Whateley in a Snapshot | Thursday (17.09.26)
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What is the opening snapshot and who introduces the episode?
I'm Jared Waitley. Here's a snapshot of Thursday, September seventeen. Dave Matthews revealed the Toby Green decision.
Yeah, I have spoken with Toby and we've been obviously in discussions pretty much on a daily basis as he's gone through his his process and this morning he's decided that he and Georgia looking to move back to Victoria for family reasons and with the intention of joining Geelong so Um that that's the decision he's made and and we certainly respect that he's been a Very celebrated figure at our club, very important person and uh I know this has been a really tough decision and one he's largely made for family reasons.
Why did Toby Green decide to leave the Giants for Geelong?
Was it an emotional phone call between the two of you? Yeah, it was really because I mean I love the guy and yeah, in Georgia as well and Yeah, they've got the young family with Isla and they've got further plans there and yeah, we've been working together since Really the day of the draft in uh November two thousand eleven. So It's been a long journey and I think yeah, we talked about we're really proud of where the club has got to and Yeah, the the regret that he and I have have as we're both uh leaving the club is that we haven't been able to secure that premiership and Outside of that, I mean, he's been an enormous figure for our club and done everything possible to Um, yeah, not just for the Giants, but for the AFL as well to to grow this club and grow grow our presence and
Yeah oh good. nothing but respect for him and yeah, we'll celebrate him properly. Obviously you'd love him to be a a Wyden Club player and you'd love to see circumstances that supported that but yeah we understand the decision he's made. Adam Simpson assessed
Toby's move to Geelong. We sort of saw it coming a little bit, didn't we? But I thought it was handled with with grace, which is great for for both parties and they'll miss him uh as a as a key figure up there and and Geelong, I'm sure, will appreciate what he's going to bring to them as well. So yeah, I think it's it was done as I don't know, that sometimes things don't get done as well as they should. This this seems to be on the outside as done as well as it possibly could have.
So for the the two parties, for the Giants, how how hard to lose Toby Green?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well look. Yeah, they're in an interesting situation. Yeah. The the the messaging now is gonna be really important, isn't it? But what's next for the Giants? And and they would have had enough planning in place. It feels like they've been planning this for Six months now?
How will Toby Green’s departure affect the Giants’ future plans?
Is that how you fe it it this was sort of the last shot and then they didn't make finals this year and um there's a transitioning happening and Toby's a part of that, so you know, I I I'm not overly surprised about what's happened, but what's next for the Giants is is really interesting. Um 'cause I don't know if you can go down up there. They probably can't afford to drop all the way down. So They need a club figure. Who's the number one profile player they've got now? And do they need a chase one? And Sam Edmund
with the details of how it's all unfolded. So it is a three-year deal. Now the the cats were hit hard when they were told they'd missed on Zach Butters, but they're thrilled with this. They were informed this morning, just like GWS were, that uh this path that the cats have been on since early in the year. They first open dialogue with Toby Green's management towards the start of twenty twenty-six has ended with him telling them that he's keen to play in the hoops. Now it's a three-year contract with performance incentives, nothing unusual there, but it isn't and won't ever be as much as one million dollars a season. Now they uh they didn't improve their offer either, the cats. I know there was some reports along those lines, but there was always a if butters comes offer and always an
And if Butters does not come offer. So that's why um that probably came to light in that if if Zach Butters had chosen Geelong, then clearly Given the size of that move, that would have had a ripple effect.
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