Nick Daicos, Josh Daicos and Peter Daicos had a “coincidental” meeting in Tasmania over the bye weekend in March with Tasmanian Devils director Roger Curtis, in a sight that will make Collingwood fans concerned. “I’m told this may have just been a coincidental meeting, they were just on their way to their next function,” Seven’s Mitch Cleary said. “I just wonder whether he’s (Curtis) in the ear of the Daicos duo. Nick is signed until 2029, Josh until 2030. If they are to lure either of those guys, they’re going to have to stump up when it comes to draft picks. But they do have the money to do it.” The Devils have a sign-on bonus fund of $5 million that will sit outside the salary cap, to be used by the Devils in their first two years to land big names, with a maximum spend of $3 million in either year. Devils CEO Brendon Gale told Seven: “That’s Roger Curtis, he’s on our board, and his house is about three down the road from that coffee shop. He coincidentally ran into the Daicoses, and he happens to be a mad Collingwood fan. I don’t quite know why they’re here, but let me just say this: why wouldn’t they be here? This is an incredible place, it’s 25 degrees, there’s not a cloud in the sky, there’s golf, there’s fishing, there’s food, wine — it’s an incredible place.”
