Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 7 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)
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- Oct 9, 2014
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He has an extension in front of him if he really wants to avoid the stress
He can sign a two year deal with us at any time if he was that worried...
Daily check-in to see we've still done nothing, so yeah.
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It's pathetic. Again, he brought this on himself.
threenewpadlocks
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Because it was so much better when we rushed to trade Brian Lake on literal day one of the trade period for a pick in the late 30's and upgrading pick 27 to 17
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Is he suffering from anxiety because he signed all those Geelong guernseys and they can’t be sold yet?
Because that's the only alternative.
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Any reason given?
Was it just tactical difficulties making the right trade / having the right assets? Or was dickheadedness a factor?
And if it was, did the deal fall over because they suddenly realised they don't need another dickhead? Or were they concerned that getting Stringer would in fact lift the moral standard of the GWS list by too much?
Whatever it was, it gives pause to reflect on the sorry trajectory of what should have been a brilliant Stringer career. One of the most talented players of his draft year. He was AA at age 21, played in an international series and has a premiership medallion for 2016, but his lonely trophy cabinet should be crammed full by now. It's not. Since crossing to Essendon he has won 3 or 4 club goalkicking awards (no great feat at such a struggling club) and was once nominated in the greater AA squad (2021, but missed the cut). That's all.
The patent waste of talent and draft assets shows that the idea of a "No Dickhead" policy is not just PC wackiness. Every club can accommodate a bit of dickheadery but there's a threshold of dickheadedness that should not be tolerated.
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All I want from the next 90 minutes is for someone to **** up so badly that they have to give a Ned Guy style interview that gets them sacked
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Stringer was more interested in off field "trophies".
Preferably, one Andrew Mackie.
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Is it bad of me to say I hope so?
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His dick ruled his head?
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Has Pearling hit a snag? Any chance we swoop late?
threenewpadlocks
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I know one list manager with the initials AM that can provide that comfort
Well, that's totally up to Geelong, Damo. They started the white anting, they can deal with the 'structural' damage.
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Pressure mounting on Geelong, good.
threenewpadlocks
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Our moral obligation to Smith as a person and his mental health is the fact that we're allowing him to delist himself in accordance with AFL rules should he not want to take up a new contract with the Dogs.
Where he goes from there is not our concern.
Of course we'd like to improve our own draft hand here, but Bailey Smith's comfort is none of our concerns when our contractual obligation to him is complete.
Where he goes from there is not our concern.
Of course we'd like to improve our own draft hand here, but Bailey Smith's comfort is none of our concerns when our contractual obligation to him is complete.
