So Brown talking up Mitch Barnett in the Herald today, who is still under contract at Canberra until end of next year.
So if it came down to releasing Sims, paying part of his salary for the rest of 2016, signing Barnett on a 2yr + deal and still saving some cap (assuming Barnett comes cheap). Surely that makes more sense then keeping hold of a player who is walking at year end anyway and without the prospect of finals football in 2016.
This I can see happening. Reckon you will see some sabre rattling over the next few weeks in an attempt to negotiate who pays what of Sims freight before this deal is done prior to June 30.
Dragons are never going to offer Cooper or Matthews for that matter, it will be Marketo, McCarthy or Lui. Someone who isn't needed to the dragons. That would be a bigger mistake because then you lose what salary cap you gain in releasing Sims, all for another bog average footballer.
