Player Watch Pick #12 (2018) - Zak Butters
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Butters name is only being floated in the media so they can eventually link him to the Dogs for JUH. So the idiot is right about that.
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Zac will still be a restricted free agent at 2026, we have then the option of matching any rival offers and he still stays or we let him go and get a single band1 compo which will probably be just after our first rd in 26. If he goes this year then it would be 2 first rds, you would think.
We're also not letting him go for a packet of chips, such as JUH.
Two top 5 picks would be a bit far fetched - but not by much. If he goes it will be for 2 first round picks, something around the mark of 5 + 10. He's young, super talented, and pretty much every Vic club will be reaching to get him. He won't come cheap.
Two top 5 picks for Butters is not far fetched at all. He has literally been in the top 3 or 4 players in the entire comp over the last couple of years and is at the prime age of 24.
Honestly, i think that is bordering on unders.
Honestly, i think that is bordering on unders.
I know we got screwed with Houston, but Butters is worth so much more than Houston at the trade table.
Midfielders that are ranked in the top 3 or 4 players in the comp and in prime age, the trade offers have to be huge.
What would Collingwood want for Daicos? This is where the conversations need to start.
Midfielders that are ranked in the top 3 or 4 players in the comp and in prime age, the trade offers have to be huge.
What would Collingwood want for Daicos? This is where the conversations need to start.
What world do we live in that Geelong have salary cap space for Butters?
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Th AFL world where Geelong have a rubber salary cap as they always have.
2 1st rounders and a 2nd rounder.
Essendon have it. 2, 5, 23, 30 at the moment. Butters would add some much needed class.
Richmond don't have the 2nd rounder but could easily get it. They have 4 and 9.
With our picks, we'd be wanting the Dyson Sharp and Cody Curtain types of players.
I still think he's staying.
You given up already old misery guts.
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at this point he plays for the AFL
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The whole 'x picks in the top y' discussion is pointless. The way it works is a player nominates a club and then the price will be 2 first round picks and possibly change depending on how good those first round picks are. If the club he wants to go to only has mid or late first round picks then that's just our bad luck (we benefited from the reverse in the JHF trade). The AFL industry is far too matey matey and nowhere close to ruthless enough to actually demand a high price at the trade table, it's not just a Port thing.
It's up there with trading a potential top 5 pick for a guy who couldn't get a game at GCS and comes with a massive salary to cover
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Gone, and we'll get feck all for him. We rolled over on the Houston trade when we had 2 more years to run on that contract.
No point pretending were going to get anything more then a first round and then some shit kicker, delisted 27yo from a Victorian club.
Can't wait for Bergman next
No point pretending were going to get anything more then a first round and then some shit kicker, delisted 27yo from a Victorian club.
Can't wait for Bergman next
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Matching the free agency offer does not mean the player remains at Port like it would in US sports. All it means is that Butters can either choose to stay at Port on the new deal, or if he says no, it's up to the two clubs to negotiate a trade. In the event no trade is reached, he then goes to the draft.
It's absurd that the media are discussing this so far away from his actual free agency date. The AFL wants to be like US sports so much, but they need to realise there's an element of professionalism and maturity when it comes to player movement. When you've got players like Oscar Allen meeting the opposition coach the day after a game about a potential move it's so obvious how bush league this mob truly is.
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The talk about how close Butters is with Ken and the idea that this is somehow tied to if he stays or goes is nuts. If that's the reason, see you later. But it does further demonstrate how ****ing dumb this whole 'succession plan' is. We Ken won't be coaching and completely Rob Josh of a whole year to develop relationships with the players in the role of senior coach. Now you could argue he's the midfield coach and that relationship Should already be there but he's beholden to Ken's plans.
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Yeah we should have bashed Houston to stay. To hell with Moraes, Berry and Whitlock.
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