Herald Sun<\/a> that Tasmania have joined a host of Victorian clubs in the race to sign the prodigious youngster.<\/p>\nThat came amid talk he was \u201cunhappy\u201d with coach Craig McRae last season when deployed in roles that \u201climited his influence around the contest\u201d.<\/p>\n
And Collingwood\u2019s 93-79 defeat to Adelaide on Saturday has only ramped up speculation around where Daicos could end up later in his career, despite his dad, Peter Daicos, being a legend at the club.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Channel 9, AFL journalist Sam McClure said: \u201cI think there\u2019s absolute doubt (whether Daicos will stay at Collingwood).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what Tasmania\u2019s going to do to the draft in the next few years. We know the Collingwood list profile is going to be very, very different in 2028, 2029 – the last two years of his contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cNick is a guy who is very, very savvy with his career \u2014 not just from a football perspective. He is not going to hang around, just because his dad was a legend at the club, if they don\u2019t look like they\u2019re going to win flags.<\/p>\n
\u201cOutside of Daicos, who at Collingwood would you hang your hat on under the age of 25?\u201d<\/p>\n
McClure then went on to detail what those in Daicos\u2019 team will be thinking about his future given Collingwood\u2019s inconsistency.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Nick and the people around Nick are very well aware that he is a once in a generation player,\u201d he added. \u201cOnce in a generation means you want to be competing for Premierships as often as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Collingwood team are so well coached, they\u2019ve done so amazingly well to stay up. But if the cliff comes quickly, from what you saw at the weekend, and what we\u2019ve seen of their list to start with, they are going to struggle to score.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Herald Sun\u2019s Jon Ralph estimated on Fox Footy earlier this month that Tasmania could offer Daicos a 10-year, $25 million contract to be the expansion club\u2019s marquee player.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of these things depend on where Collingwood are on the ladder,\u201d Hall of Fame legend and Magpies premiership coach Leigh Matthews said in response.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe salary cap doesn\u2019t work to the way it\u2019s designed because players want to go to certain clubs, particularly clubs that might be in premiership contention.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea of the salary cap is everyone gets paid exactly their value \u2013 good clubs have got too many good players. Players have got to go to the bottom clubs to top up the bottom clubs but it doesn\u2019t work that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Collingwood happen to drop to the bottom half of the ladder, that might be a slightly different situation than if they stay up in the top three or four.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daicos has one goal and 37 disposals in his two games so far this season – the defeat to Adelaide coming after a 78-66 victory over St Kilda on the opening weekend.<\/p>\n
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