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Message: [QUOTE="HarryAllan7, post: 3251662, member: 9372"] So it boils down to Dearden walked because Broncos weren't willing to pay a pretty modest salary in order to secure a POTENTIALLY elite spine player. Exact same situation as Walsh. We've let a highly rated young 1 and 7 (of which there are very few in the whole competition) walk by suddenly being extremely tight with our re-signing money, having been far too liberal previously. It's a noble stance but completely stupid implementation. Elite spine players are so rare, and these are pretty small contracts in the scheme of things which give you the opportunity to hold onto potential future superstars... If they didn't work out, then they were only small contracts anyway - no harm done. If these players go on to be superstars then these decisions will look utterly ridiculous. The risk - reward of failing to resign these 2 players is completely off and the club should be able to analyse that. We gambled on $1m Milf contract and lost big, seems it's left us far too gun shy now. The prices these kids were asking may have been too much for their current experience and production level, yes, but in the big picture of running a team - taking a punt by giving future key playmakers $400-$500k per year is a low-risk, high-return play. Maybe Walsh and Dearden will amount to nothing, and these decisions were the correct ones, but it won't change the fact that the risk-reward profile is completely wrong and their meagre salaries were well worth the gamble of keeping them on board. [/QUOTE]

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