But what has it go to do with free agency?
Without free agency he could do exactly the same thing.
O'Meara - who wants him?
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Without free agency he could do exactly the same thing.
JohnnyFontane90
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this is what happens when carltons list costs 95% of what hawthorns list costs.
Surprise, surprise, surprise!!!
Who would have thought it O'Meara has chosen Hawthorn.
As Josh Gibson, as Lake and as Jack Gunston did.
Yes, equalisation works well. It works extremely well, for the top clubs that is.
Top talent walks out of crap clubs (Eg Henderson) to go to top clubs.
The pattern continues. I nominate....let me see...should I go to Hawthorn and get a flag, or should I go to Collingwood and be coached by Nathan Buckley.
Such hard decisions.
Who would have thought it O'Meara has chosen Hawthorn.
As Josh Gibson, as Lake and as Jack Gunston did.
Yes, equalisation works well. It works extremely well, for the top clubs that is.
Top talent walks out of crap clubs (Eg Henderson) to go to top clubs.
The pattern continues. I nominate....let me see...should I go to Hawthorn and get a flag, or should I go to Collingwood and be coached by Nathan Buckley.
Such hard decisions.
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Yep, it's how Nick Stevens ended up at Carlton instead of his preferred destination of Collingwood after all.
the hawks will get this deal done.
Yeah, that occurred to me as the one time when a team stood firm on their demands along with Luke Ball. Levi Greenwood I believe went close - see any common thread?
I don't see how its fair that now we are forced to trade with hawthorn
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I'd take him just so the Hawks don't take him. We'd get Saunders to work his magic on his knee and turn him into an absolute gun. Then we'd go down the norf route and trade him to the Hawks when he's 25 in his prime while getting some dud back in return.
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This is what happen when you try to have a half baked free agency with a draft system. Players who aren't yet free agents will still wish to exercise their rights as free agents. The rules assert they must be traded, usually for draft picks, but clubs at the bottom covet them (far too much) and have little to give up in the way of players. Only clubs for whom draft picks are a worthless currency can pull this off. That's Hawthorn, and also a model Sydney has used for over a decade.
The solution: abolish the draft, and establish full free agency. Keep the competition even by rigorously enforcing the salary cap.
Meanwhile, Hawthorn are making out like bandits while the rest of the comp stodgily tries to recruit as if players still can be told where to go. The draft is ineffective at distributing talent, time to kill it.
The solution: abolish the draft, and establish full free agency. Keep the competition even by rigorously enforcing the salary cap.
Meanwhile, Hawthorn are making out like bandits while the rest of the comp stodgily tries to recruit as if players still can be told where to go. The draft is ineffective at distributing talent, time to kill it.
Didn't Judd choose Carlton?
That was well over a decade ago and didn't yield much for Carlton.
GC aren't forced. They can opt out of dealing with Hawthorn if they want. There is no rule that states O'Meara nominates Hawthorn and GC has to get him there. Nominating Hawthorn just means O'Meara wants to go there.
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Is he even in the Hawks best 22?
Good response.
He was a pretty good midfielder at the Blues if I recall correctly. They were a shocking side for reasons well beyond Nick Stevens.
Needs to improve his good blokeness
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actually most non verteran players don't go to flag contenders necessarily. IMO the priority list for most players goes location>money>success. only veterans players look for quick flags. just ask beams, judd, treloar, docherty, aish, prestia, thomas, franklin, ablett.
the problem is that bad clubs can't offer better deals than good clubs because of the salary cap floor nonsense.
of course in this case it's entirely possible that no one offered him a great deal because they're concerned about his health.
I recall him gaining a spare tyre around the midriff.
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This is a basic blueprint, sure Hawks can sacrifice their second round pick if freo go hardball (which they should) but I think that is the core basic of a trade that could get done.
So you're saying #freepickHawthorn?
