they were selling games to Tassie, Tassie gov isn’t going to buy them with the devils entering the comp. It wasn’t about growing their brand so much as needing the cash injection, so now they’re looking to sell them elsewhere.
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I’d suggest there’s more to it than that Jen. This is one side remember
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Extremely disappointing if true. Instead we are burning mid season draft picks on guys like begg and josh eyre. Can't be picking up free agents forever either, actually need to develop some talls who play exclusively forward, not half assed swingmen and ruck/forwards
We need AFL capable Talls. Not this bloke
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The idea is you develop him into one? not making reckless list management decisions that will leave us up ships creek without a paddle later on when checkers/mcstay retire. Bloke kicked 50 odd goals in a side that won four games for the year @ 22 years old, definitely some potential there.
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Can't imagine a delisted player would ever be anything but 100% honest about the reasons behind it...
He’s trying to get drafted again. He’s not going to be honest about what he was told
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McMahon looked woeful in his first year but was a mistake cutting him after two but persevering with Begg instead… but Begg was Cat B rookie
The club will take 3x third round picks to the draft and probably draft another 3 kids that get delisted after two years
Ultimately it’s the stupidity of the list system… bigger rookie lists would mean the pies probably would’ve hung on to McMahon or an Eyre etc a bit longer
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The AFL should increase the rookie list to 8 and enhance the VFL at the same time. Gives more kids with talent a chance to developMcMahon looked woeful in his first year but was a mistake cutting him after two but persevering with Begg instead… but Begg was Cat B rookie
The club will take 3x third round picks to the draft and probably draft another 3 kids that get delisted after two years
Ultimately it’s the stupidity of the list system… bigger rookie lists would mean the pies probably would’ve hung on to McMahon or an Eyre etc a bit longer
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I remember a family friend of McMahon's called sen after he was delisted having a big old sook.
And turns out we were closer to a flag than we thought.
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The whole thing around Scott getting a side job with a Geelong sponsor is so damn shady it could be a picnic spot.
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We’ve also been accused of hanging onto talls for too long.
Gault (6 games) and Kelly (5 games) were both given five years.
Surely we would be better off if our list management committee had identified after - let’s say 2 years - that Gault and Kelly were never going to make it at Collingwood?
In which case, maybe that’s exactly what they did with McMahon?
And yeah, maybe he does go on to become a 200 game player for Carlton but
(1) It’s super rare that happens, if ever, and …
(2) some people need a kick up the backside to achieve anything and …
(3) people respond differently in different environments.
Just because McMahon might achieve something elsewhere, that doesn’t mean that he would have been anything like that player at Collingwood.
he probably is being honest, it’s just that he’s taken the “it’s not you it’s me” line as the gospel truth when in fact saying they were going in a different direction was probably to let him down easy. No point in kicking someone when they’re down.
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Time is connected to list spots. End of 2022, we were close but we didn't have enough depth and McMahon wasn't physically ready to be depth - so we brought in 5 mature players that all played roles in us winning the flag, as well as being mandated to have 3 spots set aside for the draft. We had to get rid of some who weren't yet depth to have a squad deep enough to win the flag. Not disappointing at all - it was a great move that played a big role in us winning the flag. It's just a reality of the size of our lists.
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one of the most perplexing list retention decisions ever
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And the coach saying, "mate, we just didn't have the time to keep you on the list so you could reach your potential" is a much gentler exit than, "we think you aren't very good".
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Nonsense. McMahon would have kicked five on Harris Andrews in McStay’s absence.
