I get the whole 'moneyball' concept and understand it's a trend but it feels like our club is getting a reputation for shopping players well before their deals expire. Woods lasted 6 months into a 4 year deal. DWZ even though it was denied and denied until it happened. Flanagan, Allan, Cotric, Thompson have all been rumoured to being shopped. Is that something a potential recruit factors into signing with us. If I don't play well or the team doesn't perform am I going to be shopped because of my wage?
We seem happy to let Napa and hoppa see out their deals despite being horrible for past 24months. Yeah it might ease cap pressure but we have Dufty and Vaughan on one year deals who can sign elsewhere before they've even played a game for us. All of a sudden Cotric, Dufty, Vaughan are gone in 12months and the 'big recruitment.drive' doesn't look so impressive