Was only a matter of time for us to start getting desperate. The club needs a positive story.
Hopefully Hartigan doesn’t offer too much.
I can tell you, it is very hard to move him from a valuation.
I think you're correct but I also think that sort of binary approach is flawed. We could bid and be outbid for the next 20 quality players that come on the market and all it would take is for one of the other clubs to pay overs. I think it's very useful to have a process to value players coming onto the market but you also got to be prepared to stretch your valuation for the right player. I'd stretch for Finucane but probably not for TPJ.
The idea is that by sticking to your valuations you are able to pay overs when the right player come along, so you are right. The player you do pay overs for has to be a player that would fundamentally change your club though, I'm not sure either TPJ or Finucane fall into that category. That is what the club is trying to achieve.
Not many players out there that are sure fire, slam dunk , guaranteed to move the needle , that paying overs would totally be worth it. Even Kalyn Ponga could very well this time next year , be talked about like Ash Taylor.
I have no idea how you roll the dice , and who to even roll the dice on . Eg . The Adam Blair signing was hailed as really smart business at the time . Same for the Ash Taylor signing . He was considered to be the next in line for origin .
All the admin jobs/ coaching jobs to a very large extent are solely dependant on whether or not the guy you’ve hitched your career to , has the right stuff upstairs .
There’s soo much control you give away of your own existence . And it’s all dependant on what happens for 80 minutes a week .