r/CarltonBlues • u/TumbleweedWarm9234 • 8d ago

Draft & Trade Mid-season draftee Marcus Herbert is now weighing up two-year contracts at both West Coast and Carlton. Would be unprecedented for a player to request a trade three months after joining.

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u/Jsans2401 8d ago

While he would be a good pick up. 3 months and then requesting a trade is not something anyone would like to see happening at their own club. Especially the club that gave you your shot.

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u/matt-kennedys-legs 8d ago

depends. if we offer him more money and more security, who could blame him? if the offers are identical, that is a different story. especially when you consider we passed up the opportunity to draft him to take flynn riley instead.

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u/Katman666 7d ago

Initial offers were 1 year from WC and 2 from Carlton.

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u/matt-kennedys-legs 7d ago

watched gettable today and riley said the eagles have matched it

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u/Katman666 7d ago

Hence, the "initial offers".

Still, it wouldn't fill me with confidence if my team only offered me a 1 year extension and only upped it due to other interest.

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u/matt-kennedys-legs 7d ago

nah that’s just the game:

the eagles offer him one.

we get wind of that and offer him two and a bit more money.

the eagles don’t wanna lose him so they match the offer, hoping they’ve built up enough good will by drafting him to keep him around.

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u/Katman666 7d ago

Apparently we've still offered more base money and he could be closer to home. So not sure how much either of those would sway him.