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Of course we want to extend Logan’s contract, as he has heaps of potential. But the reality is that he is yet to establish himself in the team, so it seems silly for his agent to talk about the go home factor. Forget that he was an early pick for the moment- let’s see how he goes this year. If he doesn’t deliver to expectations, he can go home as far as I’m concerned. Same goes for any other player- we have to be tough but fair! Potential doesn’t win flags.
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I guess it depends on what the expectations are for a young, developing KPF.
If people expect him to play every game and kick 40 goals, they'll be disappointed. That's just not usually the experience of second year KPFs. If he improves from last year and plays about 15 or so games and kicks around 25 goals, that's fair enough for me. It says he's on track.'Delicious' is a fun word to sayComment
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From reading the quotes of his Manager, it appears that his first preference is to stay at the Swans but the Manager wants to extract the best possible deal for him. Nothing unusual there. Fingers crossed!Loved reading McDonald’s manager repeatedly talking about his option to go back to WA if he wants to and getting as much as his ceiling potential might be worth
That’s obviously his job but discretion might be a better approach until Logan is actually ready to jump ship. Can’t see how it benefits Logan to have his negotiations play out publicly. That’s never been the Swans way
"It’s quite unusual to get a four-year offer as your first extension, but we believe we know where he’s going to get to and it’s my job to make sure that he’s locked in for the right price for that."Comment
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It's always a bit hit and miss with key forwards taken with high draft picks. For a variety of reasons, many have not lived up to potential in recent times. One just had to look at Tom Boyd, Jono Patton, Josh Schache and even our own PMac to see how hit and miss it is.
LMac has potential, no doubt but let's not sell the farm to keep him.Comment
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I don't think agents do their clients any favour by going after bloated contracts before a player has had a chance to establish themselves. The agent's job is to maximise a client's earning potential over the length of their career. Forcing clubs to pay overs based on potential, not reality, surely puts a huge amount of pressure on that young player, and also potentially squeezes the club's salary cap to the point where the list as a whole suffers.
We see this at Gold Coast, where any high pick (and most of their draftees tend to be high picks due to the constant shuffling of players through that club) gets an extension on big money almost as soon as they walk through the door. And this has resulted in the Gold Coast being under constant salary cap pressure despite results that suggest they should be in anything but that situation.
I don't pretend to know exactly what caused Tom Boyd to retire so early, but it's easy to imagine that the enormous contract on which he was lured to the Western Bulldogs at least contributed to the pressure to perform at a level he wasn't yet ready to.Comment
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Said this last week , its his agent . Logan wants to stay and will stay , manager will be a pain in the rear over it , its his jobComment
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On Friday night, someone from Perth posted on Big Footy that a radio commentator from over there had recently said that McDonald has agreed to re-sign with us but no specifics on the term were given. If true, this is excellent news although we obviously we have to be careful with that source. The fact that a radio commentator over there apparently said it suggests some inside information.Last edited by Aprilbr; 14 March 2022, 04:36 PM.Comment
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Some more former AFL-listed players who will be COVID top-ups for clubs if required this season: Kyle Dunkley (Sydney), Callum Moore (Melbourne), Jordan Foote (GWS), Brett Bewley (Geelong). @AFLcomau
— Callum Twomey (@CalTwomey) March 16, 2022Comment
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