The problem is the 5 year deal crap that Casey served up to Wallace, Brown and Simmonds. All have come back to bite us. Nothing over 3 years should ever be signed.
Brown received a 3 year contract and was recontracted for 2 more on a vastly reduced salary during the recovery from his injury
Simmonds' 5 years has hardly come back to bite us, he was very good last year including selection for Victoria in the All Stars match so he would have always been recontracted for 2009 regardless. His 5 year deal was VERY VERY cheap and was a big win for the club.
Wallace's 5 years is still up for debate, I guess after all is said and done it will be seen as a failure, however given the lack of resources at the club when he was hired and the financial restraints we've had, it's not all his fault.
So a possible 1 out of 3 for you, that's worse than Terry's win/loss ratio at Richmond
5 year deals is business suicide.
Browns technically wasn't a 5 year deal so fine.
5 year deal for a coach is laughable. Wallace would have been under pressure at the end of 07 after 3 years and no finals, he would have been under pressure at the end of last year only to be saved with the wet sail of the teams good finish.
Simmonds hasn't worked out, the cash he was on for the 5 year deal was huge. He's missed chunks of it through injury and played 1 full good season. That's football, he can't help that. From a business point of view the 5 year deal was wrong, we would have given him an extension for far less than what he is earning now.
And to say Brown has taken a pay cut, is hardly a pay cut when it's from 800k to 700k a year.
