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Ryan will be about $700K-$800k, that is significant. Wilkie on $800k has been offered more elsewhere and has asked Saints to match. King on $1.2m. Sinclair has to be $800k. I am told Steele on about $1m. Owens $800k. Wood $600k-700k. There are plenty of others on decent money. They will have to offload players or the rest will be on $50k.

Ticked off by head office like Scott, Stengle, Bruhn, audit and everything else.

From around the traps and looking logically, when Graham Wright had that discussion with Bucks at Collingwood which led to his “ resigning “ , it was likely because as with most ex coaches, he had lost the players, Bucks even said the message had become stale and a new voice was needed. Sound familiar? Until I see firm evidence to the contrary though, I believe Bucks had the job, the AFL came hard with a massive offer and Bucks accepted it and then gave answers that basically eliminated him. Saying you are seeing another club and won’t commit until after that meeting would eliminate any candidate. Anyone want to predict Bucks won’t be Coach of Tassie now? The yachts are sailing up the Derwent as someone posted. Bucks will be announced as Tassie Coach without a process in the next few months. Maybe we got the better Coach, hopefully that is the case. I just hope the AFL is compensating us for what I perceive as their interference in our process. Candidates withdrew because they believed Bucks had the job. Sure it is the Tassie consortium, but we know who is behind them,

You can't win finals without a midfield.

Is there a more dispisable player in the game than Ginnivan? Can’t stand him.

I would actually reduce his options to two. Stay or go.

Buckley’s Manager and Bank Manager know the truth. He will be the highest paid Coach in the AFL imo.

The first AFL instalment of his huge Tassie contract was probably due by then.

Let's be honest everyone, if we are successful again under King we will love him.

Probably pretty soon and we can get that out of the way before PF week and start with the recruiting. I wonder if he is good mates with Bartel. That could be a good combo. Little side bet with anyone, we don't play at Geelong next year and maybe don't need all of $30m to build Caulfield now.

And now I guess a very wealthy man.

His Bank Manager will know.

See my post before yours, I reckon I nailed it. I can smell the AFL all over this.

My suspicion is that Buckley walked after being given a Godfather offer by the AFL. Imagine if they offered him a 10 year contract at $2m a year and maybe even increasing annually, with no real expectation of a flag, that would be hard to refuse. Something has happened here, as Bucks was past the post according to various sources and even the media. Anyway no guarantee he would be successful, so welcome Steven King and keep writing those horror novels.

In four days?

Hope we got the needed $30m for Caulfield and No games ever again at Geelong from the AFL.

It might be nice if we just wished departing players well, instead of denigrating them on the way out. There is an exception to every rule of course and for the Dees the exception has the longest, most read and contributed to thread in DL history and the players’ name is not even mentioned, just his initials T$. Good luck Charlie and hope you play some nice footy for the Roos and thanks for your contribution to our last flag.

You could be correct, I got the definition from Google.

Kelly if he is mates with Bartel, could help to bring him on board. I couldn’t see King leaving the Cats for another assistant role. Kelly wouldn’t have the same status as Bucks, but could be a better Coach.

Maybe we just tell the AFL to give us the $30m we need for Caulfield and guarantee we never play in Geelong again and we will pass on Bucks and take Kelly or the best young Coach.

You would imagine the Saints would struggle to afford another player seeking a trade and significantly increased contract.

A memorial award is named after a deceased person to honor their memory and legacy.

Who runs the game, us or the AFL? You can bet we have been advised.

I think I read somewhere that we will be announcing the new Coach in about a week, round about PF week, so as to not detract from the GF and Brownlow.

Wonder if that helps us get Flanders. More money for Windhager, Wilkie and maybe a couple of others and the new guys coming in, plus NAS new contract, could have them withdrawing their interest in Flanders, leaving us and Carlton as the main suitors.