Free Agency George Hewett [joins Carlton as a restricted free agent]

[eth-dog]

According to the old formula, the maximum age bonus was +12 for being 26. I don't think there was a way to get any more? If so, Hewett should get the same age bonus, and then it simply comes down to salary. If Hewett's is similar, we should get the same compo. If Hewett is higher, we might get band 3.

You've gotten band 4.

The fact Hewett and Chol get the same compensation should be cause to overhaul the system. Absolutely baffling decision.

 

[Taylor]

 

[TakingThePies]

Just a strange but typical Carlton get.

 

[Gratees]

wonder if anyone will get that reference

 

[Millky95]

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wonder if anyone will get that reference

Shame the AFL can't spell his name right

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Just a strange but typical Carlton get.

This is the least “typical Carlton” recruit in recent memory.

 

[Millky95]

Spelt his name right this time (former tweet deleted)

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Just a strange but typical Carlton get.

What's strange about identifying players that you think will make you better, then trying to get them into the club?
What's a 'typical Carlton get'? And how does this fit that?

 

[Crashy]

Swans likely to match?

do they get told what the compo would be if they let him walk?

 

[Heaps of fun]

Philip and Carrol options as well. Maybe even Cunningham later in the year.

Blues have invested plenty of draft capital into their midfield just need someone to grab a spot.

The Blues shouldn't have a problem developing those fine young men into great footballers.

 

[FreeAgent1]

Guess for Compo is between pick 31 (band 3) to 58 (band 5)..........

 

[Nuggetz]

Swans likely to match?

do they get told what the compo would be if they let him walk?

Unlikely to match

 

[Nuggetz]

Guess for Compo is between pick 31 (band 3) to 58 (band 5)..........

Surely it's better than Chol's compo pick.

 

[Bay Pie]

Guess for Compo is between pick 31 (band 3) to 58 (band 5)..........

Pick 32, 39 or 51 are the Swans band 3, 4 & 5 for Hewett, currently.

 

[eth-dog]

It won't be band 5 if Chol got band 4

 

[RUNVS]

It won't be band 5 if Chol got band 4

Unless Gold Coast has massively overpaid for Chol, which given it is Gold Coast is possible.

 

[philthy05]

Surely it's better than Chol's compo pick.

I think there was some competition for chols signature. Doesn’t sound like hewett had anyone vying for him at all.

Hell did Sydney even offer him a contract? (Seriously asking cause they might have and I missed it but last I heard they hadn’t)

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

I think there was some competition for chols signature. Doesn’t sound like hewett had anyone vying for him at all.

Hell did Sydney even offer him a contract? (Seriously asking cause they might have and I missed it but last I heard they hadn’t)

No we were shopping him around last season, pretty much forced him out.

 

[Lore]

It won't be band 5 if Chol got band 4

Chol is only 24, youngest FA to ever move (he qualifies as a formerly delisted player). That gives him extra points compared to older guys who are typically 26+ Not sure if it counts as a point of reference given 2 points for every year younger makes a decent amount of difference.

 

[anotherletdown]

Surely it's better than Chol's compo pick.

You'd expect so... but it is the AFL and we are not a victorian club.

 

[Blue Razor]

Hewett calls Carlton home

Carlton has confirmed the signing of George Hewett as a free agent.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[replicant]

Chol is only 24, youngest FA to ever move (he qualifies as a formerly delisted player). That gives him extra points compared to older guys who are typically 26+ Not sure if it counts as a point of reference given 2 points for every year younger makes a decent amount of difference.

According to the old formula, the maximum age bonus was +12 for being 26. I don't think there was a way to get any more? If so, Hewett should get the same age bonus, and then it simply comes down to salary. If Hewett's is similar, we should get the same compo. If Hewett is higher, we might get band 3.

 

[Lore]

According to the old formula, the maximum age bonus was +12 for being 26. I don't think there was a way to get any more? If so, Hewett should get the same age bonus, and then it simply comes down to salary. If Hewett's is similar, we should get the same compo. If Hewett is higher, we might get band 3.

The old formula was published under the assumption that free agents were all going to be 26+ because they were all in the system for a minimum of 8 years at a single club and had been drafted at 18+. Delisted players were only free agents in the year they were delisted and if re-drafted elsewhere they wouldn't be a free agent the next time. Existing restricted/unrestricted free agents would also not have been eligible as a free agent if they came out of contract again after moving clubs as a free agent.

Then we brought in lifetime free agency two years ago and all of those guys were suddenly free agents forever, even if they were delisted at 20. That suddenly makes it possible for someone under the age of 26 to move as a free agent, and appears to have augmented the criteria that the formula has to deal with.

Per reports, that appears to be exactly what happened with Chol. Be interesting to see what Suma Magic comes up with if he updates his analysis of the formula.

 

[Shadow89]

The FA compo system, as always, clear as dog sh*t.

 

[huggy_b]

Hewett calls Carlton home

Carlton has confirmed the signing of George Hewett as a free agent.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Did you sign up Hewett or Tony Mockbel?