The Trade Bell | Sammy and JJ (29.09.26)
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Why is Lachie Whitfield expected to leave GWS?
You know what I mean? It's the trade bell for Vanguard. When did you last compare your super? Uh trade radio off and running. Uh free agency begins Friday. Trade window opens next week, JJ. And uh there's a lot of names and a lot of clubs and potentially a lot of movement. Uh Lockie Whitfield was one that uh well, he didn't factor in being a part of that movement, with that safe to say, with the year to go on his contract at the Giants. He was stunned to learn that uh the Giants had raised his name in the old speed dating catch up with uh with other clubs about two or three weeks ago now, with Himmelberg as well. Right. Now though got his head around the fact that uh he will be playing elsewhere next year, should a deal be struck between the Giants and one of.
So I'm pro
might be asking you a question or two here that you would need to uh check the um details on.
How could Lachie Whitfield’s contract affect his trade value?
But so Whitfield is entering the last year of a contract. with what is reported a I think somewhere around
seven figures, yeah. Somewhere just over, just under, just around.
So a deal a deal uh in its entirety that averaged around What say a million dollars? No, I d I don't know
what it averaged other than he's owed more in his last year than than what he has. So that's
the part for me Th I don't know we should be allowing that to fly. Because Well, what does it look like if I sign a four year deal? Mm-hmm. for a million a year and I put I get all the money early because my club's not strong and they want to um leave some cap space open for hopefully two or three years down the line when we're strong. But two years in, when my contract goes from one point five to five hundred, I say, well I want to move. Well Adam Trelaw's
the exact same scenario. Adam Trelaw's the poster boy of this exact scenario. Asked to defer, to defer, to defer. Then when he could defer no more, mate, you gotta go because we've got a we've got a salary dump. So I'm not sure that's happened in this situation or his contract was naturally back ended, as it was agreed at the time. Regardless though The same principles at play. GWS know they're on the hook for a fair portion of money. They know that Lockie Whitfield's thirty two. They know that they're already embarking upon a reset of sorts, some of it their own doing and some of it not. Well what so they've seen an opportunity to improve their draft hand, get some money off the books and um and move Lockie Whitfield on.
Well then they have to ensure now this is not normally the case when two parties are contributing to the same salary. They GWS in this situation
Should GWS be responsible for paying Whitfield what he is owed?
And I think the PA or the AFL should step in here. The Giants need to ensure that he at least gets what he was owed. Because that's not always the case. No, he's gonna get paid. No, no, but it's not always they're two brand I've lived this experience. So I when I left Adelaide and I chose to go to Geelong, Geelong said, We will pay you this. And then I had to decide how much well Adelaide had to decide how much they're willing to pay me to leave. And then I had to decide, do those two numbers stack up enough that I'm comfortable to leave? Now they did for me. I I didn't get paid the same amount of money. Well why not? Because that's not how it works. You're entering a new agreement with a new client. You don't have to.
Well what's he gonna do? Stay there where they don't want him. Well,
players do that, don't they? He's being asked to leave. And he will extend out. I mean he's contracted for one more. So he goes to Carlton, not on a one year contract. He'll go to if it is Carlton or Melbourne, he'll go on a two or a three. That lets GWS off the hook. You shouldn't be let you shouldn't be leaving any money on the table though, shouldn't it?
the players do all a lot of the time because there's there's it's a lot more put it this way, I would have rather have left fifty thousand a year on the table than go back to a club that didn't want me to be there just to get the e to get the entire amount. Yeah, but you should be pushing to get what you're owed. Well you just get close you just get to a number that you're comfortable with, right?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is Lachie Whitfield expected to leave GWS?
0:06–1:01
2
How could Lachie Whitfield’s contract affect his trade value?
1:01–2:50
3
Should GWS be responsible for paying Whitfield what he is owed?
2:50–4:50
4
How might a new club handle Lachie Whitfield’s salary?
4:50–6:02
5
Why could Calsher Dear leave Hawthorn for Melbourne?
6:02–9:12
6
Which GWS players could be on the move this trade period?
9:12–9:47
7
Which AFL forwards need more big goal-kicking games next season?
9:47–11:02
8
Will Jake Stringer get another chance with an AFL club?
11:02–11:40
Speakers
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