12-04-2017, 08:17 AM
(12-04-2017, 05:56 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:No assumptions...Rockliff was offered a 4 year deal by Port at a touch over 2.8 mill, we beat Brisbane's initial offer which was 550k a season but were never going to beat the Port offer. The finals angle was part BS IMO, he went for the extra dough as the major factor, he was looking for 800k last time his manager shopped him around....
We have had a recent history of offering unders...Smith went for the extra money at Essendon and then pulled the better rehab facilities story out....Bombers also paid overs for Stringer to get him..
Players go for the big dollars unless its a no hoper club like North doing the offering and coached by an ego maniac like Brad Scott...then they think twice...
Well said EB.
Plenty of good players have chosen to come to Carlton in recent years - Marchbank (whom GWS desperately wanted to keep), Plow, Pickett etc and lately Kennedy, Lang and even Garlett.
The vibe can't be all that bad coming out of Prinny Park?
Perhaps it comes down to the character of some types? That is, Rockliff types.... no thanks, good riddance.
Finals, then 4 in a row!