Ponga is the case for offering big dollars on potential. The case against is Suli.
I think at the end of the day you have to take the glass half full approach and take a punt on these seriously talented youngsters. However, it is prudent to only allocate a certain % of your cap towards ‘potential’ and Manly will have at least young hoppa, Burbo and Schuster in this category. Are we willing to throw eg $1m combined at these three?
The other thing to remember is that while we might have cap space from Thommo and Walker moving on and no cap handicap, already Garrick would have gotten a bigger deal and Waddell is in line for one too. If Croker can replicate his Canberra form, he will warrant an upgrade Fainu deserves one (and will need one to keep him happy).
As Des said when appointed at Manly, managing a salary cap is not easy....
I think at the end of the day you have to take the glass half full approach and take a punt on these seriously talented youngsters. However, it is prudent to only allocate a certain % of your cap towards ‘potential’ and Manly will have at least young hoppa, Burbo and Schuster in this category. Are we willing to throw eg $1m combined at these three?
The other thing to remember is that while we might have cap space from Thommo and Walker moving on and no cap handicap, already Garrick would have gotten a bigger deal and Waddell is in line for one too. If Croker can replicate his Canberra form, he will warrant an upgrade Fainu deserves one (and will need one to keep him happy).
As Des said when appointed at Manly, managing a salary cap is not easy....