04-16-2022, 10:34 PM
Let me save you guys a lot of trouble. Following patterns and trends I'm pretty confident that Dow will leave at end of season ala SPS.
Its not using anything but recent happenings as a yard stick. We've gone heavy recruiting mids last season and they cover the spread of ages that we drafted through sps dow and lob. That means some will go. Lob will stay because he fills more of a need than dow does and dow's limitations of outside run, finishing, disposal are going to be why we cut him loose. He will be a good player for another team, but more of an also ran than the main event but may jump up later on if he can tidy up his game and add some more strings to his bow.
I like dow, but he is a bit of an inside mid and is a bit wasteful with ball in hand and doesn't quite get it enough to not be anything but clinical. The fact that he can't crack it for a game now whilst cripps is out is probably the death knell for him in navy.
This isn't solely about ability. There's a money element to it. As a former first rounder only way he stays is if he is re rookied because thats the only way his salary doesn't continue on the upward trend and he isn't contributing enough to be a top earner in our team. Unless he comes in and becomes the star he could be, then we'll move heaven and earth to keep him.
Its not using anything but recent happenings as a yard stick. We've gone heavy recruiting mids last season and they cover the spread of ages that we drafted through sps dow and lob. That means some will go. Lob will stay because he fills more of a need than dow does and dow's limitations of outside run, finishing, disposal are going to be why we cut him loose. He will be a good player for another team, but more of an also ran than the main event but may jump up later on if he can tidy up his game and add some more strings to his bow.
I like dow, but he is a bit of an inside mid and is a bit wasteful with ball in hand and doesn't quite get it enough to not be anything but clinical. The fact that he can't crack it for a game now whilst cripps is out is probably the death knell for him in navy.
This isn't solely about ability. There's a money element to it. As a former first rounder only way he stays is if he is re rookied because thats the only way his salary doesn't continue on the upward trend and he isn't contributing enough to be a top earner in our team. Unless he comes in and becomes the star he could be, then we'll move heaven and earth to keep him.
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