Recruitment And Retention Discussion

R_A said:
I find it hard to believe teams are willing to offering a million or more for a guy who may miss a month or two with injuries. Just doesn't happen
The talk about it is just media talk, no team is supposed to or allowed to say they'll offer x amount before Nov 1

That said if he continues to kill it going forward, admittedly he will be hard to keep even missing the odd games here and there.
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It does happen, Souths pay Latrell Mitchell over a million a season and he missing more games than Best.

In saying that, Souths seem to have realised paying Mitchell over a million as season for a guy who plays around half the season isn’t such a good idea. Will be interesting to see what amount they end up resigning him for

Also desperate clubs do desperate things, like offering players overs to get them
 
I find it very hard to believe like R_A that people will spend massive on a guy that what, Didn’t string more than 5 games together during the season. Granted this is when the mind numbing horror teams come into play to show everything that there are dumb clubs out there.

That brings the believability back to earth with teams like the Tigers, Titans, Eels, Cowboys etc showing that they do exist and it would be something those clubs do to spend big on a big time centre and not actually target their problem areas.

That way I see is if he stays fit he is worth the money but for a guy that couldn’t string many together I think $700k is extremely generous and if the rumours are true that they’ll put a pay increase clause in his deal for when the cap rises than I’d say the Knights have bent over for him very kindly.

I highly doubt a top club like a Penrith or Roosters will be offering mega money so this is very much a battle with lesser clubs
 
KPGreatness said:
I find it very hard to believe like R_A that people will spend massive on a guy that what, Didn’t string more than 5 games together during the season. Granted this is when the mind numbing horror teams come into play to show everything that there are dumb clubs out there.

That brings the believability back to earth with teams like the Tigers, Titans, Eels, Cowboys etc showing that they do exist and it would be something those clubs do to spend big on a big time centre and not actually target their problem areas.

That way I see is if he stays fit he is worth the money but for a guy that couldn’t string many together I think $700k is extremely generous and if the rumours are true that they’ll put a pay increase clause in his deal for when the cap rises than I’d say the Knights have bent over for him very kindly.

I highly doubt a top club like a Penrith or Roosters will be offering mega money so this is very much a battle with lesser clubs
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Who will continue to be lesser clubs if they spend big on a centre...
 
Owey said:
Who will continue to be lesser clubs if they spend big on a centre...
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All of them, we had best for years too and we didn’t click until we fixed what needed to be fixed ie. props, halfback, five-eighth.

A centre will not take you and win a premiership if no one can get him the ball in the spots he likes everyone knows this

How the bulldogs doing once they spent massive on a big time centre? How many rings?
 
Yeah, after watching us flail around aimlessly for many years, I don’t think you can underestimate how poor some club’s recruitment is. So I’m sure he’s got offers out there that are bigger than ours. I guess the question for Best is, is it worth it going to a club like the Tigers for a bit of extra coin, just as we’ve become a force.
 
jamesgould said:
Yeah, after watching us flail around aimlessly for many years, I don’t think you can underestimate how poor some club’s recruitment is. So I’m sure he’s got offers out there that are bigger than ours. I guess the question for Best is, is it worth it going to a club like the Tigers for a bit of extra coin, just as we’ve become a force.
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That’s exactly the issue he finds himself in he is literally trying to pick between money or a better chance of success.

Honestly must be very difficult thing to do
 
Another question is whether he is more likely a rep centre here or at the tigers? He could sign there for an extra 150k and lose that and the rep experiences by not getting picked.
 
Wicket said:
It does happen, Souths pay Latrell Mitchell over a million a season and he missing more games than Best.
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Unless he's had a falling out with the team/coach I don't see Latrell leaving the Bunnies. As it was mentioned at the time, Souths' indigenous culture and brotherhood, playing under Bennett etc was a drawcard. Not to mention he also could have fielded better offers at the Tigers and even the Roosters were willing to up their offer. Souths were also willing to let him play fullback (not an issue I guess with Best)

As it was mentioned Bennett coddled Latrell a bit, different needs for different folks, Demetriou couldn't, a lesser team with a coach who probably has a lesser aura probably wouldn't, thats where things fell apart at South Sydney. I think teams will be way of this as well.

KPGreatness said:
That way I see is if he stays fit he is worth the money but for a guy that couldn’t string many together I think $700k is extremely generous and if the rumours are true that they’ll put a pay increase clause in his deal for when the cap rises than I’d say the Knights have bent over for him very kindly.
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I think that'll be a norm for a lot of bigger names, I'm okay with it.
 
R_A said:
Unless he's had a falling out with the team/coach I don't see Latrell leaving the Bunnies. As it was mentioned at the time, Souths' indigenous culture and brotherhood, playing under Bennett etc was a drawcard. Not to mention he also could have fielded better offers at the Tigers and even the Roosters were willing to up their offer. Souths were also willing to let him play fullback (not an issue I guess with Best)
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Oh, I wasn’t implying Latrell would ever leave Souths. I was just using him as an example that is similar to our situation with Best

Souths will try signing him to a reduced contract compared to his current contract because of all his injuries and games missed. It’s smart business by Souths.

It’ll just be interesting to see how much less he signs for at Souths

Come November 1, there are going to be dumb clubs that are desperate for a marquee signing that will offer Latrell over a million a year, possibly up to 1.3 million
 
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