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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 3336791, member: 8423"] These are all fair points but just in the Lodge one, I think you are unintentionally downplaying it. If he is a 500k prop (which I agree he is) paying up to 300k more is a really bad decision. That’s around 50% more than he’s worth and 300k is a pretty solid additionally player. There’s like two props in the game worth 800k, one being Haas. While Lodge was good, he is nowhere near Haas. Anyone I digressed a little. Context is also important with Lodge because the Broncos (I know mostly Wayne) took a punt on him when he had no options and helped him off field majorly, we should have got him for under market value as a show of appreciation, not 300k overs. That contract in light of that context was truly awful. The Boyd contract was also bad, there were signs he was already on the decline and then an upgraded 4 year deal was given. Milford was never worth a million dollars but Melbourne’s interest made us panic and so we overpaid, though his best was understandably enticing. Let’s not forget amidst all of this, the Broncs got very lucky with Gillett. Now Gillett was a gun, no argument there but he got an upgraded, multi year deal after a serious neck injury, we were so lucky to get the medical retirement a short time later, that contract could have been horrible too. As mentioned above, whether these contracts in isolation are up there with the worst is all conjecture (I’d argue Bird’s was undoubtedly, especially based on hindsight) but collectively, coupled with a horrible coaching transition, meant the club was run into the ground on field. [/QUOTE]

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