The war chest?

[Brant]

I met him on his ship the HMS Jupiter in 1974 or 1975. It docked in Nukual'ofa Tonga where I grew up and our class got to board it for an excusion. I asked my teacher if I could go to the toilet and the officer acting as our guide directed me to the toilets. I was 9 and I got lost. Finally I found the toilets but couldn't find my way back to the class. I turned a corner and here was Chucky with some other officers talking. He saw me and said "What have we here. Has a young cub been sparated from his pack? We can't have that" He walked me back to my class and showed me a couple of parts of the ship along the way that i wouldn't have seen otherwise. My teacher who was a huge fan, almost swooned when he passed me on to her. All she could talk about on the way back to school was my meeting him and asked me a thousand questions.

That's such an awesome story!

Amazing for you + good for him!

 

[grumbleguts]

Yeah, I was a bot young and Tonga way tooo out of the way for me to realise what a huge thing it was. My mum was telling everyone he gave me a personal tour. (He showed me the radio room - which was apparently where he was posted and a couplle of other things but they were on a direct line to the class) But for mum if it were today she'd be telling everyone he'd friended me on facebook.
Interestingly, as a result of cyclone Yasi I got close enough to Prince William to talk to him when he visited the place to survey the damage. I was tempted to tell him "I know your dad we go way back."

 

[Brant]

Yeah, I was a bot young and Tonga way tooo out of the way for me to realise what a huge thing it was. My mum was telling everyone he gave me a personal tour. (He showed me the radio room - which was apparently where he was posted and a couplle of other things but they were on a direct line to the class) But for mum if it were today she'd be telling everyone he'd friended me on facebook.
Interestingly, as a result of cyclone Yasi I got close enough to Prince William to talk to him when he visited the place to survey the damage. I was tempted to tell him "I know your dad we go way back."

Please tell me that you did?

That kind of stuff gives meaning to these guys (Royals) - shows them that their visits stretch beyond their departure date.

 

[grumbleguts]

Please tell me that you did?

That kind of stuff gives meaning to these guys (Royals) - shows them that their visits stretch beyond their departure date.

No he was way too busy and too many people were trying to get his attention to give him small gifts which he didn't want. (We had all lost our homes and he was privileged and they were giving him stuff.) You could see he was very awkward about everything. SO I just shook hands like everyone else who wasn't shoving soft toys in his face.

 

[Samurai Hawk]

As long as our war chest doesn`t become a North Melbourne type "war chest" as Bad Scot says ..that nobody wants to to touch or go near.....can have all the money in the world but if the club is shit..coach is hit ..shinboner is a myth ..why bother..

 

[Bumps"N"Grins]

This whole war chest thing is a pretty good beat up, all clubs have to pay a minimum of 95% of the salary cap in any one year and a maximum of 105% in the following year. It's knowing how many contracts are front eneded, how many or what players will be moved on and what cycle of the fluid salary cap we are at the creates the space to bring in a big dollar player. The idea that over a number of years that you can just snip away at players contracts until you have a two million dollar whole in your total player payments isn't how it works. The best team in the comp and the worse team in the comp all pay their players within 10% of each other. The bounty of cash doesn't just sit there unused.

 

[MasterSamurai]

This whole war chest thing is a pretty good beat up, all clubs have to pay a minimum of 95% of the salary cap in any one year and a maximum of 105% in the following year. It's knowing how many contracts are front eneded, how many or what players will be moved on and what cycle of the fluid salary cap we are at the creates the space to bring in a big dollar player. The idea that over a number of years that you can just snip away at players contracts until you have a two million dollar whole in your total player payments isn't how it works. The best team in the comp and the worse team in the comp all pay their players within 10% of each other. The bounty of cash doesn't just sit there unused.

Exactly, Luke Breust' salary had a spike up-to 600k with his new contract and I'm guessing he was on nowhere near that previous. We would have plenty of examples just like that.

