mike
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@Leck said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1291392) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1291382) said:@JC99 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1291381) said:@BAGNF05 said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1291359) said:@GNR4LIFE said in [David Nofoaluma](/post/1291353) said:If teams above us on the ladder are willing to pay him good money, maybe we should take that as a hint.
Exactly. Starting to doubt WT concept of good value. I hope we’re not just benchmarking based on media hearsay. What’s Teddy’s worth for example? Is it a million dollars like he’s on or are the Rorters getting twice that? Jake Turbo is another, don’t care how much they’re paying him, he’s giving them good value. The real trick is picking the guys who will go out and play the lights out. Then you get a deal done.
People are scarred because whoever we’ve paid overs for hasn’t worked out. It’s fine to pay big money for players as long as they’re actually worth it. I like the fact we won’t pay overs for players, but it doesn’t help when we’re trying to sign big name players. Understand their approach though there’s a fine line there
I agree. So now we have a confidence issue and a brand issue. Makes it hard to compete.
Part of building a brand is retaining talent whilst building a culture. I agree we shouldn’t pay overs but we should recognise and pay our talent what they deserve.
Maybe if we did that on both accounts, players like Teddy, JAC and Pap would still be here.
The best way of building a brand is winning on the field. Do that and everything thing else is insignificant. You cannot do that by continuing doing what Wests Tigers have in the past and that is pay players overs and totally screw the salary cap, ending up with an unbalanced team.