Dangerfield won't leave. He doesn't want to be in Melbourne, he wants to be home. His home is Mogg's Creek (on the Great Ocean Road) which is 30 minutes the other side of Geelong. He grew up in Mogg's Creek and spent a fair bit of time in Geelong (i.e. for school). In other words, its a fairly decent hike to a Melbourne club - realistically closer to two hours depending which club. Melbourne isn't home. So the issue here is that if he is that home sick, travelling two hours each way every day isn't going to cut it. With all due respect if he is the type of guy who loves laid back life of Mogg's Creek - he would hate the bustling city life of Melbourne.
The issue is also that Dangerfield is contracted for next season which means a good deal would have to happen and its likely the club he wants to go to isn't going to get high draft picks or trade a raft of players for him. Geelong have shown an unwillingness to trade premiership players and Adelaide are playing hardball on Tippett and refusing to trade him. This makes trading Dangerfield to Geelong almost impossible.
The next issue is that his value to Geelong is significantly less than what it is to the Crows. This make its very difficult. For example, I can't see Adelaide jumping at Geelong's first rounder, their Ablett selection (the pick after their first rounder in the next four years) and even a young South Australian like George Horlin-Smith chucked in. Thats probably as good as a team like Geelong could offer (if they would offer that which I'm not convinced they would chuck in George Horlin-Smith). Adelaide will want more than anyone is prepared to offer.
For those reasons, a Dangerfield trade is basically impossible. I think if Dangerfield is insistent on getting to Geelong, its the type of case that the AFLPA would challenge to bring down the CBA. Adelaide will want more than Geelong can offer and Dangerfield would have substantial reason to nominate only Geelong as his club. I can see this as the type of case that goes through courts to get all AFL players free agency.
The issue is also that Dangerfield is contracted for next season which means a good deal would have to happen and its likely the club he wants to go to isn't going to get high draft picks or trade a raft of players for him. Geelong have shown an unwillingness to trade premiership players and Adelaide are playing hardball on Tippett and refusing to trade him. This makes trading Dangerfield to Geelong almost impossible.
The next issue is that his value to Geelong is significantly less than what it is to the Crows. This make its very difficult. For example, I can't see Adelaide jumping at Geelong's first rounder, their Ablett selection (the pick after their first rounder in the next four years) and even a young South Australian like George Horlin-Smith chucked in. Thats probably as good as a team like Geelong could offer (if they would offer that which I'm not convinced they would chuck in George Horlin-Smith). Adelaide will want more than anyone is prepared to offer.
For those reasons, a Dangerfield trade is basically impossible. I think if Dangerfield is insistent on getting to Geelong, its the type of case that the AFLPA would challenge to bring down the CBA. Adelaide will want more than Geelong can offer and Dangerfield would have substantial reason to nominate only Geelong as his club. I can see this as the type of case that goes through courts to get all AFL players free agency.
