Free Agency Jack Graham - Heads to West Coast as FA

[blaisee]

Remember we were in cahoots with Sydney a few years ago with a plan that allowed them to keep their second rounder when one of their academy picks were bid on, if paying Graham an extra 100-200k (and triggering a start of second round pick instead) meant we got something more with Baker we absolutely would have done it. Reckon we came to the table with an idea like this and Richmond for whatever reason chose not to agree or play along.

You decided what to pay Graham it has nothing to do with what Richmond offered him

 

[HairyO]

Battle Pick #8 and Graham Pick #42 is a joke

Is Graham getting over $4m for his contract ?

 

[Morro]

WC you dumb campaigners, could have worked the system with a little wink wink nudge nudge.

 

[boncer34]

WC you dumb campaigners, could have worked the system with a little wink wink nudge nudge.

Why?

 

[JasRulz63]

It's the first time in the history of AFL Free Agency that a 4 year deal hasn't got band 1, 2 or 3 for a player aged 26 or under.

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Adam Tomlinson?

Rory Atkins?

Mabior Chol?

George Hewett?

 

[Morro]

Why?

To assist with the Baker trade, a little back scratching if you will.

 

[THE_GUN]

Remember we were in cahoots with Sydney a few years ago with a plan that allowed them to keep their second rounder when one of their academy picks were bid on, if paying Graham an extra 100-200k (and triggering a start of second round pick instead) meant we got something more with Baker we absolutely would have done it. Reckon we came to the table with an idea like this and Richmond for whatever reason chose not to agree or play along.

Really lol

So eagles wanted to pay extra to get Richmond a better pick and richmond refused
you must be on some good gear mate

 

[THE_GUN]

West Coast finishing bottom 2 last two years, and having all the cap space, yet still only giving your free agents minimum money probably says it all about how the rest of the league sees your list.

Very good possibility that Graham pick #42 is better than a contracted Macrae & Daniel
what does that say about the doggies players ?

 

[boncer34]

To assist with the Baker trade, a little back scratching if you will.

Maybe they feel they don't need to.

 

[Dr Tigris]

Somehow I expected that compo. My guess is the part of the secret spices is that the Tigers are likely to have a great draft hand this year. So the AFL decided to downgrade the compo.

It makes a mockery of any concept that the system follows the same rules for all.

Oh well, good luck Jack.

 

[Barrybran]

Maybe they feel they don't need to.

Nah, we'll just give them 14 straight up apparently

 

[THE_GUN]

To be perfectly honest if he was not a free agent and just OOC and i got offered #42 in a trade
would have jumped at it. Its about his value and has been injured
great character but limited player

Good luck to Jack and the eagles hope he goes well

 

[THE_GUN]

Nah, we'll just give them 14 straight up apparently

Will you even have #14 ?

 

[Morro]

Maybe they feel they don't need to.

Clearly

 

[Morro]

Nah, we'll just give them 14 straight up apparently

 

[Orange Agent]

So what kinda wage is this $4-500k per year?

 

[Bushdid911]

Somehow I expected that compo. My guess is the part of the secret spices is that the Tigers are likely to have a great draft hand this year. So the AFL decided to downgrade the compo.

It makes a mockery of any concept that the system follows the same rules for all.

Oh well, good luck Jack.

Do we overrate our own players and think they are worth much more than they are? No, it must be the AFL doing something wrong

 

[THE_GUN]

So what kinda wage is this $4-500k per year?

That would be about right

$450k-$500k mark would be my guess

 

[Morro]

So what kinda wage is this $4-500k per year?

You would think $500K, which also adds merit to a move financially, far cheaper in WA than Vic.

 

[Bushdid911]

End of second round puts him at the same value as James Jordan and Matthew Flynn last year.

 

[HairyO]

What does 2017 have to do with 2024?

The AFL is still corrupt as **** and will meddle however they see fit.

 

[amazingjoshy]

I'm sorry Eagles fans, but your club NEEDS to get Graham onto band #1 now.

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Pick 42 has a 2 in it

Should still count

 

[Coach_Required]

I don't care, he is off our books now and we still get a pick that can be included to get Brisbane's 1st rounder.

They need all the points they can get, hopefully it also means we can pry a F2 off them as well.

 

[Dr Tigris]

Do we overrate our own players and think they are worth much more than they are? No, it must be the AFL doing something wrong

All I am going off is the media saying how much the contract was for and for how long.

And underlying it is the fact (as far as I am concerned) that the AFL adds some secret spices to FA compo. That means that the 'rules' are more guidelines. Most FA's are straightforward and what you'd expect. Graham's compo seems a bit off. And this year the Tigers are cleaning up in draft picks (likely anyway). So the secret spices drop the compo. They do this all the time. This really annoys me. The AFL adjusts rules to support certain game styles (and so teams). e.g. The Pies won a premiership with a game plan that relied on creating stoppages etc. Then after they won the AFL changed the rule interpretations to make that style less likely to win. Just makes the whole thing dodgy and makes me annoyed.

 

[My_Username]

Pick 42 has a 2 in it

Should still count

I like the way you think, but I think we all have to face up to the fact that WCE has let us all down. Not just the football community, but the entire country should pour scorn upon that shameful organisation.

This failure to step up when it mattered must go down as one of the darkest days in the club's history.