Michael Hurley

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Michael Hurley

Don't the swans have 2 players on a Million each? Then you have Parker, Kennedy, Hannebery & Jack on decent coin too. We only have 1 guy on a million. I think he is on 1.5 this year so would help the cap in future years. I think we can afford Hurley.

Yes we can. Sam Reid is on $750,000 as well isn't he?

[anfo27]

Re: Michael Hurley

Yes we can. Sam Reid is on $750,000 as well isn't he?

Surely not BT, he can hardly get on the park.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Michael Hurley

Surely not BT, he can hardly get on the park.

Might be an embellished memory on my part. I thought he got a 5 year deal worth around $750,000 a season a few years back.

[jeemak]

Re: Michael Hurley

Don't the swans have 2 players on a Million each? Then you have Parker, Kennedy, Hannebery & Jack on decent coin too. We only have 1 guy on a million. I think he is on 1.5 this year so would help the cap in future years. I think we can afford Hurley.

Yeah but Brett Kirk regularly does yoga now and did so when he played for them so that means manageable salary cap pressure that applies to us is completely ignored if it relates to them.

[Greystache]

Re: Michael Hurley

Might be an embellished memory on my part. I thought he got a 5 year deal worth around $750,000 a season a few years back.

They're paying Tom Mitchell $600K a season. Carlton tried to poach him last year only to discover he'd be one of the highest paid players at the club and they couldn't afford him.

Mitchell was playing NEAFL at the time so you could only imagine what their stars are getting. Sydney more than likely have 8+ players on circa $1mil a season and another 10 on $600K+

But it's OK, the AFL blocked them from recruiting any more million dollar players, because you know, we're pretending they're not 50% over the cap.

[ledge]

Re: Michael Hurley

Nearly every club has a million dollar a year player I would say ., it's not that big a deal . What is the question by the media is he hasn't done anything to earn it yet so they bash him and us about it

[Hotdog60]

Re: Michael Hurley

Maybe if he got a better (fairer) deal from the umpires he would have earned some of it.

[Bornadog]

Re: Michael Hurley

Nearly every club has a million dollar a year player I would say ., it's not that big a deal . What is the question by the media is he hasn't done anything to earn it yet so they bash him and us about it

Maybe if he got a better (fairer) deal from the umpires he would have earned some of it.

I can't work out who you are talking about? Hurley?

[Mofra]

Re: Michael Hurley

Yes we can. Sam Reid is on $750,000 as well isn't he?

I thought it was a 5 year deal at $500k pa.
This was back in the Goodes/o'loughlin era, pre-Tippett & Buddy. He was seen as the heir apparent tot he CHF position.

They also have Mitchell on $500k pa although this is the last year of that deal.

[SlimPickens]

Re: Michael Hurley

All this discussion shows me that it makes it absolutely imperative that we don't over pay for players with restrictions on their game.
Jong and Stevens are the obvious ones and i would imagine Clay (due to injury) will be a year to year prospect.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Michael Hurley

All this discussion shows me that it makes it absolutely imperative that we don't over pay for players with restrictions on their game.
Jong and Stevens are the obvious ones and i would imagine Clay (due to injury) will be a year to year prospect.

Completely agree. If they get better and/or longer offers from elsewhere then so be it. Ifvthey do then I'd rather potentially lose a player and land Hurley.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Michael Hurley

Hurley would be a huge coup for our Club. He is clearly a better key defender than Roberts Adams and Hamling and was arguably the best CHB in the competition. With Morris Murphy and M Boyd in their twilight years it would along with the likes of Wood and JJ rebuild an already strong defence.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Michael Hurley

Hurley would be a huge coup for our Club. He is clearly a better key defender than Roberts Adams and Hamling and was arguably the best CHB in the competition. With Morris Murphy and M Boyd in their twilight years it would along with the likes of Wood and JJ rebuild an already strong defence.

No argument about it, he was the All Australian CHB. Having a guy take the gorillas & big forwards would be a great result, he plays forward decently enough too. I hope we can land him.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: Michael Hurley

Tom Browne reported that it's down to us and Essendon. He said we're making a big push but thinks he's likely to stay at the bombers.

[KT31]

Re: Michael Hurley

Tom Browne reported that it's down to us and Essendon. He said we're making a big push but thinks he's likely to stay at the bombers.

Need to push harder then.