Jack Redpath

[ledge]

Yet some brainiac rewarded him with a 2yr contract prior to the season beginning.

Nothing against Red who I hope enjoys the next phase of his life, but some of the list mgt. made under the previous regime were an unmitigated *!*!*!*!-up!

Maybe it was to make him try one more time . He always got one year contracts and they took the gamble if he came good it would have been seen as a great get.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Top bloke as evident by his leadership group upgrade, I wonder if we will keep him on in some capacity ?
Make him the harden up coach.

[Mantis]

Maybe it was to make him try one more time . He always got one year contracts and they took the gamble if he came good it would have been seen as a great get.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

That's a ludicrus strategy if true.

Thank *!*!*!*! McCartney is someone else's problem.

[bulldogtragic]

Maybe it was to make him try one more time . He always got one year contracts and they took the gamble if he came good it would have been seen as a great get.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Top bloke as evident by his leadership group upgrade, I wonder if we will keep him on in some capacity ?
Make him the harden up coach.

Carlton reportedly offered him two years on better money and we matched it out of fear of missing out presumably. That's why he got two years, he would've been Carlton's problem. I'm a 100% with Mantis. We threw two year deals around like they were of no consequence. Redpath blew up, Campbell has barely played for two years, Roberts has barely played for two years, and so on. Just on those guys, that's 6 contract years, 6 years wages and a handful of games return. That's a disgusting return on investment. The best case is Campbell and Roberts find a new home, since they won't be selected, and we don't repeat this mistake again.

[Topdog]

That isn't a hindsight situation. It was a rubbish contact at the time and ended up a rubbish contract.

[ledge]

Campbell I agree on but we weren’t to see Roberts go backwards and we know if Redpaths knee came good he would have been a huge asset.

[bornadog]

Campbell I agree on but we weren’t to see Roberts go backwards and we know if Redpaths knee came good he would have been a huge asset.

Yeah I agree.

[comrade]

Yeah I agree.

Pretty obvious Fletch was always going to be depth at best, and hoping Redpath's knee came good...if that's what we were banking on when giving him multiple years, let's just say it was optimistic at best.

[Go_Dogs]

Pretty obvious Fletch was always going to be depth at best, and hoping Redpath's knee came good...if that's what we were banking on when giving him multiple years, let's just say it was optimistic at best.

Agree. Lower the risk in both cases with one year deals and if they have better offers elsewhere then we've got to accept that.

[Smads57]

Really glad he got the opportunity this year to captain the side in the game played on the rectangle field (already forgotten the name of it...oh yeh, AFLX or was it Y..or maybe even Z)

[Twodogs]

Really glad he got the opportunity this year to captain the side in the game played on the rectangle field (already forgotten the name of it...oh yeh, AFLX or was it Y..or maybe even Z)

Z is the most appropriate.

[LostDoggy]

Thank you very much Jack for some wonderful memories over the years, pity you only got to play so few games in the red white and blue. Always a favourite. Good luck with your future which seems all set to go!!

[Topdog]

Campbell I agree on but we weren’t to see Roberts go backwards and we know if Redpaths knee came good he would have been a huge asset.

He couldn't turn around last year. His knee may have held up with some luck but that turning circle was never going to improve

[ledge]

Apparently Hoppers crossing are talking to Redpath, the idea is just plonk him in the goal square.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Apparently Hoppers crossing are talking to Redpath, the idea is just plonk him in the goal square.

Id suspect he'd be an amazing footballer at that level

[Twodogs]

Apparently Hoppers crossing are talking to Redpath, the idea is just plonk him in the goal square.

Id suspect he'd be an amazing footballer at that level

He would be at a Shane Loveless level of amazing at local level. Pinhead kicked thousands of goals as a hired gun to various country teams in the '80s and '90s after his time with Footscray. As an aside Shane Loveless wasted more natural football ability than any other player I can recall.

It would be a pretty simple coaching directive in local footy, long bombs to Redder!