simo wrote: ↑February 11, 2020, 6:49 pm
Jeez im just really happy with jack. Feels weird to want to thank a guy for accepting nearly a mill a year. I just really like how he’s conducted himself on the face of this deal. Sends a good message to others about the club.
Thanks Jack
I think I understand. He'd be a mug not to explore his "true" market value at this stage- his absolute contract prime given age, form, rep honours, achievement etc. All he needed to do in order to do that was not activate an extension- that's why it is an option, no harm there.
Managed to do it with a minimum of bad timing or management tricks.
I guess he had a look at what was offered, found the difference to be not that persuasive, given moving costs (not insignificant both material and immaterial with family), potential value as a "one club man" post footy or to current TPA's and hopefully measured against risk too- likelihood of it all staying rosy and good future achievements/continued success with coach and club vs chance of it all going a bit wrong and next contract or future earnings being risked.
All he had to do was stay out of the media, decline inevitable interview/journo bait questions and sit tight.
Idle speculation: Obviously a contented player is harder to shift than an unsettled one. If I was Jack it'd take an extra 75 to 100k/year to start to tempt me (vs all the aforementioned). Say 10- 12.5% higher than current offer?
If I was unsettled, yeah maybe 7.5-10% is enough. (unsettled vs
unhappy who might just shift regardless)
Lower paid player might need a bit more even - would I move for 112k vs 100k? From Canberra to Sydney? Only if I was unsettled and wanted to go to Sydney for other reasons- but on housing and costs etc there I'm taking a loss by then really. So lower tier players tend to stay put.
Or 225k vs 200k? If it's over 3 years then it starts to look tempting again. Interesting that down at this level, 25k a year is tempting but I perceived my temptation to be a lot less to be if I was imagining a top tier player on something like 800k.
Perhaps because the mid tier player like that has no TPA's or likelihood of riding footies coat-tails in retirement like a former Origin star might?