i heard last night the numbers that collingwood supposedly paying to keep them both. Mick Malthouse has done a ripper deal imho. Good luck to him. Rumour is Buckley $400-450k for the next 2 years then he becomes senior coach, Malthouse already on $800k and I got the impression that he will continue to be very well paid after he moves into director of coaching role. Pies are burning money- probably not a smart venture after there pubs fiasco.
Mick's on $900k. Not a bad earner for him for the next 5 years. As for paying any assistant coach $450k
. No wonder the Roos needed to throw offers of $800k Bucks way to make him even think about them. The Pies have more money than sense. This comes across as Eddie's grand fantasy rather than club policy. I wonder if the other members of the Collingwood Board had much say Monday night given the deal was done on the weekend. Let's hope they implode big time and screw themselves
. By 2012 Presti will be 34, O'Bree 33, Lockyer 32, Leon Davis and Ben Johnson 31, Fraser and Medhurst 30, Didak 29 and Swan 28. Good Luck Bucks taking the "safe" option
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