Eatons Hill Dragon
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With the player market going crazy the past few months it now seems everyone is pricing themselves as 'top quality" and want to be paid accordingly.
Made me stop and think about chasing top dollar v career development and status.
Plenty of players have left quality teams and gone on to bigger and better things but what about those who chase top dollar and end up with their careers down the toilet.
Let's get a list of those who have gone from hero to zero over the past 20-30 years Dragons or other teams).
Top of my list would actually be ex-Dragon Justin Poore.
Justin was playing in a quality team in 2009, selected for State of Origin and regarded as a tough forward leader. Signs a rich 3 year deal with the Eels, misses a 2010 Premiership ring, zero rep footy and ends up spending time in NSW cup. Career formally down the shitter.
So question, is a rich 3 year deal worth it when potentially you go backwards and then don't have any contract.
List away your "Big Bucks floppers" fellow Dragons fans.
Made me stop and think about chasing top dollar v career development and status.
Plenty of players have left quality teams and gone on to bigger and better things but what about those who chase top dollar and end up with their careers down the toilet.
Let's get a list of those who have gone from hero to zero over the past 20-30 years Dragons or other teams).
Top of my list would actually be ex-Dragon Justin Poore.
Justin was playing in a quality team in 2009, selected for State of Origin and regarded as a tough forward leader. Signs a rich 3 year deal with the Eels, misses a 2010 Premiership ring, zero rep footy and ends up spending time in NSW cup. Career formally down the shitter.
So question, is a rich 3 year deal worth it when potentially you go backwards and then don't have any contract.
List away your "Big Bucks floppers" fellow Dragons fans.
