You are copping it about Purdue but I dee where you are coming from. He is definitely a gun, and looking at his skillset he looks custom made for fullback IMO. Big risk throwing large money at him though when he hasn't played there. You could end up with a million dollar centre if he doesn't nail the fullback role. Id be going after Fletcher Sharpe and happy to pay overs for him
No one disagrees there a lot to like about the kid, or that he could transition to fullback and make a real fist of it.
There is no where near the sample size to make anywhere near the amount of calls he’s making about him.
Despite his lack of first grade experience In The position (and the NRL at all)
When has giving a kid a million dollars a year ever worked out? That creates a whole heap of problems that kids aren’t built to handle in itself.
Throw a potential move to Sydney on top of that - he could spend his formative years making good money off radar in Townsville (close to home) with 1/3 of the mortgage he’d have to have (limiting any dollar difference he might get) and get some real miles in him.
He’s been around a couple years in a couple different spots already and he’s no where near close to the best player in the game any of them. Now he’s going to be the best player in a position he’s never played, Please!
I’d be looking maybe at an AJ Brimson - Tough, clever, good talker, all effort…
He’d make a real difference to what where trying to do.
And - I’d be trying to move Bula now!
He’s not worth what he’s getting now, upgrading him would be suicide…
And if he’s just using us to up his value elsewhere - sell him now, when we can get something for him.
