Understood. I have an uneasy feeling for our future myself but a move to Tasmania for me holds more hope than dread. No success and no move smacks a bit harder when compiled with debt we may never recover from. I didn't want to go to Waverley or Etihad but that disapointment dissolved over the years that followed. The connection to St.Kilda ended in my Dads generation who was born in Myrtleford on a tobacco farm and I was raised in Hampton. I will follow the Saints as long as they are the Saints.skeptic wrote: ↑Sat 31 Aug 2019 11:33amThe reference to Lethlean was merely that he overruled to get King ahead of Roz... wasn’t meaning to implicate him specifically but the post was ill worded and unintentionally implied that so I yield on that point... and yes Wilkie, Hind and Parker were good recruits.CQ SAINT wrote: ↑Sat 31 Aug 2019 10:45amIt is far too early to make a call on Hannerberry. He finished pretty well and in terms of 2020 I'm really glad we have him. What was the alternative. Did Leathlean extend Richo? Or did he drive the need to get rid of him. Not sure how these 2 question relate in isolation.skeptic wrote: ↑Sat 31 Aug 2019 9:52amThis point has been somewhat glossed over in this thread but to be honest, a similar line of thinking has crossed my mind as of late... not so much about Tassie but getting Hanners on a long expensive contract, bigger contract extensions to Joyce and McKenzie whilst talking about moving Bruce and Carlisle on.Waltzing St Kilda wrote: ↑Fri 30 Aug 2019 6:05pm Don't like it but you'd swear some in our admin were hellbent on making it happen.
Lethelen overruling the recruiting scout, a premature extension of Richo’s contract, talk of Brad Scott getting the coaching gig
Obviously not all of that’s confirmed but you’d almost swear that that can’t just be incompetence
Mackenzie and Joyce are cheap fringe players. Every club has them. This is not fantasy footy, you can't just keep rolling them over and expect change. How about recruiting rejects like Marshall, Wilkie, Hind and Parker. Couldn't that have gone really wrong. I doubt that Lethlean or the recruiting scout have final say and the argument belongs in a thread like this.
At least our, likely to be successful, women's team will have Moorabbin to play at.
Not sure who extended Richo but it was a bad decision... many didn’t like it at the time but surprisingly it didn’t bother me much... who could have anticipated we dived like we did.
Hannebery isn’t a bad recruit but $800k over 5 years is a bad risk to take. It’s a failure in year one with the upside being at least he’s ready to go fro year two... no excuses.
That pay cheque may end up costing us something.
On McKenzie on Joyce... don’t mind them but 3 and 2 years respectively is too long for layers not established as top 22.
The point of all of this is that we seem to be making some bad decision at the moment or over the last few years and it’s bothering me. That’s all. The conspiracy nut in me sometimes thinks how can you get it so consistently wrong... this off-season will say a lot about what we’re doing as a club so we’ll wait and see
Rozee would have been a beauty and King has not been so rosey (see what I did there ) but on a chance of a 2 Kings for one deal with Paddy, Bruce and Carlisle looking doubtful with injuries, I'll back Leathlean's preference and I'm sure others in the hotseats did too.
Would it help if I told you that Hannerbery stood to earn 1.2 mill this year if he played 18 or more games but will actually walk away with only 600k and can potentially earn 800k for the next 3 years under the same trigger. It's by no means confirmed but I have been told that by someone I trust.