Tom Boyd won’t be told to take pay cut as Western Bulldogs say they’ll be a major player in trade period

[bornadog]

JAY CLARK, Herald Sun




WESTERN Bulldogs have declared they will be an active player in this year’s trade period, with president Peter Gordon warning rivals to “look out for us in the off-season”.

Gordon said the club was “proud” of its big-money deal for Tom Boyd and was adamant his $1 million-a-year salary had not impacted the club’s list build.

The Dogs are chasing banned Bomber Michael Hurley and has also shown interest in injury-hit Cat Nathan Vardy as it searches for another key position player.
Gordon indicated the Dogs had the salary cap space to land a big fish.

“The acquisition of Tom Boyd hasn’t cost us a single player,” Gordon said on ABC Radio.
“And it hasn’t interfered with our capacity to be competitive at the end of this season in the draft and I will rely upon our list manager (Jason McCartney) and recruiting people to do it.

“But look out for us in the off-season.”
In Wednesday’s Herald Sun, Geelong great Cameron Mooney encouraged Boyd to take a pay cut to help ease the searing pressure on the third-year key forward to perform, saying “I do feel sorry for him”.

Bulldogs great Luke Darcy also said a pay cut was worth considering “If you sat him (Boyd) down and said ‘this is going to help the side’.”
But Gordon said the suggestion was “offensive” and was adamant the 200cm Boyd ignored the focus on his mega contract.

“He is not being told to take a pay cut,” Gordon said.
“Thankfully Tom doesn’t read that sort of thing and we don’t either. Truthfully, I think people should just leave it (his pay packet) alone.

“We did a deal with Tom that we were pleased to do and proud to do, and, we were able to fit it into our salary cap because we hadn’t paid up to our full salary cap for years and year and years.

“The AFL introduced a banking mechanism system which meant that that, provided we could raise the cash, we actually had an advantage that the Collingwoods and Carltons didn’t have, because we had that bankable ability there.
“So we set about working hard to raise the cash to provide an opportunity.


“It’s provided an opportunity to get Tom and it’s also provided an opportunity to re-sign most of the other young stars of the competition that everyone is very excited about.”

[Murphy'sLore]

So there!

[bulldogtragic]

Great to hear. More spirited defence and support, more often please. Explaining the banking makes the crocodile tears of Barrett & Friends all the more illegitimate and ignorant.

[SlimPickens]

About time we got on the front foot about the dribble being written. God I hope we land Hurley and stick it right up the competition.

[Sedat]

Good response from PG - better late than never. The lack of understanding that the scribes have about the way the salary cap actually works is alarming but not surprising.

[1eyedog]

He's a powerful looking specimen.

[The Pie Man]

Good response from PG - better late than never. The lack of understanding that the scribes have about the way the salary cap actually works is alarming but not surprising.

Some of that's likely intentional - to provide a broader context to deals like this doesn't suit the narrative

[Remi Moses]

Greg Denham ( serial idiot) got on yesterday and said the deal has cost us re-signing our kids .
Clearly wrong, yet Denham still said it .

[bulldogtragic]

Greg Denham ( serial idiot) got on yesterday and said the deal has cost us re-signing our kids .
Clearly wrong, yet Denham still said it .

If what he meant by costing us signing out kids, he actually meant we've signed every kid so far we've wanted to on long term deals... Then he's clearly right... Clearly being correct is no longer a requirement of journalists, even bad journalists. Never let the facts get in the way of a repetitive inane story.

[ledge]

Barrett will be driving the porcelain bus after reading this, how stupid does he look now

[1eyedog]

If what he meant by costing us signing out kids, he actually meant we've signed every kid so far we've wanted to on long term deals... Then he's clearly right... Clearly being correct is no longer a requirement of journalists, even bad journalists. Never let the facts get in the way of a repetitive inane story.

It's no longer journalism it's Goebbels-level propaganda of the highest level.

[bornadog]

Good response from PG - better late than never. The lack of understanding that the scribes have about the way the salary cap actually works is alarming but not surprising.

Now it's all coming out.

See article here how we are saving more on salary cap:


Silver lining emerges for clubs with suspended ex-Essendon recruits

[bulldogtragic]

So about 6 months of Stew's wage is $180,000. Come on down Michael Hurley then.

Between this $180,000, $2,000,000 (if it was) 4 years only paying 95% (5% = $500,000 X 4) of the cap banking and about $500,000 pa in the new CBA - Then we have $2,680,000 which gives us more than enough room for Hurley as well as the sums stacking up on Boyd (I.e. Not the end of the world).

Turns out our club is smarter than these dumbass journos!!

[SlimPickens]

So about 6 months of Stew's wage is $180,000. Come on down Michael Hurley then.

Between this $180,000, $2,000,000 (if it was) 4 years only paying 95% (5% = $500,000 X 4) of the cap banking and about $500,000 pa in the new CBA - Then we have $2,680,000 which gives us more than enough room for Hurley as well as the sums stacking up on Boyd (I.e. Not the end of the world).

Turns out our club is smarter than these dumbass journos!!

Not to mention the money freed up by not paying some of Gryphons salary
!

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Boyd is a powerful looking specimen but lets face it, he's a puppy. I hope we shake the shizen out of the competition with him as a mature player.
Here's Titus O'Reilly's take on the suggested paycut:
http://titusoreily.com/asking-tom-bo...is-a-disgrace/