 

[Bumps"N"Grins]

Exactly, Luke Breust' salary had a spike up-to 600k with his new contract and I'm guessing he was on nowhere near that previous. We would have plenty of examples just like that.

Like the example, not the salary. 600k for Breust wtf I've got to get with the times, fmd really, knocked out with a feather really?

 

[Kenyan]

Like the example, not the salary. 600k for Breust wtf I've got to get with the times, fmd really, knocked out with a feather really?

Chris Mayne at Collingwood is on $500k a year for 4 years.
On this measure, Breust should be on a million a year (probably 2 mill)

 

[Hawk Dork]

Chris Mayne at Collingwood is on $500k a year for 4 years.
On this measure, Breust should be on a million a year (probably 2 mill)

Motlops on 600

 

[Kenyan]

Motlops on 600

Motlop is extremely talented but rarely serves up the kind of performance we saw last night. He goes missing far too often.
I think Motlop and Breust share similar talent whilst Mayne is a VFL player.
Saw lots of him in WA both at WAFL and AFL level over last 3/4 years and he is not up to AFL standard. The fact that he was offered the deal from Collingwood was a shock - whomever was responsible for trading him in should be sacked - they have no idea.

 

[MasterSamurai]

Our war chest is healthy though, Gibbo and Hodge money plus the few players that will be tapped on the shoulder will open up a 2million+ hole in our salary cap, we can go fishing not just this year but next year as well.

 

[eldorado]

This whole war chest thing is a pretty good beat up, all clubs have to pay a minimum of 95% of the salary cap in any one year and a maximum of 105% in the following year.

Exactly right.

I feel like stating this every time I hear Club x has nothing extra but Club Y has heaps...

 

[OzJohnnie]

This whole war chest thing is a pretty good beat up, all clubs have to pay a minimum of 95% of the salary cap in any one year and a maximum of 105% in the following year. It's knowing how many contracts are front eneded, how many or what players will be moved on and what cycle of the fluid salary cap we are at the creates the space to bring in a big dollar player. The idea that over a number of years that you can just snip away at players contracts until you have a two million dollar whole in your total player payments isn't how it works. The best team in the comp and the worse team in the comp all pay their players within 10% of each other. The bounty of cash doesn't just sit there unused.

Not in my fantasy world, pal. In my fantasy world Hawthorn is gold and money is free for us.

 

[Gralin]

Some clubs have more to play with due to players leaving

If you paid 95% and are moving on a few blokes you can have more than 10% of the cap to play with to bring in someone on big $$ or a few on medium $$

Just because everyone has to spend within a range of about $1.2mil of each other doesn't mean everyone is in the same boat come the off season.

It will be interesting this year to see what happens, I'm sure a few average players will find a big pay day

 

[Hawk Dork]

Front load to reach 95% and you have heaps the next year too

 

[Hawker_85]

Papa was a naval man, right?

Phillip was indeed a naval man. He is the colonel in chief of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, so I have a bit of a soft spot for the old bloke.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

If I were earning millions per year I'd want everyone to know

Except for maybe the tax office

 

[Hawks1976]

As long as our war chest doesn`t become a North Melbourne type "war chest" as Bad Scot says ..that nobody wants to to touch or go near.....can have all the money in the world but if the club is shit..coach is hit ..shinboner is a myth ..why bother..

Shinboner and bloods spirit both myths

 

[Davo23]

Except for maybe the tax office

And the ex-wife!

 

[Cyrilyouchampion]

Except for maybe the tax office

Of course some of that would go towards a canny accountant to keep the wolves from the door

 

[IdiotBox]

This whole war chest thing is a pretty good beat up.

Speaking of "beat ups", who is that in your intriguing avatar?

 

[Bumps"N"Grins]

End of year muck up.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Exactly right.

I feel like stating this every time I hear Club x has nothing extra but Club Y has heaps...

I think it is more that clubs can write into contracts, okay you will be on $300k every year, except for one, where you will be on $400k so we can get to 95% and then the following year it drops back again to $300k. Do this with 5 players and you have an extra $500k ready to go for the following year.