Diehard Saint
Brownlow Medallist
Well why would they worry…they know they’re just going to get a nice academy crop the next season afterall?They do manage players differently, they are usually happy to work with who ever the player wants to move to in a constructive manner. They seem to have less ego on the line. Bell and Dodoro types seem to want to scare off raiders by playing it out in the most painful manner so that no-one comes chasing their players.
Helps to be stacked with academy kids so always run a surplus of talent.
*Oh whoops…I probably should have read your entire post before I replied…saying exactly what you did!