- Aug 22, 2009
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As I posted on the Geelong board, If the rumours going around are correct and it is a contract of 800k over 5 years, that would most likely be considered 'unders' on an open market, so if the result of getting a player like Dangerfield for such a 'modest' contract means we have to give up a couple of picks, then so be it.
Sure we could go for a godfather deal in the range of 1.2m+ to get him for 'free' and save our picks, but such a contract may do more harm than good in the long run when the next wave of signings occur in 2-3 years and we have to squeeze out a Motlop or Kolodjashnij because Dangerfield is on such a large pay packet. So in essence that 400k or so that we save is in itself the difference between holding onto a couple of key players or losing them, which is more valuable to us than a couple of mid/late first round picks.
Or the crows could have matched the larger deal, meaning that the free agency route was never an option available to Geelong.
Just a thought.