No mate. If they were no good you would happily delist them. They served out their contracts and you didn't offer them a new contract that made them happy, so another club came to the party. That's all it is.
Why can't Adelaide retain players?
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No mate. If they were no good you would happily delist them. They served out their contracts and you didn't offer them a new contract that made them happy, so another club came to the party. That's all it is.
I am dumber for reading this.
Stay classy.
A little bit desperate from Burton.
This sort of public shaming of former players is noted and becomes a part of Their culture
Recruit more locals and only recruit Victorian kids from country towns except near Geelong so Adelaide seems big enough
It's not about preventing it. I'm fine with Lever going back to Victoria. The problem is that the current system in place makes it difficult for the Crows to get fair value. Lever is easily worth two first rounders when you consider the team he's going to is going to pay him $900 000+ and likely has him as a future captain.
You also have to ask what's the point of having a Free Agency system when any player who's coming out of contract after 2 or 3 years basically has the same rights as a FA. Guys like Dangerfield who stuck it out for 6 or 7 years earned the right to an easy trade back home. Lever on the other hand is not a FA and shouldn't be given the same benefits. He can still go home ofcourse, but it shouldn't be cheap.
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A bit like how you hope gunston fails?
For telling the truth.
Maybe he could have lied, like Danger did all year when he left!!
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The money thrown at Lever is close to Tippet type insanity
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Good grapes 'though'
Nothing to do with culture. Except maybe it shows we have a good team first culture. OP go listen to Brett Burton speak. You wouldn't keep lever either after listening to Brett Burton. It's not that we can't retain them, it's the fact there's a salary cap and we can't pay a million dollars to every player that other clubs are willing to pay a million dollars.
What are we meant to do? Pay tippett a million? Pay Dangerfield a million? Pay lever a million? Pay Davis a million? Pay gunston a million? Pay bock a million? How do we retain the crouch brothers, talia, Sloane (out of contract next yr). It's not fair on the rest of the group as Burton said . And we aren't prepared to make lever our highest paid player. If Melbourne are and are willing to do a deal we are happy with then good luck to them .
But just cos Jake wants to go to Melbourne doesn't mean he will be. Button said we will be looking to deal with all 10 Vicco clubs as that as where lever wants to go, and we will walk with the club that offers the AFC the best deal.
If lever isn't happy with that he can go in to the draft and end up at Brisbane I'm guessing?
Whatevs. Seeya Jakey. Good luck getting to the club and the money you want.
What are we meant to do? Pay tippett a million? Pay Dangerfield a million? Pay lever a million? Pay Davis a million? Pay gunston a million? Pay bock a million? How do we retain the crouch brothers, talia, Sloane (out of contract next yr). It's not fair on the rest of the group as Burton said . And we aren't prepared to make lever our highest paid player. If Melbourne are and are willing to do a deal we are happy with then good luck to them .
But just cos Jake wants to go to Melbourne doesn't mean he will be. Button said we will be looking to deal with all 10 Vicco clubs as that as where lever wants to go, and we will walk with the club that offers the AFC the best deal.
If lever isn't happy with that he can go in to the draft and end up at Brisbane I'm guessing?
Whatevs. Seeya Jakey. Good luck getting to the club and the money you want.
I accept that Burton told the truth- I think it's a questionable long term strategy to publicly 'shame' a player.For telling the truth.
Maybe he could have lied, like Danger did all year when he left!!
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Obviously you can't pay them all, but you can't let all of them walk either. Maybe Lever is the wrong one to offer overs to (in hindsight Jenkins obviously was), but at some point (probably next year) you have to stop the bleeding.
Plus you're in the window, if Lever goes this year and Sloane exercises his FA options next, you're probably out of it again.
More attractive prospective partners?
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Nah, f*** him, he's a mercenary and if he's underwhelming at his new club then he becomes a cautionary tale.
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You can see the difference in approach between Adelaide and Port. Has nothing to do with culture or location.
Port overpay players which is why they have great retention. As a result, their depth is weak and they haven't been particularly successful recently. They also have inferior development so their picks don't become stars as readily, and therefore don't get targeted as often. On top if this, Port have spent big on recruits.
Adelaide generally don't over pay, so we don't pay overs to retain players. We also have decent development so our players tend to 'come good' reasonably often. As a result we have more players in demand and we don't want to spend to retain them. But due to this, we have been able to distribute our funds more sensibly, only paying fair prices, so we have better depth and a more even squad. We've become a quality side because of this.
Money talks. But Port supporters like to think it's down to their SANFL history
Port overpay players which is why they have great retention. As a result, their depth is weak and they haven't been particularly successful recently. They also have inferior development so their picks don't become stars as readily, and therefore don't get targeted as often. On top if this, Port have spent big on recruits.
Adelaide generally don't over pay, so we don't pay overs to retain players. We also have decent development so our players tend to 'come good' reasonably often. As a result we have more players in demand and we don't want to spend to retain them. But due to this, we have been able to distribute our funds more sensibly, only paying fair prices, so we have better depth and a more even squad. We've become a quality side because of this.
Money talks. But Port supporters like to think it's down to their SANFL history
School girls?
If this we're true Dangerfield would have asked for more money when he went to the Cats. Instead he did the right thing and stayed within Geelong's pay structure thus not weakening the side he was going to.
If you don't believe me, here's an article explaining it.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...g/news-story/fedc05ab0b0f16bd9e488972ca04e1c2
Honestly if you think what other players is paid isn't relevant to the discussion, you have no idea what a salary cap is.
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