List Mgmt. Jack Martin officially joins Geelong as a DFA

[Hamingja]

Bingo. Which is also why Martin wasn't worth more.
*I still would have given Humphries 5. Let the guy have the security to buy a house.

He would get a house fine with 2 years on his deal. Even if it all turned to shit, at that age he could just move back in with parents and rent the house out.

 

[Hinkley29]

Similar to Chris Yarran
Didn't he start as a forward then they threw him off half back?

That’s a very lazy comparison.

How is it similar to Yarran? Because they changed positions? Half the players in the league have changed positions since they were a junior.

Surely there is a more appropriate comparison, ie. an actual midfielder who moved forward.

 

[Hinkley29]

Watching this, he seems like a Stengle clone. Welcome to the Cattery Jack.

Very different players. Martin plays taller, Stengle has way more tricks.

Another lazy comparison.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

That’s a very lazy comparison.

How is it similar to Yarran? Because they changed positions? Half the players in the league have changed positions since they were a junior.

Surely there is a more appropriate comparison, ie. an actual midfielder who moved forward.

Very different players. Martin plays taller, Stengle has way more tricks.

Another lazy comparison.

Ah yes, how dare people contribute in polite discussion and spitball their ideas about an incoming player

Maybe if you're going to be so forthright on shutting them down, you'd come up with a comparison of your own?

 

[Mattttty]

Bingo. Which is also why Martin wasn't worth more.
*I still would have given Humphries 5. Let the guy have the security to buy a house.

Humphries and his manager would have been crazy to take a five-year deal. And I'd be shocked if they wanted or asked for one. That would lock him in to his current value when I'm sure you agree the sky is the limit with that kid. He now has two years to show his value so he can demand a serious pay-check.

 

[Mattttty]

Martin is a potential gun. Just gotta stay fit and healthy. Is there a summary of his injury history anywhere?

 

[Tony Barber]

Humphries and his manager would have been crazy to take a five-year deal. And I'd be shocked if they wanted or asked for one. That would lock him in to his current value when I'm sure you agree the sky is the limit with that kid. He now has two years to show his value so he can demand a serious pay-check.

Thats really silly. Any 20 year old would love a 5 year deal. You can negotiate on an ongoing basis.
I worked with a player.

He was offered another club. And took it.
"Why would you go there?"
'double my current contract. And security. It's assured income on a contract. I'm going straight to the bank and buying a house in Carlton. I can't do that otherwise'

 

[cats_09]

Thats really silly. Any 20 year old would love a 5 year deal. You can negotiate on an ongoing basis.
I worked with a player.

He was offered another club. And took it.
"Why would you go there?"
'double my current contract. And security. It's assured income on a contract. I'm going straight to the bank and buying a house in Carlton. I can't do that otherwise'

Was that a 20yr old who was a couple of years into his career and maybe sitting on the fringes, who was happy to secure his future in such fashion, or

A newly drafted player who was yet to play a senior game, meaning a 5-yr deal would be an irresponsible offer from the club, and can't really see any club offering a newbie yet to debut a 5 yr offer nor a player manager willing to accept it, or

Was what about a player who's had a taste of senior football and showed some good early signs but the only party who benefits from an early 5-yr extension is the club as they can lock the player away likely under their value

For a player, why would accept a 5-yr extension too early in your career when you know that you're going to get better and will get more if you wait that extra 12 - 18 months before signing such an extension - which is what we saw from Jack Henry for example

 

[Tony Barber]

Was that a 20yr old who was a couple of years into his career and maybe sitting on the fringes, who was happy to secure his future in such fashion, or

A newly drafted player who was yet to play a senior game, meaning a 5-yr deal would be an irresponsible offer from the club, and can't really see any club offering a newbie yet to debut a 5 yr offer nor a player manager willing to accept it, or

Was what about a player who's had a taste of senior football and showed some good early signs but the only party who benefits from an early 5-yr extension is the club as they can lock the player away likely under their value

For a player, why would accept a 5-yr extension too early in your career when you know that you're going to get better and will get more if you wait that extra 12 - 18 months before signing such an extension - which is what we saw from Jack Henry for example

It was a player who kicked 3 in the 3rd quarter of a GF and a club came at him.