There is no loyalty Sneaky. Players just chase the dollar these days
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There is no loyalty Sneaky. Players just chase the dollar these days
He was in the Dally M team of the year. Legit one of the best forwards in the comp. How do you know this wasn’t a breakout season as opposed to a one off?
If we didn't start with a low bid we would be like the Tigers with a weak roster and none of our players on unders. Strong clubs are strong because a number of their players are on unders. When rivals offer too much they don't match it, they let them go. E.g. Fa'asuamalaui, Burton and Latrell Mitchell.
Players leave Parra for clubs like the Tigers because they offer overs, not because we lowball them. If that was the case the Roosters and Storm would lose all their players as well. No player is bigger than the club. That's the mentality we need to have.
Those clubs you mentioned are clubs that had to shed players after making grand finals and winning premierships. They aren’t clubs who can’t make it past week 2 of the finals.
That 2002 team died in the arse because it was built for 2001 ruck rules that no longer applied.
We don't, but do we risk overpaying and being stuck with him on $600k? At least if we lose him we keep the cap space to spend on the next value signing.
If players are playing better than their current contract they will get bigger offers. That's a fact whether you win in week two of the finals or lose. There's no sudden massive price increase because a quality player happened to be in a team that won an extra final or two. Burton signed with the Dogs long before he won a premiership. Same with Tino at the Titans.
Conversely do we risk letting him walk where he ends up becoming an elite player elsewhere instead of us while we’re stuck with the next Kabe Evans. Which scenario do you think is more likely out of the two?
Matt Burton signed with Canterbury after the Panthers made the grand final. He was stuck behind Luai who is an origin player. Who is Papali’i stuck behind? Tino signed with the Titans when the Storm finished minor premiers (who lost to the eventual premiers in week 3) and won the competition the next season so they were still a high achieving team. We consistently get told that we don’t have a team of superstars so why would we struggle to keep together a team that can’t make it past week 2 of the finals?
My point is it doesn't matter if he becomes an elite player elsewhere. Every club has elite players that don't play for us. Why should it matter if one used to play for us? If he's getting elite money they aren't getting great value out of him and neither would we if he'd stayed.
We've got too many players on $500k to afford any on $1M+
Your whole argument is contingent on the assumption that he wouldn’t be worth big money. Neither you or I know whether he would be but we can both make educated guesses at to which scenario is more likely out of him being a one year wonder or having a breakout season and remaining one of the top forwards in the game. Can you give me a similar example of a week 2 team with no grand final appearances struggling to hang onto their star players?
Wrong.
So you’re literally operating on the assumption that he’s more likely to have been a one season wonder rather than having a breakout season. What other club has let their best performing forward sign elsewhere like this in recent times? Can you name a similar example? I find it incredulous that a club that hasn’t had any grand final success would be in a position to let their best performing forward go elsewhere. It’s also incredible that we have so many players on unders yet have nothing to show for it. Imagine if we had a roster where we had to pay players what they were worth.
