Are you saying Hannant, Ennis, Stagg, Morris left sunny Brisb and Wollongong to come to Belmore for a lifestyle change?
Or did they leave Bennet to be coached by Moore?
I got a quite a few Dogs mates who have some knowledege, you paid overs to get them why else would they come down!!
Sunny Wollongong?
They came to Belmore because we had more money to offer them - remember SBW, Mason and Reni leaving? The left us with over $1,000,000 to spend. We paid them what they were worth, not overs. They grew from the young players they were at their respective clubs and have picked up quite a lot of value along the way. We are paying them what they are worth now, not what they were worth when they first started at those clubs.
And a prime example of us NOT paying overs, is David Stagg. When Reni had his contract torn up for multiple breaches, that left us with $250,000 spare. What did we do? We signed David Stagg for $190,000. There you go. We buy a better player and work horse and save $60,000 in the process. I think what you say has some Merit as in the past we did pay overs to some players, but those days are gone. A new CEO, club management and Bullfrogs own son are bringing us back to the glory days of Frontline Club Management. We are taking care of our players, enforcing stricker dicipline codes and putting all the players in our club on notice. We'll take care of you, if you respect the club.
Firm but fair.