final hour drama has become a parody

 

[kaiserchief13]

Hawthorn's supposed offer of F1 and F2 for Barrass and F1 is a bloody joke. Do they want Barrass for free????

 

[JackOutback]

Ask for two F1's and then add DGB in the last hour just to mess with them

Then delist him and invite him to train on over the summer.

I feel like keeping Barrass is required to show other clubs we wont trade players for unders however accepting the current offer would be way better for our rebuild then to keep him. Tricky spot to be in.

That's why Hawthorn are probably expecting us to fold. We need more draft picks. But given how bad the earlier trade was, they Eagles also need to rebuild their reputation.

 

[bzparkes]

Hawthorn's supposed offer of F1 and F2 for Barrass and F1 is a bloody joke. Do they want Barrass for free????

Clearly has to be a typo.

No way we give them Barrass and pick2ish for 2 late first rounders.

 

[eaglespremiers]

I'd hold firm at this point. We screwed ourselves with Baker and Richmond knew it. Clubs are going to come after Reid hard next year, whether he wants to continue with us or not. This feels a bit like drafting Reid last year - do it to show clubs that we're playing our game, not theirs. Worst case is we keep Barrass and have a likely pick 3 to offer Sydney for Warner next year.

If we're wanting to be more competitive next year (which is the narrative everyone is saying following the Baker+P12 trade) Barrass will definitely be better than a future first and future second.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Clubs don’t owe anything to players. This “commitment” word is BS. Only Weat Coast uses it and it doesn’t seem to impact other clubs

Essendon - despite being the acknowledged as being th worst club to deal with, get involved in plenty of deals

Same goes for Geelong

Basically what I've said. Consider deleting the post

 

[Hook461123]

I get making a stand for Barrass and I'm happy to keep him rather then taking unders and further diminishing our future trade reputation. However I think our priorities have been backward this trade period.
We should've been working on maximizing our draft hand first and foremost by getting the Barrass deal done and then made a stand on Baker. I think we would've still got him without diluting our draft hand so much.
Having only 2 picks in this draft is really deflating.

 

[Barrybran]

If we're wanting to be more competitive next year (which is the narrative everyone is saying following the Baker+P12 trade) Barrass will definitely be better than a future first and future second.

Exactly

 

[DanWCE]

Masto and Schoey have just confirmed Eagles are paying part of TBs salary at the Hawks

 

[Deplorable trumpster]

If Hawthorn actually wanted Barrass they wouldn't have tried to sabotage the trade by pulling the stunt they pulled. They have already clearly indicated they don't want Barrass anymore. This is all just a game now where they make sure no deal goes through but do it in such a way that they can blame us.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Clearly has to be a typo.

No way we give them Barrass and pick2ish for 2 late first rounders.

If it's F1 and F2 for Barrass and F3, just ask for Hawthorn's F3 as well, so F1, F2 and F3 for Barrass and F3. Accept that

 

[Broken_Chairs]

Hawthorn's supposed offer of F1 and F2 for Barrass and F1 is a bloody joke. Do they want Barrass for free????

Haha assume it's a typeo on the AFL site - F3 going back is what's been reported previously