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\u201cI just find it so difficult for clubs to prosecute these massive contracts, because the only way some of these things are going to be done is if good players actually end up going the other way,\u201d Healy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, how do you approach that if you\u2019re Michael Voss or you\u2019re Dean Cox? You go up to Player X and say \u2018listen, how would you feel if you ended up at Carlton next year?\u2019 Well, all of a sudden, you\u2019ve broken the bond. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd spirit is such a massive part of winning flags. You start to prosecute these things at your peril, because it\u2019s not going to be one player, it\u2019s probably going to be two. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re basically tapping two guys on the shoulder, even if it\u2019s done in the nicest possible way, they are going to ask themselves \u2018well, they don\u2019t love me anymore, and my love for the club has all of a sudden been tarnished\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s at the top end. At the bottom end, you\u2019ve got, say, a kid like Jack Buller, taken out of Western Australia, given an opportunity through the midseason draft. The Swans pay him when he\u2019s got a bad back, give him 10 games, and all of a sudden he wants to change clubs for more opportunities. And I think to myself \u2018this kid shows something\u2019. I\u2019d be telling Jack \u2018you\u2019re going to the draft, Jack, we want you, you\u2019re staying\u2019. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it\u2019s a really difficult time for the game, for the players, for the clubs, for the coaches \u2026 to prosecute all these contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Herald Sun\u2019s Jon Ralph then shed some light on how difficult it can be to broker trades like the one that will involve Curnow.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is the manager can\u2019t go to any of those Geelong players and say \u2018hey, would you be prepared to be in this deal as well as Pick (X)\u2019,\u201d Ralph said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, right now, Geelong is brimming with confidence \u2014 they\u2019re saying \u2018we can still get Charlie Curnow\u2019. So, I say \u2018OK, which players are you prepared to throw in?\u2019 (They say) \u2018Oh, no, we wouldn\u2019t throw any players in, and we certainly wouldn\u2019t go to them\u2019. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I think they think the Blues will eventually come to them and say \u2018OK, we want Pick (X) and we want Shannon Neale\u2019. But the Blues are saying \u2018we don\u2019t want to lose this player, we\u2019re not driving this trade \u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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Western Bulldogs champion Brad Johnson said he believes the long-lasting impact discussions like these can have on clubs is sometimes forgotten.<\/p>\n
\u201cI agree with the spirit part of it, too. The locker room is something that\u2019s never discussed in these scenarios,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause, what it does, if a club comes to Gerard Healy and he\u2019s a leader and says \u2018look, would you mind moving here for me?\u2019 and we\u2019re best mates, and I find out, and what it does to the dymanic\u2026 the dynamic of the locker room hasn\u2019t (changed). <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s why Cal Wilkie was in some ways asking \u2018well, I\u2019ve done the work here, I should be rewarded for that \u2014 not someone who comes in from the outside\u2019. Which we all get. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut from the perspective you\u2019re talking about, I think it has a huge impact \u2014 we\u2019ve personally seen it in regards to what it can do (to team dynamic).\u201d<\/p>\n
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With all that in mind, where will Curnow be playing his footy from 2026 onwards? <\/p>\n
Sydney forward Will Hayward is one name who has been heavily linked in trade discussions. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith the Curnow situation, Will Hayward has already say, \u2018okay, if they would like me to move south, maybe\u2019,\u201d Ralph continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know he signed the deal but was very close to moving to Carlton last year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Healy interjected: \u201cWhat\u2019s he going to say though?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ralph replied: \u201cI think privately there\u2019s an acknowledgement that he would still be happy to move south.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Could the Swans perhaps bundle up two first round picks, plus Hayward, to satisfy the Blues? Healy wasn\u2019t sure that was going to get it done.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no deal that\u2019s anywhere, even close to him moving on,\u201d Ralph added.<\/p>\n
When host and Fox Footy commentator Anthony Hudson asked Ralph where Curnow will be next year, Ralph had one club at the forefront of his mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarlton one for me, Sydney two and Geelong three. Even though I still think privately Carlton are saying if someone gives us an amazing deal, we\u2019d be prepared to do that deal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFL great Gerard Healy has warned that clubs can risk \u201cbreaking the bond\u201d of the locker room by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17981,117645,37350,64,63,689,7488,124501,1129,123904,123895,12148,31756,124497,12186,681,124503,124498,11182,124499,3257,124500,677,15836,85,124502,7200,54304,121515,2535,3439,698],"class_list":["post-198763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-agency-compo","tag-amazing-deal","tag-anthony-hudson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brad-johnson","tag-cal-wilkie","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-contract-superstars","tag-crew-believing","tag-dean-cox","tag-gerard-healy","tag-hottest-trade-period","tag-jack-buller","tag-jon-ralph","tag-kid-shows","tag-landing-destinations","tag-locker-room","tag-long-lasting-impact-discussions","tag-michael-voss","tag-midseason-draft","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-allen","tag-sports","tag-stadium-project","tag-sydney-swans","tag-team-dynamic","tag-trade-discussions","tag-trade-rumours","tag-western-australia","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}