CARO ON DEAN BAILEY

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November 19, 200817 yr

I think you'll find they offered something in the 70s/80s, but anyway, I agree, it was far below what he was worth, in a year where no one was being traded for high picks because of GC and WS.
As for scapegoating, if the rumour mill is right and CJ copped some vicious serves after some of his better performances, then it appears he was indeed a scapegoat. Guys can play 22 games a year and still be a scapegoat for what is wrong according to a coach.

Others have corrected you on this.

You should avoid the rumour mills and get closer to the actual facts. FWIW, 70 to 80 is optimistic where he is at given his management hocked him for a month to all other Clubs and did not get a bite. Carlton have illustrated his actual "worth".

Overall, its a pity that a thread on Dean Bailey has been sidetracked to another thread on CJ. Gee I cant wait to the real season comes around

Never has so much been written about a player who has been so ordinary.

Lets move on.

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November 19, 200817 yr

FWIW, I'll back in where I heard it from, that picks in the 80s were discussed. At the end of the day though.. CJs management were actively shopping him around from the end of the season until trade week.. if the MFC thought he'd definately come back after they refused to trade him then they were playing with fire.

The thread has become about CJ but it really is still about Bailey and his man-management. A young player who had the best season of his career and was showing some signs of genuine improvement walked away because of the treatment of the coach, and appeared to have the sympathy of at least one teammate and most likely a number more in the matter..

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November 19, 200817 yr

I wouldn't ignore who he is getting sympathy from though...

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November 19, 200817 yr

At the start of the year he was a certainty to be delisted, and with good reason.

He played about 2 good games this year, and racked up some of the cheapest possies in about 4 other games.

Can we postpone the whining for when we actually lose a decent player to another team...

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November 20, 200817 yr

At the start of the year he was a certainty to be delisted, and with good reason.
He played about 2 good games this year, and racked up some of the cheapest possies in about 4 other games.

Can we postpone the whining for when we actually lose a decent player to another team...

I second that.

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