Christian Petracca

[Jaded No More 67,532]

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

What an absolute mess.

I expect heads to roll from this over the next couple of weeks.

I agree, but it should go both ways. 

The heads of whoever is leading this idiotic nonsense from Trac should roll too. 
This is not how you manage your business as a professional who is 2 years into a 7 year multi million dollar deal, that nobody held a gun to your head to sign.

Whatever his grievances are, they have now become a side show in this circus he’s created. If he wants the club to get busy resolving problems, he’s making it much more difficult by occupying their time dealing with his public meltdown instead. 
 

[Gawndy the Great 9,008]

Won’t happen. The AFL ticked off on the process for his injury management. He exercised his own free will and entered the field of play. 

I hope he does apply tbh, it will [censored] all over his brand and he’ll become the perennial sook and carry that with him for the rest of his life. 

[DeeMee 841]

I find this brand stuff hard to stomach or believe. If so however, there there would be no brand without MFC. No one would be watching ordinary citizen Trac cooking his Nonna’s recipes.

So much of this makes no sense. Trac must have realised that neither Carlton nor Pies have sufficient trade capital to make it happen so why bother bringing the subject up. What purpose is served other than to either try to force change or cause malicious disruption.

Realistically none of the players being brought up for possible trades are likely to want it nor will their clubs cause their own internal disruption by forcing such trades. Again it makes no sense.

[GCDee 3,191]

If it’s so unbearable at the Dees he can go play for a team that will pay us what he is worth. That might just have to be Norf and not his “big club request” 
 

If that’s not good enough he can just retire and become a celebrity judge on MKR. 

[BoBo 2,912]

4 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

We should already be considering trading him to a bottom four team or a WA team. 

Pick 9, 10 and Kyle Amiss would be pretty bloody good.

[bing181 8,874]

If Oasis can get back together I'm sure the club and Trac can sort this out.

[Jjrogan 1,391]

1 minute ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Make that 499,999. Unfollowed.

A few had been talking about Trac caring about his brand more than his football and I too was somewhat dismissive and naive.  But with some of the info that we've heard today it's becoming clear what is happening.  The AFL world is being schooled in modern marketing and brand management  We were asleep at the wheel with Ginnivan and this fiasco is another example. 

Sure he could come back to the club or he could just wait it out, bathe in the circus, accumulate the clicks and earn more money.   I actually wouldn't be surprised if to get this deal over the line at Carlton, he'll consider to take a pay cut of a notional amount.

[Demon4ever 173]

7 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Make that 499,999. Unfollowed.

Currently 471,000. 

[John Crow Batty 8,763]

I have been saying all thread that if all else fails he could go down the legal path to get out of his contract and get to the club he wants on the cheap.

Edited August 27 by John Crow Batty

[bing181 8,874]

1 minute ago, DeeMee said:

So much of this makes no sense.

I think that's the point. This is not a process that's being worked through or driven by AFL/club/management professionals.

[danielE288 774]

I'm off to bed, see you in the morning for some more Trac watching.

[DeeMee 841]

The only sense I can make of it is that he is listening to bad advice. Time for Nonna to have a stern conversation with young Christian about life priorities.

[Deelectable 1,043]

13 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

Tracs not going anywhere.

i don’t know the details of his current contract, but he struck it at his high water mark, and NO club is going to offer a recently seriously injured 29 year old gun player a better five year deal than he’s on now. 
And there’s zero chance the MFC would pay part of his salary to facilitate a trade.

It’s all smoke and bravado. 

And so say all of us!! Best post in this thread.

[DeesignerAU 309]

Just to be clear - I was never embarrassed to wear the Melbourne logo

[Ithinkimgawnalever 90]

Richmond have a couple good picks don't they. Bet brand Petracca won't want to play for spoons though. 

[Demonland 70,163]

2 minutes ago, Ithinkimgawnalever said:

Richmond have a couple good picks don't they. Bet brand Petracca won't want to play for spoons though. 

Might be handy for the baking stuff. I'll see myself out.

[John Crow Batty 8,763]

6 minutes ago, DeeMee said:

The only sense I can make of it is that he is listening to bad advice. Time for Nonna to have a stern conversation with young Christian about life priorities.

Even nonna is upset.

[Demonland 70,163]

The life of a Dees fan ...

[beelzebub 23,168]

20 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

Tracs not going anywhere.

i don’t know the details of his current contract, but he struck it at his high water mark, and NO club is going to offer a recently seriously injured 29 year old gun player a better five year deal than he’s on now. 
And there’s zero chance the MFC would pay part of his salary to facilitate a trade.

It’s all smoke and bravado. 

There's a Mr Kerrigan on the blower for you....

[Chook 14,988]

18 minutes ago, Dodos Demons said:

Grievance tribunal would be a pathetic Hail Mary from Trac and his team.  Hard to know if this is navel gazing by those in the media or leaked by his “advisors”. If the latter they are clearly desperate and clutching at straws for any leverage. The club should (and hopefully will) hold firm like anyone holding all the cards should. “Stay on target, stay on target”….. sadly we are not at the stage where we can finish the Star Wars quote: “almost there, almost there”. 

The club should call his bluff. To try to get out of a massive contract by taking it to the grievance council is a huge red flag for any other club thinking about picking him up. Even if he succeeded I doubt he'd have much trust from his new club or the playing group.

He'd probably tarnish his "brand" too, whatever that is.

[daisycutter 29,259]

it seems the longer this saga goes on the more everybody's brand is going down the toilet

tracc's advisors have certainly adopted a strange strategy to date

it's going to be a lot more than just bridges burnt ... more like carpet bombing

[chook fowler 19,248]

Trac has the PR nouse of Prince Harry.

[Mickey 4,468]

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Christian Petracca could force a trade away from Melbourne via the AFL’s grievance tribunal

The Herald Sun can reveal there is a process through the AFL’s collective bargaining agreement where he could ask the AFL to step in to broker a trade through mediation if all attempts to convince the Demons he wants a new start fail.

The grievance tribunal is the nuclear option and has never been used before but is detailed in the AFL’s collective bargaining agreement.

The AFLPA is aware of the grievance tribunal, with some player agents in the league believing Petracca would have a case given the list of issues he has with the Demons.

The first option for Petracca would be opening up on his reasons for a trade - redacted various issues -which could help force the club’s hand.

No way would they help him get to the club he wants. AFL have no interest seeing a star player walk out on his club without the club getting a fair return

[Demonstone 21,659]

15 minutes ago, bing181 said:

If Oasis can get back together I'm sure the club and Trac can sort this out.

I said "Maybe ...".

[John Demonic 5,481]

5 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

it seems the longer this saga goes on the more everybody's brand is going down the toilet

tracc's advisors have certainly adopted a strange strategy to date

it's going to be a lot more than just bridges burnt ... more like carpet bombing

If he takes a year off, maybe Home Brand can sponsor him?

Edited August 27 by John Demonic