04-17-2016, 07:43 AM
(04-17-2016, 07:27 AM)PassIt2Carrots link Wrote:If you look you goose, I actually praised him for his last quarter and at no stage did I say drop him. What I said was that he left Collingwood for the money and there aint no way he's walking away early and missing out on that cash. That was in response to OTHER posters saying he may do so. Capeesh?
Just on this Thomas thing.
I had a revelation today and it made me angry with the club.
Why did we take Daisy as a FREE AGENT.
Why didn't we trade for him?
Reason being, we didn't get compensation for Eddie Betts leaving because we got Thomas is. Had we have traded for Thomas, we would've still got him AND got compensation for betts leaving.
If Collingwood were never going to match the offer, or couldn't match the offer, why not offer them a trade.
Lets say we traded away a 3rd (or even a 2nd) round pick for Daisy.
They get a 3rd round pick for a player they were going to lose for free anyway. They are happy.
We get Thomas via trade, and thus mean we are eligible for compensation for Betts leaving and possible get a 1st round pick as compensation.
The upshot of it all is, we get a 3rd round pick upgraded to a 1st round pick and still get Thomas.
Why the hell didn't the club do this?