OFFICIAL Bryce Gibbs [Discussion]
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i'm going to stick up for Humpty and Sheens here.
we let go of Gibbs who was on (reportedly) 400k a year, and signed a mature, experienced prop in Matt Bell, who was voted by nearly every single member of this forum as the signing of the year in another thread this week, who is on less than half of what Gibbs was on.
30 yo props who are signing their final contract before retirement should not be on 400k. FACT.
i understand that he was a Magpie junior, i understand he was loved by a stack of Wests Tigers fans, but at the end of the day, having Bryce Gibbs - 400k in our salary cap is not helping the club in the long run.
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all this talk about signing Blair to replace Gibbs is nonsense, because he wasn't.
and the only reason we are talking about it is because Galloway is injured, and Blair hasn't lived up to the price tag yet.
we let go of Gibbs who was on (reportedly) 400k a year, and signed a mature, experienced prop in Matt Bell, who was voted by nearly every single member of this forum as the signing of the year in another thread this week, who is on less than half of what Gibbs was on.
30 yo props who are signing their final contract before retirement should not be on 400k. FACT.
i understand that he was a Magpie junior, i understand he was loved by a stack of Wests Tigers fans, but at the end of the day, having Bryce Gibbs - 400k in our salary cap is not helping the club in the long run.
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all this talk about signing Blair to replace Gibbs is nonsense, because he wasn't.
and the only reason we are talking about it is because Galloway is injured, and Blair hasn't lived up to the price tag yet.
@Tigerdale said:
400k, your kidding yourself mate.
That was the first time I've watched the footy show in years and was in stitches. Beau was hilarious and Gibbs cracked me up too. He definatley would be someone you want in your team.
Beau saying probably if farah and lote lift their games we'd be going alright and then saying now that he's signed up for three years that benji and Robbie and Blair can rest easy now and not worry about that and concentrate on footy!
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hybrid_tiger
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@Tigerdale said:
How do you know Gibbs was on 400K?
No way in the world that is true.
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happy_tiger
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@hybrid_tiger said:
He might of been on 250-280k maximum 400 k is ridiculous Lawrence isn't on that money Doubt Ellis is on that money
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Did I hear correctly that Ray Freaking Hadley is part of the panel to select the next Immortal?
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Well that cheapens the entire process and all the history and honour of the accolade
I too watched the footy show and remember how much Gibbsy contributed on and off the field.
But lets get fair dinkum here.
GIBBSY HAD A CONTRACT, COULD HAVE STAYED AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL !!
HE WAS NOT SACKED!!!
He chose to move on and it was his choice.
There will of course be people on here who hold the belief that if you're told to look around, your job is finished. THAT IS CRAP. He could have stayed, played his guts out, been in a position where they had to pick him. To say he would have played out his 3 years in park football is just absolute crap.
I miss Bryce and I'm sure the team does, just as much as anyone else on here. But he ultimately made the choice, OF HIS OWN ACCORD to leave and we should accept that and move on. Others were told they could look elsewhere but STAYED. Bryce didn't for his own reasons, and I wish him nothing but absolute success. I hope he make the decision to come back one day. END OF STORY
But lets get fair dinkum here.
GIBBSY HAD A CONTRACT, COULD HAVE STAYED AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL !!
HE WAS NOT SACKED!!!
He chose to move on and it was his choice.
There will of course be people on here who hold the belief that if you're told to look around, your job is finished. THAT IS CRAP. He could have stayed, played his guts out, been in a position where they had to pick him. To say he would have played out his 3 years in park football is just absolute crap.
I miss Bryce and I'm sure the team does, just as much as anyone else on here. But he ultimately made the choice, OF HIS OWN ACCORD to leave and we should accept that and move on. Others were told they could look elsewhere but STAYED. Bryce didn't for his own reasons, and I wish him nothing but absolute success. I hope he make the decision to come back one day. END OF STORY
tigerbenji
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Gibbs was not on $400k a year, my mail was about $280k per year, the last two years Gibbs was with us i thought he was a very good & mature player . The only thing that worried me with Gibbs was his knees BUT i would of kept him & we could of, & he had a contract & could of stayed if he wanted to.
@Swordy said:
Doesnt change the fact he was urged to go, look around….ie: not wanted!
Pretty stupid knocking back an offer of a club that WANTS you to stay somewhere where clearly you'll possibly be on the outer
The club made the ultimate choice, not Gibbs
10 years service is very rare, when our other players are getting their awards for this at years end, it will be a hollow moment because Gibbs shouldve been there with em
Gibbs wanted more money - Tigers wouldn't give it, Sharks would.
Simple equation.
These decision have to be made - I hate the fact we had to let him go because he was great around the club - but I would have been equally peeved if we kept him and maybe didn't get Blair (at the time - so far it has proved a fail - but hindsight is a marvellous thing).
Simple equation.
These decision have to be made - I hate the fact we had to let him go because he was great around the club - but I would have been equally peeved if we kept him and maybe didn't get Blair (at the time - so far it has proved a fail - but hindsight is a marvellous thing).
cnx_tigers
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@Centaur said:
Completely wrong mate. He had already signed a contract and agreed to the terms. Money was redundant at that point.
You are completely wrong.
The issue was a month AFTER signing a contract when he was called in an told "you are free to leave".
Sure he could have stayed…but how many people woul want to after their boss and coach have told them they are not wanted? This is all on Humphreys and Sheens.
