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Operation Buddy

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Wake up it's after Midnight.

Cinderella is just a fairytale.

Pumpkins are real.

 

If Goddard is worth 800k a year as a free agent and Tippett is about the same then buddy is worth 1.5 million a year. We would have to cut Dunn,bate,bail and Morton to fit him in our salary cap. GET HIM!

We are a strange lot.

I was going to expand on that but I think it covers it.

 

What Fun

If only we could devote as much time into actually winning

by analysing the talent and capabilities of our own players and how to support them to produce an effort that would increase their value and the teams results and the clubs position so that we could become a club that players wanted to come to and stay at just like Buddy.

Or something???????

Those who think that there's no possibility of snagging Buddy need to think again.

Anyone watched one of ESPN's "30 for 30" documentaries about Wayne Gretzky - the greatest ever ice hockey player?

The LA Kings owner jokingly discussed a trade with the Edmonton Oilers (Gretzky's team) owner at a dinner party. They laughed it off at the time, but a few months, $15 million, 4 draft picks and a couple player later he was in an LA guernsey.

Point is, even for a guy like Buddy who is the heart and soul of Hawthorn - a trade is possible.

5mill over 5 years. Make a play, see what happens.

You'd have to front load any Buddy play. He'd need $2 million in the first year to move on from the Hawks.


What Fun

If only we could devote as much time into actually winning

by analysing the talent and capabilities of our own players and how to support them to produce an effort that would increase their value and the teams results and the clubs position so that we could become a club that players wanted to come to and stay at just like Buddy.

Or something???????

the MFC need 1-3 marquee players over the next few years just like the franchaise clubs. Just a fact.

If we could entice a Buddy Franklin with a front loaded contract to the club for 3-4 years it would be superb.

Because a jouno says it doesn't make it right. According to the club we made no offer.

this could be true, but i wouldn't believe everything clubs say either.

just repeating what i had heard, which is what this is all about in the first place.

 

Buddy wants to finish his career with the Demons.

He definitely will not finish with the Hawks.

Take it as gospel. The club is aware of this.

Keep it quiet. I may have to delete this post very soon.

Hahaha TEX!

You'd have to front load any Buddy play. He'd need $2 million in the first year to move on from the Hawks.

Money like that would cause a fair bit of animosity between the players, it's just too much.


  • 4 months later...

Lazy Sunday surfing the web uncovered something I was not aware of.

http://m.theage.com.au/executive-style/culture/buddy-franklin-talks-footy-and-the-spotlight-20090604-bwew.html

Franklin was a smallish kid, always shorter than his sisters who used to monitor growth spurts on a wall at home in Texta.

And it was due to his size that Franklin was initially rejected by his local junior league. It wasn't until he was 17 and a fully-fledged Melbourne supporter that he sprouted. By then the family had relocated to Perth, where Franklin was attending Wesley College, a school that has cultivated many a burgeoning AFL star.

As a teenager, Franklin played ruck more than forward and he insists he can't remember his biggest haul of goals as a junior. "I'm not too sure, but there were probably a lot of points," he says, poking fun at his goal-kicking accuracy, the only obvious flaw in his game to date.

If we could get him then that would be great. This will be a very interesting year for Buddy especially because he is holding off talks until the end of the year.

Lazy Sunday surfing the web uncovered something I was not aware of.

http://m.theage.com.au/executive-style/culture/buddy-franklin-talks-footy-and-the-spotlight-20090604-bwew.html

Franklin was a smallish kid, always shorter than his sisters who used to monitor growth spurts on a wall at home in Texta.

And it was due to his size that Franklin was initially rejected by his local junior league. It wasn't until he was 17 and a fully-fledged Melbourne supporter that he sprouted. By then the family had relocated to Perth, where Franklin was attending Wesley College, a school that has cultivated many a burgeoning AFL star.

As a teenager, Franklin played ruck more than forward and he insists he can't remember his biggest haul of goals as a junior. "I'm not too sure, but there were probably a lot of points," he says, poking fun at his goal-kicking accuracy, the only obvious flaw in his game to date.

If we could get him then that would be great. This will be a very interesting year for Buddy especially because he is holding off talks until the end of the year.

Wow, a foward line with Buddy, Clark, Dawe, Pederson etc. Wouldn't that be nice?


The marketing department would double in size at the MFC if we were able to snare Franklin.

I think Franklin is a bad egg "culture" wise. He puts bums on seats and is arguably the best foward in the league but I dunno about off field shenanigans.

I think Franklin is a bad egg "culture" wise. He puts bums on seats and is arguably the best foward in the league but I dunno about off field shenanigans.

I'm a bit each way on buddy. I want the marketing power, memberships and his playing ability. I don't want the constant innuendo that comes with him.

I think Franklin is a bad egg "culture" wise. He puts bums on seats and is arguably the best foward in the league but I dunno about off field shenanigans.

i just wanna snatch another player from under Freo's nose to stick it up em :)

I was going to suggest, as a joke, that we go after Buddy, knowing how desperate he would be to get back to the club he supported as a kid (just like Juddy)....but now I don't need to

I'm a bit each way on buddy. I want the marketing power, memberships and his playing ability. I don't want the constant innuendo that comes with him.

I love the buddy show as we call it but there is just something about him I don't trust. Probably a great bloke but that's just my opinion. If we go after a big name free agent I think we are better of spending money on Daisy

Heard today from a big Hawk fan that Buddy was set to sign until Freo offered to match the Hawk offer ($1.2m pa for four years) PLUS a guaranteed 10 yr role as an indigenous ambassador.

We wouldn't have a hope of landing him

Just saying

 

If we had enough money in our salary cap I think Franklin, Clarke and Dawes would be a dream team.

But at the end of the day dont think there would be enough room in the salary cap, and from an oppotunity cost perspective I'd much rather secure our midfield...

If we had enough money in our salary cap I think Franklin, Clarke and Dawes Hogan would be a dream team.

But at the end of the day dont think there would be enough room in the salary cap, and from an oppotunity cost perspective I'd much rather secure our midfield...


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